Category - crusades

St George is no crusader

Press Office — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 03:53:42 +0100

The religion and society think-tank Ekklesia has welcomed a new painting of St George, the patron saint of England, which portrays him as a man of compassion and challenges the myth of 'the crusade

Crusades? No problem...

Simon Barrow — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 04:26:10 +0100

Perhaps unsurprisingly, a Daily Telegraph writer is less than impressed with the notion that there could be a Christian problem with religious violence per se, not just Muslim versions of it.

Re-evangelizing the religion of death

Simon Barrow — Sat, 21 Jul 2007 17:09:26 +0100

At the root of death-dealing religion and ideology is fear, says Simon Barrow. The biggest challenge we face today is how to challenge cultures of death from within, replacing the logic of the sword with an invitation to life.

Slaying the dragons of religious and racial intolerance

Giles Fraser — Mon, 23 Apr 2007 01:42:30 +0100

Saint George needs to be reclaimed from the Crusaders for a world where healing is needed in place of conflict, says Giles Fraser.

Why St George is no crusader

Garth Hewitt — Sun, 22 Apr 2007 10:19:46 +0100

Far from being a crusader, St George of Lydda was a defender of the powerless, says Garth Hewitt. He is a figure for Muslims, Jews, Christians - and for the church in Palestine.