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  • 30 Jan 2008
    Religion and secularism: a dynamic balance?

    Recently published books by well-known secularists claim that religion is poisonous. Some varieties of secularism say that religion need not, and should not, play any role in the life of our society.

  • 23 Jan 2008
    Does religion have to be the enemy?

    A discussion meeting of the Oxford Secular Society, open to people of all persuasions, with Simon Barrow, co-director of the think-tank Ekklesia.

  • 22 Jan 2008
    Live simply and invest differently, says new UK partnership

    The UK wing of the global social investment initiative Oikocredit has teamed up with the Livesimply campaign to promote a shared vision for social justice. Oikocredit provides vital loans to creative but impoverished communities.

  • 19 Jan 2008
    Public service reform

    Britain's public services are continually under pressure. How do we begin to shift the agenda in a more positive direction?

  • 19 Jan 2008
    Jewish and Muslim schools seek to build bridges

    The Board of Deputies of British Jews has advertised for a Muslim schools adviser to develop links between Jewish, Muslim and other minority faith schools, amid concerns about social cohesion among children educated separately.

  • 11 Jan 2008
    Rethinking religion in an open society
  • 3 Dec 2007
    Against the gods, religious and otherwise

    The non-religious as well as the religious fight amongst themselves, Mark Vernon observes. But in questioning, they are all the better for it, provided that plural thoughtfulness can overcome intolerant rationalism.

  • 1 Dec 2007
    Churches asked to be change agents on World AIDS Day

    The Ecumenical Advocacy Alliance, a partnership involving major Christian development and church agencies, including several in the UK, is encouraging people of faith to take individual and collective responsibility for combatting HIV/AIDS.

  • 1 Dec 2007
    Tutu urges faith leaders to make AIDS action a priority

    Faith-based campaigners and religious leaders say churches should not relax their efforts to deal with the HIV/AIDS pandemic despite UN figures showing a drop in the number of people worldwide living with the virus, says Desmond Tutu.

  • 30 Nov 2007
    William Blake liberates the Bible for the people

    William break was an imaginative and liberating exegete of the text of Scripture, says Chris Rowland. He did not make a god out of Bible and he defied those who misused it for oppression, heralding instead a Sprit-driven people's theology.