by Sean Reilly | Jun 17, 2008
Prime Minister Gordon Brown has launched a new consultation and dialogue involving the Labour Party, the churches and faith communities. The move came at a reception held at No 10 Downing Street at the end of last week. Called ‘Believing for a Better Britain’, the...
by Sean Reilly | Feb 12, 2008
Rowan Williams succeeded in clarifying the nub of his thinking and showed contrition for his clumsiness, but he declined to apologise and is not off the hook – this seems the majority verdict among commentators and other public figures today, amid calls for...
by Sean Reilly | Feb 2, 2008
Two leading organisations speaking for the concerns of non-religious people in the UK have challenged a major youth organisation over its exclusion of non-believers, in spite of its repeated claims to be open and inclusive. Following a meeting at the Scout...
by Sean Reilly | Dec 1, 2007
Europeans who have no religion are growing in number but are becoming increasingly disadvantaged in the political process. This was the claim by the National Secular Society at a meeting in the European Parliament on “Religion and Politics in the New Europe” sponsored...
