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Ernie Rea (born
Belfast Belfast ( , ; from ga, Béal Feirste , meaning 'mouth of the sand-bank ford') is the capital and largest city of Northern Ireland, standing on the banks of the River Lagan on the east coast. It is the 12th-largest city in the United Kingdo ...
, 1945) is a British
radio presenter A radio personality (American English) or radio presenter (British English) is a person who has an on-air position in radio broadcasting. A radio personality who hosts a radio show is also known as a radio host, and in India and Pakistan as a rad ...
. He is also a freelance writer and consultant on
interfaith Interfaith dialogue refers to cooperative, constructive, and positive interaction between people of different religious traditions (i.e. "faiths") and/or spiritual or humanistic beliefs, at both the individual and institutional levels. It is ...
issues. He graduated from
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, with degrees in History and Politics and in Theology. He was ordained as a
Presbyterian Presbyterianism is a part of the Reformed tradition within Protestantism that broke from the Roman Catholic Church in Scotland by John Knox, who was a priest at St. Giles Cathedral (Church of Scotland). Presbyterian churches derive their nam ...
minister in 1971. In 1978, he joined the religious broadcasting section of the
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, and eventually rose to become Head of Religious Broadcasting. He presented '' Beyond Belief'', a programme on
BBC Radio 4 BBC Radio 4 is a British national radio station owned and operated by the BBC that replaced the BBC Home Service in 1967. It broadcasts a wide variety of spoken-word programmes, including news, drama, comedy, science and history from the BBC' ...
that discusses religious issues, from 2001 to 2022. He is a member of the
Three Faiths Forum The Faith and Belief Forum, formerly known as the Three Faiths Forum (3FF), is an interfaith organisation in the United Kingdom. The organisation creates safe spaces in schools, universities, workplaces and the wider community where people can eng ...
, an organization which exists to foster understanding between the three faiths of
Christianity Christianity is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth. It is the world's largest and most widespread religion with roughly 2.38 billion followers representing one-third of the global pop ...
,
Judaism Judaism ( he, ''Yahăḏūṯ'') is an Abrahamic, monotheistic, and ethnic religion comprising the collective religious, cultural, and legal tradition and civilization of the Jewish people. It has its roots as an organized religion in the ...
and
Islam Islam (; ar, ۘالِإسلَام, , ) is an Abrahamic religions, Abrahamic Monotheism#Islam, monotheistic religion centred primarily around the Quran, a religious text considered by Muslims to be the direct word of God in Islam, God (or ...
. Rea is also a trainer with The Media Training Company, along with producer
Geoff Deehan Geoff Deehan is a film and television producer who has worked on projects such as '' The Heist'' and ''Equinox''. He is also the creator and producer of the ''Plane Crash'' Documentary on Channel Four. Early life Geoff Deehan was born on 14 Jun ...
.


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Rethink2012.com
{{DEFAULTSORT:Rea, Ernie 1945 births Living people Broadcasters from Belfast Radio presenters from Northern Ireland Presbyterian ministers Alumni of Queen's University Belfast BBC Radio 4 presenters Place of birth missing (living people)