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  • 2 Nov 2007
    The Economist on religion

    The Economist has today (2 November 2007) published a special report which examines religion's place "in today's modern society" - the role it is likely to play in this century's politics and "how we should deal with it". But is it saying anything new?

  • 18 Oct 2007
    Religion and Secularism Network
  • 4 Oct 2007
    Franciscans welcome UN rapporteur on contemporary slavery

    A five-year campaign by human rights campaigners, including the Franciscan religious order, has influenced the Human Rights Council of the United Nations to has decide to appoint a Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery.

  • 2 Oct 2007
    USA reconsiders prison religious book ban after protests

    The United States Federal Bureau of Prisons has said it will return "non-approved" religious books and other materials that were removed from the shelves of federal prison libraries because of concerns over the threat of terrorism.

  • 28 Sep 2007
    Burma's spiritual revolt against repression

    The key role of a long spiritual heritage of disciplined and creative non-violence should not be ignored as a factor in current attempts to overthrow brutal dictatorship in Burma, says Gene Stoltzfus, a founder of Christian Peacemaker Teams.

  • 27 Sep 2007
    How faith can be positive for politics

    "You cannot generalise about the role of religion in politics...

  • 26 Sep 2007
    Teachers' guidelines on science and religion teaching
  • 25 Sep 2007
    Gordon Brown and the language of faith

    One of the more intriguing aspects of Gordon Brown's first Labour party conference speech as serving prime minister was his decision to use consciously biblical language as part of his argument against those employing religious rhetoric to oppose his family policy.

  • 13 Sep 2007
    Indian bishop intervenes over Mother Teresa belief row

    A media frenzy based on the supposed spiritual emptiness in the life of Mother Teresa, made public in some of her recently published letters, derives from a lack of spirituality, says Roman Catholic Archbishop Lucas Sirkar of Calcutta.

  • 11 Sep 2007
    Tributes pour in for ethical business pioneer Anita Roddick

    Tributes have been pouring in for ethical business pioneer Anita Roddick, who died on 10 September 2007 aged 64 after a major brain haemorrhage. A supporter of numerous causes, she disliked institutional religion but loved the alternative Christian arts festival Greenbelt.