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Catherine Hale
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Holly Wallis
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Jonathan Bartley
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Savi Hensman
Simon Barrow
Symon Hill
Wendy Bradley
  • April 15, 2007
    Being stuck with a God who raises the dead

    Easter is awkward for the church, because its revolutionary message leaves it nowhere to hide religiously, politically or intellectually, argues Simon Barrow.

  • April 14, 2007
    Beyond a sweet and sticky Jesus

    In the brutality of the crucifixion, the political and religious order that put Jesus to death was laid bare. But the church has sweetened and sanitised its saviour far more than chocolatiers can ever do, says Jonathan Bartley.

  • April 12, 2007
    An optimism too far for Palestine-Israel?

    Peace and justice means more than political expediency, argues Timothy Seidel - and behind the fashionable rhetoric of 'two states' for Palestine/Israel lie some highly dubious agendas.

  • April 12, 2007
    Targets, markets and a vision of health

    We need to ask deeper questions about the 'punishment and reward' theology of targets, markets and excellence that has come to dominate health policy, suggests Savi Hensman.

  • April 12, 2007
    The power of life versus the power of death

    Both the Easter story and recent political dramas in the Middle East highlight deep questions about power, says Colin Morris. They show that the power of life is about persuasion.

  • April 10, 2007
    Learning from the Iran captives saga
  • April 10, 2007
    The politics of grace?

    Jonathan Bartley's BBC Radio 4 Thought for the Day this morning looked at how 'acts of grace' take on a political role - specifically in relation to the Iran captives saga.

  • April 8, 2007
    Christ is not a badge of superiority

    Richard Harries, former Bishop of Oxford, has a fine and moving article in The Observer today - ostensibly about the dilemmas faced by Rowan Williams, but effectively reminding all Christians about something inherent in their vocation....

  • April 8, 2007
    More on the 'penal substitution' row

    Here's the story that didn't quite make it into The Guardian last Thursday.

  • April 7, 2007
    Watch for surprises

    The Easter story resonates with alarming radicalism, says a scholar-bishop.

  • April 7, 2007
    The Passover message of radical freedom

    Giles Fraser says that Christianity should recapture the liberating core of its message - in partnership with its Jewish friends

  • April 7, 2007
    Reflections on Easter meaning

    The contested message of Easter continues to challenge both the religious and the secular imagination.

  • April 7, 2007
    Forgiveness is divine, recrimination less so

    The Guardian's religious affairs correspondent has weighed into the heated debate about Jeffrey John's comments on the atonement.

  • April 6, 2007
    Reflecting on Archer and Iscariot

    A 'historical fiction' about Jesus' betrayer continues to climb the sales charts and to provoke diverse reactions.

  • April 1, 2007
    April Fool ... and a matter of loyalty

    Today is April 1st, and traditionally known as April Fools Day in the UK, it's the day when people play jokes on one another.