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  • 26 Mar
    2008
    The God elusion

    The current media-propelled debates about God are mostly hopelessly out of touch with their own intense fallibility, says Simon Barrow. He tries to explain why God-talk will always be helpfully elusive if it is faithful to what it seeks to point to.

  • 12 Feb
    2008
    Theology, science and the problem of ID

    This paper briefly sets out the religious, philosophical and political context of both the 2007 government guidelines on science teaching and the recent report and statement of the International Society for Science and Religion (ISSR), explaining why 'intelligent design' (ID), popular among some religious groups, is neither sound science nor good theology. It includes notes, an overview of 2005-7 Ekklesia comments on creationism and ID, and a select bibliography.

    Simon Barrow
  • 24 Dec
    2007
    Bishop of London worries about 'secular fundamentalism'

    The Anglican bishop of London says in a Christmas letter that the return of religious issues to centre stage in the public sphere is welcome, but he claims it has provoked a dangerous reaction from what he calls "secular fundamentalists".

  • 13 Dec
    2007
    Has Rowan Williams misunderstood Richard Dawkins?

    While Rowan Williams rightly criticises Richard Dawkins for unfeasibly reducing religion to a pre-scientific explanatory system now superseded by science, says Ricahrd Skinner, he seems to have misunderstood Dawkins on evolution and survival strategies.

  • 16 Oct
    2007
    Williams questions Dawkins' critical thinking about religion

    Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Rowan Williams has said that Richard Dawkins and other apostles of anti-religious sentiment are oversimplifying complex issues and often missing the point. His comments came in a lecture at the University of Swansea.

  • 19 Sep
    2007
    Why Christians should take Richard Dawkins seriously

    Though the god Richard Dawkins seeks to demolish is a caricature and often based on ill-informed analysis, says Richard Skinner, it is uncomfortably close to the idol some Christians have chosen to worship.

  • 7 Sep
    2007
    The slow dawn of reason?

    Both Richard Dawkins and Polly Toynbee, who spend a good deal of time fulminating against caricatures of 'religion' were on the BBC today. And guess what, they abandoned vituperation for once.

  • 27 Apr
    2007
    Why we need to rid ourselves of the 'god of the slots'

    The church looking for ‘God slots’ in relation to culture is like religion seeking a ‘God of the gaps’ in relation to science: a huge mistake. The Gospel points us elsewhere.

  • 20 Apr
    2007
    Wider range of voices called for in BBC’s beliefs radio slot

    BBC Radio 4's Thought for the Day reflection spot could be opened up to the non-religious as well as the religious, argues one of its Christian contributors. Jonathan Bartley says it can help people to listen to one another better.

  • 21 Mar
    2007
    Less heat and more light needed on religion and extremism

    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

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