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  • 8 Jun 2011
    New York art exploration of 'The Man of Sorrows'

    An acclaimed exhibit ending a four-month run in New York City has given art lovers the chance to explore a single theme, Christ as the Man of Sorrows, and the Venetian artistic tradition that gave it full flowering.

  • 21 Apr 2011
    Peace history conference at the Imperial War Museum

    The fifth annual Peace History Conference organised by Movement for the Abolition of War will take place at the Imperial War Museum on 13-14 May.

  • 10 Mar 2011
    Academics reflect on the globalisation of Christianity

    Scholars from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology in Germany are exploring the “globalisation” of Christian churches through a research project focusing on inter-regional dynamics and their effect on churches, particularly from the Second Vatican Council in the 1960s to the development of the WCC Programme to Combat Racism and other social justice emphases through the 1970s. The project has culminated in an international conference on the theme at the Bossey Ecumenical Institute.

  • 7 Apr 2010
    Vatican puts 142 years worth of historical documentation online

    From Pope Pius IX to Benedict XVI, the Vatican now has online 142 years of documents, including unofficial texts relating to the period during the Second World War.

  • 18 Dec 2008
    The Lost Liberty of the English Revolution - Quentin Skinner

    The constitutional upheavals of the 17th century gave rise to the view of individual liberty to which we have basically subscribed ever since; that our liberty consists in our not being unnecessarily

  • 18 Apr 2008
    New painting challenges image of St George the crusader

    A new painting of St George by Scott Norwood Witts, which depicts the saint as a man of compassion rather than a crusader, is to be unveiled at the Catholic Cathedral of St George, Southwark, to mark the saint’s day next week.

  • 29 Nov 2007
    Torture's painful past and scandalous present

    Torture, including torture by Americans, has a long history, says Martin E. Marty: Who could have predicted that this would be a live topic here in the twenty-first century? Only by learning the past do we change the future.

  • 29 Nov 2007
    Religion in Leeds is put in its place by new study

    A small Leeds church designed in 1932 and described as a "gem" when it was built has been "rediscovered" and given a Grade II listing on the advice of English Heritage - which has also produced a new publication reflecting on the way churches and faith have helped shape the city historically.

  • 27 Oct 2006
    History

    The democratic system of government present in Athens, Greece, intermittently in the 500 years before the death of Christ, has been hailed by many as the forerunner to modern democracy. In order to commune and make decisions, the city-state of Athens met in the "Ekklesia", or people's assembly, to which any citizen over the age of 20 had a right to attend, speak, and vote.