Opinion
Don't blame God, Dr Williams
It is depressing to hear the Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, confess on Radio Four that the Beslan atrocity has made him doubt his faith. Asked, "Does your faith not tremble just a tiny bit?" he replied, "Of course it does. Yes, there is a flicker, there is a doubt...
Religious Ethics Clash with Loan Practices
American democratic presidential nominee John Kerry has brought the issue to the forefront by proposing a sweeping ban on a series of "abusive" loan types that he says are costing consumers in the United States upwards of $9 billion a year...
A Harvest of the Spirit
Over the next few weekends, churches will be awash with tinned food, packets of cereals and displays of local produce. Improbably large marrows will jostle with baskets of fruit, loaves of bread and sheaves...
Suffer the Children
Treatment of children comes as close to a universal human measurement of humane civilisation as any test we might try to devise. Nazi concentration camp guards bayoneted Jewish children into the gas...
Engaging the City of Man: Christian Faith and Politics
Over the last 20 years, evangelical Christians have been politically mobilised in an outpouring of moral concern and political engagement unprecedented since the 19th century crusade against slavery...