R.E. Coursework
Religion & The Media
- In the beginning of TV Sunday was occupied by religious programs. At first these programs were all Christian programs, as more people come to Britain from other religious backgrounds the programs gradually faded away from Christian programs on a Sunday. Now they are targeted at the vaguely religious & also other religions such as Judaism & Islam. There are some specially religious programs but they occur at religious events such as Jewish New Year, Advent, Diwali & Ramadan. BBC religion exists to ask the big question that underlie all human life & explore the different ways in which people try to answer them, whether through worship, prayer or simply giving food for thought.
There are 3 types of religious programmes: worship, magazine & documentary. The most well-known worship programme is Songs Of Praise, magazine is The Heaven & Earth Show. The Everyman Show is on on Sundays but isn’t always shown, this is on at 11pm on a Sunday. Songs Of Praise is on BBC1 at 5-6pm Heaven & Earth Show is on BBC1 at 10-12am. Mrs Harbottle showed us an episode of Songs Of Praise, we saw Leo Cheng who was a surgeon& dentist, he repairs people’s faces who have been in accidents or had scars. The hymn was about Jesus being hurt & his patients had been hurt also, & he restores their faces. So they feel good about the way they look, it says I will not boast in anything & Leo says he gives God the glory for his work. On the heaven & earth show a, magazine program, there were women who very sexist on it. Women on this show thought they were superior to men even though they were not, according to the bible. The bible says everyone is equal. They interviewed Desree who sang & she was also someone that sees women as the dominant sex. Through the show there where text in & phone ins where the audience’s opinions are aired. There is also a chance to see the Jewish Sabbath. We saw a documentary programme called Everyman where James Maudsley was imprisoned in Burma In solitary confinement for giving out bibles & trying to help the people of Burma. After his time in prison he lost all sense of fashion but he didn’t care, he was glad to be out.