Irreverend: Faith and Current Affairs

9/11 Award for a Bin Laden Praiser and Aslan Becomes “Translan”

Freitag, 25. September 2026 · 1 h 00

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Jamie Franklin, Tom Pelham and Daniel French on a week the Church of England and the culture both told on themselves.
On the anniversary of 9/11, the Archbishop of Canterbury gave an interfaith award to a cleric who praised Osama bin Laden as a Muslim warrior standing next to his wife in a niqab. Lambeth put the photo out then withdrew the honour after a Google search anyone could have done. The hosts say the real scandal is a church that would rather curry the world’s favour than speak of Christ.
Then: Greta Gerwig’s new Narnia. Meryl Streep voices Aslan. Rainbow whiskers. Bowie eyes. The panel argues Aslan is Christ in Narnia, not a costume, and that “Translan” is the point.
1 Corinthians 1: boast in the Lord.
Timestamps:

– Intro
– Welcome
– Lord’s Prayer
– 1 Corinthians 1
– 9/11 award to a Bin Laden praiser
– Church leadership, repentance, and the episcopate
– Meryl Streep’s Aslan / “Translan”
– Close, support & blessing
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