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Crossing into Syria to take up the fight

6 Feb 2013 3 minute read

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Crossing into Syria to take up the fight

Tam Hussein meets Ahmed, a young man with a clear calling and an uncertain future.

31 Jan 2013 3 minute read

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Haiti’s colonial hangover

The linguistic and religious legacy of the French lives on 200 years after independence, writes Sokari Ekine...

23 Oct 2012 4 minute read

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Why are they targeting the Sufis?

Attacks against Sufis and their holy places have become commonplace in the Muslim world, says Richard Schiffman...

5 Oct 2012 3 minute read

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Making peace a way of life

The essence of Quakerism is not an easily repeatable creed or dogma, but space. Tim Gee explains the...

We should all be more neighbourly after Wisconsin

10 Aug 2012 3 minute read

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We should all be more neighbourly after Wisconsin

The Sikh community at the centre of the latest US shooting have much to teach us about togetherness says Mari Marcel...

18 Jun 2012 3 minute read

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The Vatican shows its true colours

Mark Engler argues the Catholic Church has made a parody of itself by criticizing nuns for ‘focusing too much...

1 Apr 2012 3 minute read

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A word with Adonis

One of the greatest Arab poets of our time speaks to Giedre Steikunaite about creativity and consciousness....

Occupy your soul! The Christian Left gets active

25 Jan 2012 3 minute read

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Occupy your soul! The Christian Left gets active

With a ring of prayer planned to protest the eviction of the Occupy camp at St Paul’s, the Christian Left is coming of age,...

Vacuum theory: an irrational fear of Islam?

16 Nov 2011 2 minute read

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Vacuum theory: an irrational fear of Islam?

Alexander Wickham argues that post-Spring religious fervour should be better understood rather than feared or...

1 Nov 2011 6 minute read

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Are religious schools bad for society?

Humanist Andrew Copson and feminist Catholic theologian Tina Beattie go head-to-head - read their arguments and join...

Condom-wearing Jesus causes uproar in the Philippines

18 Aug 2011 2 minute read

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Condom-wearing Jesus causes uproar in the Philippines

An art installation by visual and performance artist Mideo Cruz has upset the establishment, but surely the Catholic Church is...

3 Aug 2011 7 minute read

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Walking in the footsteps of Archbishop Romero

Catholic priest, guerrilla fighter, politician: David Rodriguez has dedicated his life to serving the people of El...

Safe from ConocoPhillips... but what about the missionaries?

26 May 2011 3 minute read

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Safe from ConocoPhillips... but what about the missionaries?

Public outcry about the risk to two uncontacted indigenous groups has caused the oil giant to pull out of a remote area of the...

15 Apr 2011 3 minute read

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Islamophobia versus the Enlightenment

As France bans the burqa, Stefan Simanowitz considers the increased intolerance to the ‘other’ in our modern...

6 Apr 2011 2 minute read

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Repenting Homophobia

Symon Hill, author of the No-Nonsense Guide to Religion, will walk from Birmingham to London this summer, speaking...

The Secular Outlook: In Defense of Moral and Political Secularism

1 Dec 2010 1 minute read

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The Secular Outlook: In Defense of Moral and Political Secularism

A review of the book by Paul Cliteur

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