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Resurrection is no Easter conjuring trick

Simon Barrow — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 15:41:09 +0000

The modern temptation is to dismiss resurrection as fantasy or reduce it to spiritualised sophistry, says Simon Barrow. The shape of the core Christian hope is both more substantial and more subtle than that.

Lambeth Palace attacks ‘misleading’ Times headline about bishop case

staff writers — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 18:32:13 +0100

The HQ of the Archbishop of Canterbury has described a headline in the Times newspaper as “completely misleading” in suggesting a report had declared the Bishop of Southwark drunk in a 2006 Christmas Party incident.

Watch for surprises

Simon Barrow — Sat, 07 Apr 2007 03:05:15 +0100

The Easter story resonates with alarming radicalism, says a scholar-bishop.

Church leaders, equality rules and a 'new morality'

Press Office — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 05:32:17 +0000

Responding to accusations by the Catholic Bishop of Motherwell and the Anglican Bishop of Durham that the government is promoting a 'new morality' by pursuing a comprehensive equalities agenda in p