Rebels without a pause Feb 26, 2007
Simon Barrow celebrates the role of parliamentary troublemakers...more
What is radical about Christianity? Feb 19, 2007
Simon Barrow argues that living tradition is about change not fixity...more
Adapting ourselves to adoptive grace 26/01/07
Simon Barrow asks why equality is such a trial for the institutional church...more
Being suspicious of Christian unity Jan 21, 2007
Simon Barrow suggests a different understanding of ecumenism...more
Absurdity as the theatre of war Jan 14, 2007
Simon Barrow contemplates Bush, Camus, Iraq, oil, and the perversity of hope...more
An epiphany of love in a suffering world? Jan 8, 2007
Simon Barrow reasons with the mystery of incarnation...more
Reshaping our democratic debate Jan 1, 2007
Simon Barrow looks at how to put people before political posturing...more
Giving birth to a new world Dec 21, 2006
Simon Barrow looks at how the God of Jesus spells the death of empire...more
Thinking otherwise about public religion Dec 10, 2006
Simon Barrow considers secularity as an ecumenical virtue...more
Not being enslaved by life as advertised Dec 3, 2006
Simon Barrow explores the Gospel that turns servants into free agents...more
It's the narrative, stupid Nov 23, 2006
Simon Barrow asks what gives meaning to modern, story-shaped politics...more
Time for fear to come out of the closet Nov 17, 2006
Simon Barrow reflects on the fall of a US religious hero...more
Not giving peace a chance Nov 14, 2006
Simon Barrow examines the politics and theology of remembrance...more
Turning God into a disaster area Nov 4, 2006
Simon Barrow says Dawkins is right to attack facile God-talk...more
Politics is bigger than the parliamentary game Oct 30, 2006
Simon Barrow asks what happens when Christians join the party...more
The veils governing our own thinking Oct 11, 2006
Simon Barrow says bridges not barriers will help relations with Muslims...more
Stuck in the middle with you? Oct 1, 2006
Simon Barrow says the main UK parties are missing the central issues...more
Christendom remains the Pope's real fallibility Sep 20, 2006
Simon Barrow says imperial assumptions confound Christian-Muslim conversation ...more
Why Rowan Williams helps stem the drift to idiocracy Sep 9, 2006
Simon Barrow says there is more to the 'gay row' than many activists admit...more
Life in the political twilight zone Aug 23, 2006
Simon Barrow takes a Sabbath view of the parliamentary recess...more
Restoring our faith in free speech Jun 15, 2006
Simon Barrow explains why Christians should shun censorship...more
Recovering a healthy grassroots vision May 21, 2006
Simon Barrow looks at local democracy, the far-right and the churches...more
Threatened with resurrection Apr 29, 2006
Simon Barrow says we are right to be afraid of peacemakers...more
How Easter brings regime change Apr 14, 2006
Simon Barrow says the Gospel means an end to the politics of death...more
Contending the logic of violence Mar 24, 2006
Simon Barrow says that true Christian peacemaking cannot afford naivete...more
The case for disorganised religion Dec 22, 2005
Simon Barrow questions over-assertive Christianity...more
What on earth are we waiting for? Dec 12, 2005
Simon Barrow looks at the painful hope of Advent via Iraq...more
Of bishops, bombs and ballast Sep 22, 2005
Simon Barrow asks whether the Anglican bishops’ 9/11 audit goes far enough...more
Taking the murder out of religion Aug 5, 2005
God is not found in violence, says Simon Barrow, but in a dead victim....more
Seeking the commonwealth of Europe Jun 5, 2005
Euro-vision needs more than ‘nul point’ voting, says Simon Barrow....more
Beyond the polity of death May 14, 2005
Simon Barrow says mission means transforming community...more
Questioning political leadership 04/05/05
Simon Barrow argues strong leaders disguise our lack of convictions...more
How the cross marks our ballot Apr 18, 2005
Simon Barrow looks for Christian alternatives in and beyond the election...more
Does Christianity kill or cure? Jan 30, 2005
Simon Barrow asks how religion can be redeemed to benefit humanity...more
Jesus v Jerry – a post-christendom opera Jan 13, 2005
Anti-Springer activism has lost the plot, says Simon Barrow. Christians should model hope not incite fear...more
And the Word became tinsel Dec 24, 2004
Simon Barrow says it’s time to take Christ out of Christmas and rediscover a better hope...more
The which Blair project Oct 12, 2004
As Labour looks to the polls, Simon Barrow asks what the PM has faith in anymore...more
Time to wage peace on terror? Sep 13, 2004
Simon Barrow reflects on new possibilities following the events at Beslan...more
Who controls the global future? Feb 12, 2004
Simon Barrow looks at Huntingdon, Soros, Fukyama and the futurism of the gospel...more
Should God get a name check? Dec 8, 2003
Simon Barrow looks at the emerging European constitution...more
Keeping the wrong kind of religion out of politics Sep 7, 2003
Simon Barrow reflects on the dark side of the Christian and Jewish scriptural inheritance...more
Why history cannot forgive us Jul 31, 2003
Simon Barrow asks whether the PM's belief in the absolution of history is a leap of faith in the wrong direction...more
Why global democracy isn't a bad idea Jun 19, 2003
When it comes to Bush, Blair and Mugabe democracy can often be in the eye of the beholder, suggests Simon Barrow...more
Is the new imperium an old illusion? May 7, 2003
Re-examining the political road maps of the C21st. How can a Christian political imagination help us to learn the tough lessons of the past and signal hope for the future? ...more
