by Sean Reilly | Mar 22, 2008
Somewhere in the Middle East, Jesus Christ is strapped to a bench, his head wrapped in clingfilm. He furiously sucks against the plastic. A hole is pierced, but only so that a filthy rag can be stuffed back into his mouth. He is turned upside down and water slowly...
by Sean Reilly | Mar 21, 2008
Today’s world “lives with death and resurrection in many ways and in many places”, says the president of the Methodist Conference in Britain. The duty of the church is to be with them in this and to point to the hope of the gospel. “An...
by Sean Reilly | Mar 21, 2008
Pupils at Radyr comprehensive, just along from Bridgend, have been studying Malorie Blackman’s book, Noughts and Crosses. It’s a bit like Romeo and Juliet. Well, sort of. It has a balcony scene and – more controversially – a suicide. After...
by Sean Reilly | Jan 9, 2008
A British Airways worker has lost her case for religious discrimination over wearing a gold jewellery cross to work. It is the latest in a spate of recent cases where Christians have claimed to be discriminated against, and courts have subsequently ruled that they...
by Sean Reilly | Dec 12, 2007
Churches used financial leverage to force British Airways to change its uniform policy, according to a new website aimed at making the investment activities of churches in the UK more transparent. The Church Investors Group (CIG) made up of representatives of the...