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  • 15 Jul 2011
    The place of religion in public life

    This weekend I am speaking alongside others at a conference on 'The Place of Religion in Public Life', bringing together Humanist, Christian and Muslim contributors to a day of discussion about negoti

  • 14 Jul 2011
    The problem of evil: Eichmann and Bellfield

    When it comes to evil, says Alison Jasper, we have a tendency to mystify it - that is reproduce unchallenging representations of it, from the monster in the movie with unclean appetites for human flesh and blood, right through to the 'monstrous perverts' of the tabloid press. Much more careful analysis and understanding is required to discover what lies behind the routine (but often imprecise) label 'evil'.

  • 22 Mar 2011
    65% of people in Britain tell poll they are not religious

    A new UK opinion poll shows why the census question on religion is fatally flawed for its intended purpose of planning public services, say Humanists.

  • 13 Mar 2011
    Cameron, 'multiculturalism' and education about religions and beliefs

    We need to search beyond politicians’ construction of multiculturalism, says Professor Robert Jackson. Research shows a much more complex picture of the ‘multicultural’ nature of society and of cultural relations, with constantly changing, complex and heterogeneous cultural groupings, exhibiting much diversity and some tension over issues such as identity. Religion, and our understanding of it, remains vital to all of this, not least within our schools. So where is it in PM David Cameron's vision and policy?

  • 23 Dec 2009
    Welsh university pioneers new work on religious experience

    While psychological researchers sometimes ask volunteers about their dreams, a unit at the University of Wales in Lampeter, in mid Wales, collects religious experiences that can used as a resource for theology students.

  • 10 Dec 2009
    Americans' religious beliefs are getting mixed up

    According to a new report based on a recent national survey by the Pew Research Center's Forum on Religion & Public Life, large numbers of Americans engage in multiple religious practices, blending elements of diverse traditions.

  • 8 Jul 2009
    How doubt redeems belief

    To fear one's doubts and to deny them, is to take away the silence from the music and the space from the sculpture, says Jill Segger. As with all untruth, denial demeans, diminishes and eventually destroys.

  • 20 Feb 2009
    Welsh equality seminar rounds off series on 'religion or belief' issues

    The last of four major conferences looking into issues regarding equality, human rights and ‘religion or belief’ took place in Cardiff earlier this week

  • 12 Jan 2009
    Driving a bus through belief?

    By adding more weight to the debate, the campaigning atheists won’t stop the worry about God, says Mark Vernon. Unless they can stop talking about it, they’ll only succeed in giving the rumour new life.

  • 22 Oct 2008
    Cold water, buses and shared humanity

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