Religious bodies were once crucial welfare providers in Britain. In recent decades several Western governments are keen to bring them on board again. But times have changed. Can ‘faithful people’ still deliver, and what do they currently have to offer?

Date: Wednesday 21 March 2012
Time: 5.30-7pm
Venue: RUSI, 61 Whitehall, London SW1A 2ET
Speakers: Peter Smith and David Blunkett

Registration required. If you would like to take part in the debate, please email p.ainsworth@lancaster.ac.uk.
When registering, please let us know which of the following categories best describes you 'Academic', 'Faith-based Organisations and Voluntary Sector', 'Media', 'Policy', 'Religious Communities' or 'Other'.

This event is part of a series called Faith Debates: Debating the latest research on religion in public life, organised by Linda Woodhead, Charles Clarke and Rebecca Catto: http://www.religionandsociety.org.uk/faith_debates.
Funded by the AHRC/ESRC Religion and Society Programme in partnership with Theos.

For biographies of the speakers referred to above and of the academics whose work will provide the basis for discussion, please visit http://www.religionandsociety.org.uk/faith_debates/people/religion_and_w....