Category - nss

Health chaplaincies should be funded by religious groups, say secularists

staff writers — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 11:40:27 +0100

Churches and religious organisations should fund chaplaincy and spiritual care in the National Health Service instead of the taxpayer, says the National Secular Society.

Empathy in a polarised world

Simon Barrow — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 09:42:06 +0000

When I was younger I used to rejoice in argument. Now I’m tired of it, even though I’m in a line of work where (in terms of the media and politics interface) polarisation is the way you are expected to play the game.

Cold water, buses and shared humanity

Simon Barrow — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 21:29:02 +0100

The usual internet ranters apart, the much-publicised 'atheist bus project' has provoked some lively discussion and response.

What kind of secularity?

Simon Barrow — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 20:20:37 +0000

A discussion is taking place over on the Thinking Anglicans website, following a trenchant article by Giles Fraser in the Church Times: Is secularism neutral on faith or anti-religious?

Resisting the polarising mindset

Simon Barrow — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 11:56:56 +0000

Simon Barrow says that the idea of 'religious liberals' being foils for bombers and bigots is a distorted and distorting notion produced by too much heat and not enough light.

Less heat and more light needed on religion and extremism

Press Office — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 07:00:15 +0000

Responding to an article by the president of the National Secular Society (NSS), which accuses “apparently harmless liberals” who practice religion of being "brainwashed" and “enabling the fa

Secularist leader accuses religious liberals of aiding fanatics

staff writers — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 06:48:39 +0000

The president of the National Secular Society has written an article claiming that religious liberals are “making excuses for the same beliefs that motivate bombers and theocrats, misogynists and homophobes”. Others disagree.