Religion
Bad news from paradise
Suddenly, the Maldivians are in the news. Earlier this year, they locked up their first democratically elected president, and just…
The many fights over the Lord’s Prayer
Amen corner Digital Cinema Media, a company which distributes adverts to cinemas, refused to allow an advert which involves the…
Of gods and men
Tom Holland on Egypt, where the deities were born and history itself began
Corbyn’s salvation
If Labour’s atheist leader could show he was at peace with religion, it would go a long way to making his job more secure
Remembering P.J. Kavanagh
OBITUARY
Christianity is silent on my great moral dilemma
Proximity shouldn’t make a difference — should it? We were on a beach on the European side of the Mediterranean,…
Edinburgh on Thames
Showstopper! The Improvised Musical offers a brand new song-and-dance spectacular at every performance. It opens with a brilliantly chaotic piece…
God’s new business plan
Justin Welby wants the C of E to focus on growth – and he’s enlisting bankers to help
Benedict’s back
Quietly, discreetly, the Pope Emeritus is offering a different vision to that of Pope Francis
You can’t take the Islam out of Islamic State
At last, British politicians have been galvanised into action by the appalling events last weekend in the Tunisian resort of…
Oh God, don’t let the Pope be a climate fanatic
In his latest encyclical Pope Francis will apparently describe global warming as a ‘major threat to life on the planet’.…
Curious shades of Browne
On the evening of 10 March 1804, Samuel Taylor Coleridge settled at a desk in an effort to articulate what…
Crisis of faith
England’s churches are in deep trouble
Original sin makes us better people. I wish Muslims believed in it
These days, on the subject of Islam, non-Muslims have mostly divided into two camps — though there’s a little wandering…
The Catholic crack-up
It’s not just Vatican infighting any more. Pope Francis has a potential schism on his hands
Daring to be a Daniel
As I swink in the field of Thatcher studies, this book brings refreshment. It is a welcome and rare. Far…
A quiet revolution
What I discovered on a silent retreat
Allah, Zeus and the Church of England
A ‘prominent liberal cleric’ in London has held an Islamic prayer service in his church, St John’s Waterloo. ‘We all…
Islam’s squeezed middle
Is there a future for a moderate activist group fighting anti-Muslim prejudice?
Barometer
Gun lords The House of Lords shooting range is to be turned into a cupboard, having previously survived an attempt…
It takes a village (or six)
Can England’s 10,000 rural churches survive?
Gods and fairytales
The rise of modern paganism – and the persistence of the real thing
Faith in freedom
What’s wrong with calls for an ‘Islamic Reformation’
Let there be light
It’s time to reclaim Islam from the Islamists
The dangerous lie
Despite what our leaders tell us, Islamic extremism is all about Islam
