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Edward Stourton with the religious and ethical news of the week. Moral arguments and perspectives on stories familiar and unfamiliar.

In the wake of riots which killed 25 Christians, Edward speaks to Bishop Angealous, General Bishop of the Coptic Orthodox Church in the UK, and Dr Omar Ashour from the University of Exeter.

William Lane Craig is in the UK on a debate tour advertised with a campaign on Oxford buses saying 'THERE'S PROBABLY NO DAWKINS' to draw awareness to the fact that Dawkins and other Atheists have declined to debate with him. Andrew Copson from the Humanist Society, who will take part in the Cambridge Union debate with Craig, tells us why he will not debate face to face and William Lane Craig explains why he has embarked on the tour.

Manchester Cathedral will echo to the voices of cloistered nuns, as Sarah Dunant with actors Niamh Cusack and Deborah Findlay and early music group Musica Secreta present a semi-dramatised version of Dunant's widely acclaimed novel Sacred Hearts. Edward meets up with Sarah at the Cathedral.

Kevin Bocquet looks at the rise in youth unemployment in the North East and how the communities are coping, and what help they are receiving from the faith communities.

Alabama has become the latest state to introduce tough new laws aimed at rooting out illegal immigration. The federal government is challenging the provisions in court, but churches have also been speaking out against the bill. Matt Wells reports

Bishop Julius Makoni was one of the key Anglicans to accompany Rowan Williams on his visit to Zimbabwe earlier this week and he has just won a court order to get his church building back from supporters of Mugabe.