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  • 2 Aug 2010
    Rethinking Christian attitudes to the armed forces

    When Christians explore nonviolence, we do so with the legacy of Christian collusion with militarism hanging over us. Nowhere is this more apparent than in the confusion around Christian attitudes to the armed forces.

  • 15 Jul 2010
    Truth is a political issue

    Disputes over truth are often presented as examples of a clash between religion and science. Galileo's conflict with the Roman Catholic Church is frequently talked about in this way, as are more recent controversies about evolution and creationionism. But an exploration of the details reveals that conflicts over truth are often closely tied to questions of politics and power.

  • 18 May 2010
    Sex, violence and sin

    Some Christians throw around the word "sin" fairly unthinkingly, while others have become rather embarrassed by it. To talk about "sin" clearly and justly, we need to address the confusion of both society and churches around two major issues - sex and violence.

  • 10 May 2010
    The claims of the Christian Party

    British Christians have firmly rejected sectarian party politics by offering almost no support at all to the Christian Party, who secured less than two per cent of the vote in each of the 71 constituencies they contested.

  • 10 May 2010
    Reform, reaction and change in a new era

    The status quo based on monopolistic politics and dominating religion is being challenged as never before, says Simon Barrow. This creates fresh and energising opportunities for cooperation across received 'religious' and 'secular' divides for a new era, and requires a new Christian vision too.

  • 6 May 2010
    Why I'm not voting for the Christian Party

    For the first time in a British general election, significant numbers of voters will today have the opportunity to support candidates from parties described specifically as “Christian”. Symon Hill hopes that very few of them will choose to do so.

  • 30 Apr 2010
    Judge criticises Carey and says religions are equal in law

    A senior judge has srongly criticised the former Archbishop of Canterbury, George Carey, for suggesting that Christians should have privileges in the judicial system.

  • 10 Apr 2010
    Where's Grayling?

    The first week of the Conservative Party's election campaign has reminded me of the series of books entitled Where's Wally?, in which readers are challenged to search for a glimpse of an individual who has been made almost invisible. Since the Shadow Home Secretary, Chris Grayling, was recorded attacking the rights of same-sex couples, the Tories have kept him in the background, despite his senior position in their party.

  • 29 Mar 2010
    Kierkegaard translator, and post-war refugee pioneer, dies

    Howard V. Hong, English translator of works by the philosopher and theologian, Søren Kierkegaard, and pioneer in Lutheran services to refugees in Europe after World War Two, has died.

  • 19 Mar 2010
    Pro- and anti-religion rhetoric