By Sam Hailes, Lapidomedia.com

Greater religious literacy is needed and religion must be taken more seriously, John Glen MP [Member of Parliament] said this week.

The MP, who was speaking ahead of the launch on 6 January of the Religion, Security and Global Uncertainties Report in Portcullis House, Westminster, also warned that the public discourse around religion and security is ‘prone to quick summaries and unhelpful simplifications.’

The chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Global Uncertainties praised the report - a product of 18 months of study that has concluded ‘religious literacy and a wider vocabulary are needed by all’ and also warns of adopting a simple ‘cause and effect’ approach ‘whereby "dangerous" ideas lead people to violent action’.

The former BBC Defence and now Religious Affairs Correspondent Caroline Wyatt will moderate tomorrow’s Open University event. Panelists will include historian Tom Holland, Dr Marat Shterin of King’s College, and Foreign Correspondent of the Pittsburgh Tribune Betsy Hiel.

Read the full article at http://www.lapidomedia.com/mp-backs-report-call-%20for-greater-religious-literacy