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The Simon Barrow Column

8 Nov
2009

Transforming remembrance into hope

The best way to honour those who have died as a result of war (as we must do) is to recognise its horror, says Simon Barrow. But we should do this not in order to 'run away', but in order to have the true courage to seek alternatives - to re-member a dis-membered world.

The Simon Barrow Column
11 Oct
2009

Assessing the UK political climate

The die seems cast for the next General Election, says Simon Barrow. But much can still shift if non-Conservative parties, voters and reformers swing into action.

The Simon Barrow Column
6 Sep
2009

A different way of reading the world

Conventional wisdom often sees vengeance and injustice as the rule of the powerful, says Simon Barrow. But the prophetic imagination invites us to see and act differently.

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8 Nov
2009

Transforming remembrance into hope

The best way to honour those who have died as a result of war (as we must do) is to recognise its horror, says Simon Barrow. But we should do this not in order to 'run away', but in order to have the true courage to seek alternatives - to re-member a dis-membered world.

The Simon Barrow Column

20 Nov
2009

Why Humanists aren’t asking the right question

Some religious, and specifically Christian, commentators are a bit miffed that the money they have given to the Atheist bus campaign has been rolled over to support another poster drive which raises questions about the religious identity of children in the context of faith schools. It would be interesting to see whether they would support a question about how Jesus might run a school, says Jonathan Bartley.

The Jonathan Bartley Column

13 Nov
2009

A can-do approach to climate change

The climate-change campaign needs a sense of can-do enthusiasm, says Giles Fraser. It would be really something if faith leaders were able to help replace gloomy defeatism with a broader version of something Christians call hope.

The Giles Fraser Column

7 Nov
2009

Remembering a warrior who became a peacemaker

Martin of Tours was a soldier who became a Christian champion of peace, and his Saint's day is 11 November, the same as Armistice Day, says Savi Hensman. Here is someone who can model for us what Remembrance should be about.

The Savi Hensman Column

7 Nov
2009

We won't forget you, Harry Patch

This is the first November since the death of the “last Tommy”, Harry Patch. But Patch regarded Remembrance Day as "just show business". We can honour his memory by recognising that it's time to change the way that we remember.

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12 Nov
2006

Giving peace a chance proves highly controversial

Remembrance Sunday in Britain is rightfully a day for sombre reflection. It is also, lest we forget, a day when national and military flags are paraded and saluted in churches ñ sometimes even being placed on altars. Along with red poppies there are regimental colours and monuments to the armed forces.

The Simon Barrow Column
3 Nov
2006

Turning God into a disaster area

Richard Dawkins is right to attack facile God-talk, says Simon Barrow. Misidentifying the divine as a 'thing' attached to or manipulative of the world is disastrously to misunderstand who and what God might be.

The Simon Barrow Column
2 Nov
2006

Assessing Mel Gibson's Passion

Is Mel Gibson's film portrayal of Jesus' death helpful or hamful to life-giving religion and healthy politics?

The Simon Barrow Column | The Culture and Review Column
29 Oct
2006

Politics is bigger than the parliamentary game by Simon Barrow

What happens when Christians join the party

The Simon Barrow Column
12 Oct
2006

The veils governing our own thinking by Simon Barrow

Many people will argue that House of Commons leader Jack Straw has been brave in his recent pronouncements about the full public veiling of Muslim women

The Simon Barrow Column
3 Oct
2006

Stuck in the middle with you?

As the party conference season is confirming, there are few places in British political life more crowded than the centre ground right now.

For the Liberal Democrats the middle has been traditional territory. New Labour came to power by swinging away from the old left and back into the consensus zone. And now, in a move that has taken the commentariat by surprise, David Cameron is repositioning the Conservative Party as a force for creative moderation, too.

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