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Inspired by faith: an interview with Alex Salmond

In an interview for the September/October 2008 edition of Inspires, the magazine of the Scottish Episcopal Church, Scotland’s First Minister, Alex Salmond, speaks about his faith and describes what he sees as the role of churches in Scottish society.

He suggests that the work of inter-faith communities is helping to tackle the issue of an increasingly secular society “where the intricacies of different denominations are lost to the vast bulk of the population” and praises the Scottish Episcopal Church’s role in inter-faith relations saying “I think the Scottish Episcopal Church plays a positive, beneficial and helpful role in inter-church and inter-faith relations and that there is great solidarity developing between the faith communities in Scotland, and I’m delighted that our inter-faith structures are becoming a model for elsewhere in the world.”

In explaining what inspires him he says: “Faith inspires me. People believing in things beyond what they can touch and see seems to me to be hugely important. Also faith in extremity of people facing up to challenges, that also inspires me."

Full story at the Scottish Episcopal Church.