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  • 17 Jun 2013
    Worship, song and its impact on Christian imagination

    In many churches today, hymns have been largely or wholly replaced by worship songs. Some of these are of high quality and accessible to a wider range of worshippers. However, says Savitri Hensman, perhaps there should be more discussion of how this trend may influence the ways in which Christians relate to the Bible and understand themselves, God and the world.

  • 10 Jun 2013
    The Iona Community: 75 years of inspiration

    The Iona Community is a dispersed Christian ecumenical community working simultaneously for peace and social justice, the rebuilding of human bonds of collaboration locally and globally, and the renewal of worship. This past weekend it has been celebrating its 75th anniversary.

  • 15 Nov 2012
    Government change of policy on school assemblies is welcomed

    The government's Department for Education has withdrawn its official, limiting guidance on the provision of Collective Worship in schools.

  • 25 Apr 2011
    Easter and Anzac: Worshipping the gods of war

    If you're not convinced that Anzac Day in New Zealand bears the hallmarks of fundamentalist religious belief, try questioning anything about the state's most holy day and feel the vitriolic reaction, says Sande Ramage, exploring the myths around Easter and Anzac, which coincide in 2011.

  • 22 Nov 2010
    School worship should not be compulsory
  • 22 Nov 2010
    Government asked to end compulsory collective worship in schools

    Teaching unions, educationists, religious bodies and humanists have issued a joint call to the government to end compulsory worship in schools.

  • 6 Jul 2010
    Compulsory worship in schools
  • 2 Feb 2010
    Worship is more than performance

    Many churches struggle to make their services more inclusive, but we need to be prepared for radical thinking if we truly want to address the problem. We are unlikely to make much progress as long as services appear as performances and we define worship by what happens on a Sunday morning.

  • 9 Jun 2008
    Church leaders set aside time to focus on the environment

    English church leaders have called on Christians to use the period of 1 September to 4 October 2008 as an opportunity to put the environment at the heart of their prayer, worship and practical concern. This is part of a regular initiative.

  • 1 Nov 2007
    Choosing between human rights and oil

    It is wrong that "rules of law, human affairs and democracy are cast aside to worship a barrel of oil" said Mark Thomas in protesting about the Saudi state visit to the UK.