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  • 13 Aug 2007
    Rethinking Christianity - by Keith Ward

    In an era where a basic understanding of what Christianity is about cannot be taken for granted, Simon Barrow welcomes a new book by philosopher and theologian Keith Ward which clears some ground and opens up issues.

  • 10 Aug 2007
    Pilgrimage on wheels

    An academic body committed to interreligious understanding has hit upon a creative way to change hearts and minds by employing pedal power.

  • 9 Aug 2007
    Police seek censure over 'misleading' TV programme on Muslims

    West Midlands Police have reported Channel 4 TV to the media regulator Ofcom over the way an Undercover Mosque programme in its Dispatches series was edited - claiming that it was misleading and could harm community relations.

  • 9 Aug 2007
    World church youth interns will give peace a chance

    The World Council of Churches (WCC) will welcome five young people to serve as interns in its Geneva offices from February 2008 to January 2009 - working in areas such as peace, media relations and interreligious understanding.

  • 9 Aug 2007
    Sentamu urges MPs to slow down over the summer

    Dr John Sentamu, the Archbishop of York, has announced that he is to send every MP in the country some summer reflection material: The 100-Minute Bible and a guide to slowing down written by the Anglican Bishop of Reading.

  • 9 Aug 2007
    Kenyan church leaders tell government not to muzzle media

    Church leaders in Kenya have urged President Mwai Kibaki to reject proposed legislation regarding the media, which the country's Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, Wangari Maathai, has said would curtail press freedom.

  • 8 Aug 2007
    Spiritual free-diving in a religiously diverse world

    Annegret Kapp describes the experiences of young Christians, Muslims and Jews as they seek to come to terms with the challenges of global religious faith through a special summer school at the famous Bossey Institute.

  • 5 Aug 2007
    Church of England re-tools itself for the digital era

    Keen to keep up with advancing technology and to find new ways of increasing supporter awareness, the Church of England is expanding its digital efforts with an electronic news bulletin and trial podcasts.

  • 1 Aug 2007
    Children in Conflict art exhibit will highlight justice issues

    The renowned war artist John Keane has produced a series of eleven new paintings for a challenging new exhibition, Children in Conflict, which is due to open at Wolverhampton Art Gallery on 24 November 2007.

  • 30 Jul 2007
    Reading Harry Potter too religiously

    Religiously constructed rows over sorcery, metaphor and meaning in Harry Potter are hardly new, as Simon Barrow has personal reason to know. He suggests we all chill out and finding meaning not menace in the narrative.