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  • 2 Nov 2011
    De-coding Mammon: money in need of redemption

    A review of a thesis for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Theology, submitted to the University of Exeter by Peter John Dominy

  • 6 Apr 2011
    Fasting for the (un-budgeted) poor

    A biblically-inspired fast is taking place in the USA, as Christians and Jews protest the way budget debate is sidelining the poor. Martin E. Marty reflects on a movement for justice with ancient roots and modern resonances.

  • 2 Apr 2011
    Land reform fund mooted for Scottish football community ownership

    Supporters Direct, the network of 'trusts' (co-ops) involved with football clubs, has welcomed a 1 million community ownership proposal in Scotland.

  • 14 Mar 2011
    Newt Gingrich’s comical repentance

    That senior US politician Newt Gingrich tried to be forgiven for his infidelities while using “patriotism” and “overworking” excuses is what leads many to see a usually serious act turning out to have been rather comic, says Martin Marty, reporting on the media response in North America.

  • 10 Mar 2011
    Religion and politics in international relations: the modern myth

    The assumption that there is some essential distinction between 'religious' and 'non-religious' domains – which is still today a globalising discourse – is an ideological construct which takes on an appearance of naturalness and inevitability, says Timothy Fitzgerald. When such generalised assumptions are taken into the field of international relations they cause further difficulties.

  • 17 Oct 2010
    The big parties' conference Pas de Trois

    Party conferences, at least for the 'big three', have become an elaborate ritual for the faithful, says Simon Barrow. But their well-spun manoeuvres have little to do with the 'new politics', let alone the harsh word of the Comprehensive Spending Review.

  • 26 May 2010
    Greening the (alternative) Queen's Speech

    The ConLib Queen's Speech, setting out the coalition's legislative programme for government looks pale and unambitious compared to the version Green Party leader and MP Caroline Lucas has offered to Channel 4 News.

  • 18 Apr 2010
    Interview with Caroline Lucas: Green shift

    Green Party leader Caroline Lucas hopes to become the first of many Green MPs at the 2010 General Election. She is standing in Brighton Pavilion and is currently a Member of the European Parliament for the South East England region. Third Way's Huw Spanner talked to her back in 2005.

  • 18 Apr 2010
    Interview with Nick Clegg: What is he about?

    Nick Clegg has made unprecedented waves as a result of his appearance in the first ever UK election Leaders' TV Debate. Here Simon Barrow probes him on his beliefs, religion, Europe, his political creed and more.

  • 2 Feb 2010
    Jim Wallis on values and Wall Street

    In the past, US social and political commentators overlooked revivalism as a source of radical critique of society, says Martin Marty. Now we need to notice that it is the radical evangelicalism of Jim Wallis and Sojourners which is offering a moral and values-based challenge to 'capitalist economics as usual'.

  • 8 Nov 2009
    Fur and feathers challenge tarred politics

    These days it isn’t just anxious looking MPs and peers, lobbyists, civil servants, journalists and security officials you’ll find wandering near Westminster, says Simon Barrow. Among other unexpected visitors have been Batman, a troupe of clowns, Basil Brush and his foxy friends, a group of zombies and a super-sized duck home

  • 28 Apr 2009
    In The Loop... Fake Hawk Down?

    Imagine a world of soundbite politics where the machinery of power is operated by vacillating professional politicians, out of their depth, jumping to the whims of ruthless, feral spin doctors. That, says Alan Wilson, is the film satire In The Loop

  • 28 Jan 2009
    Inaugurating Jesus?

    There are many people who are not Christians who revere Jesus, says Martin Marty. But when his name is invoked in the civic arena they hear assertions of majority privilege in the religious realm, where privilege often has taken form in power against others.

  • 20 Jan 2009
    Bishop Gene Robinson's invocation for President Obama

    Bishop Robinson chose to eschew specifically Christian language for the occasion, saying that the texts and beliefs he holds sacred are not so held by all Americans. But his prayer could hardly be accused of pulling punches or resting on polite diplomacy.

  • 1 Mar 2008
    A Methodist who keeps order in parliament

    Leading British Methodist Ruby Beech's "day job" is a position that dates back to at least the 15th century, reports Kathleen LaCamera. As an assistant sergeant at arms in the UK Parliament, she helps look after the security and administration of the House of Commons.