The Null Device

The BBC's new Head of Religion and Ethics is (gasp!) an agnostic. Alan Bookbinder, the son of a Jewish father and a Catholic mother, is the first non-Christian to take the post. Some religious groups are questioning the appointment ("Would the BBC appoint a head of sport who knows nothing about football?", a member of the Evangelical Alliance asks), seemingly confusing not being in the thrall of a belief system with ignorance of religion. If anything, Bookbinder's mixed religious background and freedom from commitment to any one faith may make him a more qualified candidate in a pluralist, no longer exclusively Christian, Britain.

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