Patriarchal villains? It’s time to re-think St Paul and St Augustine
Paul and Augustine are blamed for any number of historical outrages. But on questions like slavery and empire, they were more…
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Archbishop Welby and the hidden price of being Mister Nice Guy
Doubtless Welby’s supporters will find such a description rude to the point of impiousness – but for those of us…
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Is the Catholic Church about to welcome the LGBT community?
Something beneath the surface is shifting in the Catholic Church regarding its attitude to gay people, as its Synod on…
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How should church and state balance looking after the poor?
The state has retreated - leaving religious groups to take the strain. That has to change.
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Is the Pope cool enough to take on homophobia in religion?
LGBT rights should be our Cool Pope's next frontier.
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Why is Pope Francis obsessed with climate change?
Why Pope Francis has used the subject of climate change on his visit to the US to reach out.
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How the festival of Holi has become a textbook case of cultural appropriation for profit
This weekend, revellers will pay £43 to throw coloured powder paint around, but with little understanding of Holi’s religious or social…
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Ten per cent of Brits believe they’re going to Hell – I think I might be one of them
I'm not one to believe in the invisible sky person, but even I sometimes wonder whether I might be going…
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