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Radio 4,30 Jul 2026,65 mins
Gen Z and God: Is the Church Answering Young People's Prayers? (Lamorna Ash)
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This week, James Marriott speaks to the writer Lamorna Ash about her journey through the changing world of British Christianity. Raised with little religious belief, Lamorna spent a year visiting churches, festivals, monasteries and Christian communities across the country. What began as an investigation into why young people were rediscovering faith gradually became a much more personal search for meaning and belief. James and Lamorna discuss the decline of organised religion, the loneliness and uncertainty of modern life, and Christianity’s surprising appeal to a new generation with diverse beliefs and politics. Is Britain witnessing a genuine religious revival? And could answers to very modern problems be found in our old, religious institutions? Next week, Sophia Smith Galer speaks to David Runciman, an honorary Professor of Politics at the University of Cambridge, about his very radical proposal to lower the voting age to six years old. GET IN TOUCH * WhatsApp: 0330 123 9480 * Email: radical@bbc.co.uk Episodes of Radical are released every Thursday and Monday. Series producer: Rufus Gray Producers: Oscar Pearson, Nathan Gower Digital producers: Gabriel Purcell-Davis Technical producer: Robin Schroder Senior news editor: Sam Bonham
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