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  • 8 Jan 2012
    Japanese environmentalist inspired by Hebrew Psalm

    Japanese environmentalist Shigeatsu Hatakeyama, who is up for a "Forest Hero" award from the United Nations, has been inspired by an ancient biblical text.

  • 27 Sep 2011
    Dead Sea Scrolls online after high-tech photo process

    The Dead Sea Scrolls, which include the world's oldest known biblical manuscripts, are now available online through a cooperative effort between the Israel Museum, where they are housed, and Google.

  • 26 Aug 2011
    Biblical reflections aid the struggle against poverty

    Faith perspectives on some of the most damaging aspects of global poverty are presented for Bible study group discussion in a new book launched at the Greenbelt Festival.

  • 4 Jul 2011
    30,000 people in Britain help with 'handwritten Bible'

    Tens of thousands of people across Britain and Northern Ireland have transcribed the Bible by hand in the last 12 months, as part of a Methodist project.

  • 29 Jan 2010
    Canadian military to delete Bible verses from gun sights

    Canada's military says it plans as soon as possible to remove references [to] phrases from the Bible citations inscribed on some of its firearm sights that have whipped up a storm of controversy - officially and among church peace advocates.

  • 12 Apr 2009
    Recovering wisdom from the desert

    Theologian Janet Soskice has written a fascinating book about the discovery of one of the most ancient Gospel manuscripts. It reminds us that to understand the search for meaning in the present we have to value the past properly, says Simon Barrow.

  • 26 Mar 2009
    The greening of the Bible

    The Green Bible, reviewed here by researcher Simon Beard, illustrates that the message of the Hebrew and Christian scriptures is concerned not just with human beings but with the whole earth.

  • 26 Aug 2008
    Let there be a bit less light, urges C of E

    The biblical story of creation, echoed in the prologue to John's Gospel, famously contains the divine injunction, "Let there be light." But the Church of England says that in an age of eco-cre, a little less light might be needed.

  • 22 Apr 2008
    Why Christianity remains a novel idea

    The Gospel has been much talked about but practically sidelined under Christendom, says Jonathan Bartley. Rediscovering the radicalism of Jesus' message is vital to the recovery of a proper public role for Christian faith.

  • 28 Mar 2008
    Listening and learning in the sexuality debate