WCCM Theme 2026: Without Religion, No Future; Dr Iain McGilchrist and Marco Schorlemmer (Recording) Faith The Tablet / New Hall

The Tablet / New Hall Festival held on the 10–11 July 2026

From a Buddhist perspective

Building on Professor Beattie's keynote

sing a selection of well known hymns and carols which have been missed so much during the restrictions of the pandemic

the Holy See’s Secretary for Relations with States and International Organisations (the Vatican’s foreign minister)

WCCM Theme 2026: Without Religion, No Future; Dr Iain McGilchrist and Marco Schorlemmer (Recording) Faith The Tablet / New HallSpeaker: Dr Iain McGilchrist Respondent: Marco Schorlemmer Our civilisation cannot survive without a return to spiritual values, and those values will not flourish without embodiment in the form of a religion. Since the Enlightenment, we have comprehensively misunderstood the nature of religion, and neglected the vital importance of nurturing the spiritual life. This has to do with a shift in the history of ideas, ultimately reinforced by changes in