Commentary

Regular comment and analysis from some of our staff and associates.

Anne Booth

Bernadette Meaden

Catherine Hale

Chris Cole

Holly Wallis

Jill Segger

Jonathan Bartley

Press Office

Savi Hensman

Simon Barrow

Symon Hill

Wendy Bradley

March 21, 2007

Apology for transatlantic slave trade
March 21, 2007

Religion wars...

Both the rhetorical argument going on here, and the divine comedy of White House faith in the age of Iraq.
March 21, 2007

Resisting the polarising mindset

Simon Barrow says that the idea of 'religious liberals' being foils for bombers and bigots is a distorted and distorting notion produced by too much heat and not enough light.
March 21, 2007

Less heat and more light needed on religion and extremism
March 20, 2007

Judas makes another comeback

The story about how Judas has been misrepresented in the Gospels and was mainly trying to rescue Jesus from false notions of messiahood has surfaced again - via a Jeffrey Archer novel.
March 20, 2007

The price of peace

A reminder from the late Thomas Merton, on the fourth anniversary of the invasion of Iraq.
March 20, 2007

Endism is nigh, texts are tricky

Simon Barrow says that beyond the popular scriptural fantasising which feeds much religion on the internet, there are processes of scriptural reasoning which produce a dynamic, fruitful bond between the Bible to lived reality.
March 20, 2007

How the Bible was used to justify slavery

Giles Fraser reflects on John Newton’s painful conversion from uncritical theology
March 19, 2007

The quiet majority?

It would be interesting to know what questions were asked in the recent BBC survey which indicated that up to 33 per cent of Christians feel discriminated against.
March 18, 2007

Grounds for discrimination?

A lively debate on whether Christians are treated unfairly in the public sphere was marred by some factual confusions.
March 18, 2007

UK Christians urged to be positive not negative about loss of status
March 17, 2007

The History of Christian Thought - Review

Simon Barrow appraises an effective and lively potted history of Christian thought throughout the ages.
March 17, 2007

Screen and airwaves

Ekklesia will be on national television and radio over the next few days.
March 17, 2007

Lords and bishops go a-leaping

Simon Barrow charts the struggle for an elected second chamber, the anomaly of Lords Spiritual, and a lurking theological question
March 16, 2007

Good news... the beeb goes nuclear

Blair's bad hair day trumps Cameron's parting of the waves. Official.