Category - guardian

"This is a deathtrap", Guardian Podcast, 20 March 2008

Press Office — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 22:50:25 +0000

Entertaining Guardian podcast presented by the Guardian's Riazat Butt, in which she introduces Ekklesia director Jonathan Bartley as "The best looking Christian in Britain" :)

Religion reporting can do your head in

Simon Barrow — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 08:56:13 +0000

Though he met good people too, Stephen Bates, the Guardian's ex-religious affairs correspondent, says that the sheer nastiness he encountered among some believers turned him right off.

Making sense of moral muddle

Simon Barrow — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 12:16:02 +0000

In due course, I intend to offer a more theologically grounded and ekklesially shaped response to the BBC's new opinion poll on the state of Britain's sense of morality. Meanwhile, here is my Guardian article.

More on the 'penal substitution' row

Simon Barrow — Sun, 08 Apr 2007 21:08:30 +0000

Here's the story that didn't quite make it into The Guardian last Thursday.

Less heat and more light needed on religion and extremism

Press Office — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 07:00:15 +0000

Responding to an article by the president of the National Secular Society (NSS), which accuses “apparently harmless liberals” who practice religion of being "brainwashed" and “enabling the fa

Secularist leader accuses religious liberals of aiding fanatics

staff writers — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 06:48:39 +0000

The president of the National Secular Society has written an article claiming that religious liberals are “making excuses for the same beliefs that motivate bombers and theocrats, misogynists and homophobes”. Others disagree.

Jews speak up for rights of Palestinians, criticise support for Israel

staff writers — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 12:11:58 +0000

Independence from those who claim to represent the country's diverse Jewish community is being declared today, by a group of prominent British Jews, both, secular and relgious. In particular, they raise concerns about an uncritical stance on the policies of the state of Israel.

Beyond belief by Alex Klaushofer - The Guardian, 22 September 2006

Press Office — Fri, 22 Sep 2006 16:13:04 +0000

Religious groups and secularists can make room for each other in public life, writes Alex Klaushofer.