Holy snowflakes: why young believers need to accept faith is controversial
As well as writing about religion, I have always been an amateur religious artist. Recently I’ve been getting a bit…
Why does drama always end up sneering at religion?
Religion remains a surprisingly popular subject for plays. It’s partly because there’s already a core of theatricality there, in the…
How God could save Jeremy Corbyn
On religion, Jeremy Corbyn is interestingly moderate, circumspect — not the angry atheist you might expect. In a recent interview…
Adultery websites should be as unacceptable as race-hate websites
The website illicitencounters.com connects married people who are interested in straying, in cheating on their spouses. Or, as the website…
Tinder went looking for fresh flesh – and accidentally found me
Through some freak accident of PR, I was invited to an event organised by Tinder. If you’re over 40 or…
Why calling for an ‘Islamic Reformation’ is lazy and historically illiterate
It’s been said for years now: Islam needs its reformation. Some centuries ago, Christianity ditched its theocratic impulse and affirmed…
Rowan Williams has been reading too much Wittgenstein
It used to seem rather obvious that the world was full of evidence for God. These days, theologians no longer…
A gangster called Capitalism and its vanquisher The Common Good
Once upon a time, a powerful unkillable beast menaced the nation. It had to be tamed. It could only be…
The return of God: atheism's crisis of faith
Like any movement or religion, atheism has ambitions. Over the years it has grown and developed until it has become…
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