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  • 27 Apr 2007
    Slotting in religion

    In the debate about Thought for the Day, there's a difference between creating space for spirituality ('spirited takes' on life, you might say) and stranded or sealed "religious broadcasting".

  • 27 Apr 2007
    Losing our (radio) religion?

    Simon Barrow suggests that how the churches see their engagement with culture, including spaces like the BBC's Thought for The Day, is shaped by the question about how God has been turned into an artefact under Christendom.

  • 27 Apr 2007
    Attempt to revive Jerry Springer The Opera prosecution

    The maverick Christian campaigner Stephen Green has won a legal challenge to a magistrate’s decision not to grant a private blasphemy prosecution against Jerry Springer The Opera. But the ultimate casualty of this could be the archaic blasphemy law itself.

  • 27 Apr 2007
    Why we need to rid ourselves of the 'god of the slots'

    The church looking for ‘God slots’ in relation to culture is like religion seeking a ‘God of the gaps’ in relation to science: a huge mistake. The Gospel points us elsewhere.

  • 26 Apr 2007
    God in the club scene?

    John Ruffle was rather, er, ruffled that his comment on our news story about the C of E and the BBC got removed.

  • 20 Apr 2007
    Wider range of voices called for in BBC’s beliefs radio slot

    BBC Radio 4's Thought for the Day reflection spot could be opened up to the non-religious as well as the religious, argues one of its Christian contributors. Jonathan Bartley says it can help people to listen to one another better.

  • 20 Apr 2007
    Top European prize goes to Reformation museum

    Geneva's International Museum of the Reformation has been awarded the Council of Europe Museum Prize for 2007. The president of the council's parliamentary assembly prsented the award earlier this week.

  • 16 Apr 2007
    Being civil in cyberspace

    Some say that without religion everything would be nice and rational. Hmmnnn...

  • 16 Apr 2007
    A tale of two Easters

    For years the churches have been unable to fix a common date for Easter. For many it has become a general holiday. Here we provide a guide to the issues, courtesy of the WCC Faith and Order Commission.

  • 2 Apr 2007
    Fairness, Faith and Schools

    A workshop on faith schools, based on the Association of Teachers and Lecturers’ recent policy work. This is for members who wish to learn more about ATL’s position and some of the key issues.