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  • 5 Oct 2007
    Government responds to requests for action on 'creationism' (updated)

    In June 2007 the Christian think-tank Ekklesia and the British Humanist Association wrote to the new Schools, Children and Families minister, Ed Balls MP, urging him to make progress on combating creationism in British schools. The government has subsequently issued its promised guidelines.

  • 2 Oct 2007
    How religions can be a force for democracy

    These days, it can so easily feel as if religion is an anti-democratic force in our polity, writes Giles Fraser. No one votes for Bishops in the House of Lords, for example. So it's worth remembering that in this country, as indeed in many others too, religion was the nursemaid of democracy.

  • 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.

  • 29 Sep 2007
    Hillary Clinton and the 'religious vote' in the US

    Gordon Brown's recent speech to the Labour Party conference raised questions about the meaning, provenance and role of religious rhetoric in mainstream politics. This is an even hotter issue in the USA.

  • 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.

  • 25 Sep 2007
    Gordon Brown and religious rhetoric

    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

  • 22 Sep 2007
    Kenyan religious leaders campaign for violence-free elections

    Christian, Muslim and Hindu groups in Kenya are to launch a campaign to urge political leaders to sign a peace charter and pledge to avoid violence ahead of presidential and parliamentary elections scheduled for December 2007.