Category - belief

How doubt redeems belief

Jill Segger — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 15:26:58 +0100

To fear one's doubts and to deny them, is to take away the silence from the music and the space from the sculpture, says Jill Segger. As with all untruth, denial demeans, diminishes and eventually destroys.

Welsh equality seminar rounds off series on 'religion or belief' issues

staff writers — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 08:19:54 +0000

The last of four major conferences looking into issues regarding equality, human rights and ‘religion or belief’ took place in Cardiff earlier this week

Driving a bus through belief?

Mark Vernon — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 19:06:55 +0000

By adding more weight to the debate, the campaigning atheists won’t stop the worry about God, says Mark Vernon. Unless they can stop talking about it, they’ll only succeed in giving the rumour new life.

Cold water, buses and shared humanity

Simon Barrow — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 21:29:02 +0100

The usual internet ranters apart, the much-publicised 'atheist bus project' has provoked some lively discussion and response.

Non-religion beyond Christendom

Press Office — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 20:19:33 +0100

Responding to the initial success of the 'atheist bus campaign' and the debate around Richard Dawkins anti-religion polemics, the religion and society think-tank Ekklesia says that this is more evi

Chinese government permits religious literature in the Olympic village

staff writers — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 09:15:14 +0100

The Chinese government has given permission for special distribution of booklets of the Gospels, copies of the New Testament and full Bibles during the Olympic Games, but other concerns about freedom of speech and expression remain.

Religion and Society research programme

Simon Barrow — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 13:50:53 +0000

A major five year research programme on faith and society is underway, and has a valuable new website.

Scouts' honour questioned over its exclusion of the non-religious

staff writers — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 13:26:35 +0000

Two leading organisations speaking for the concerns of non-religious people in the UK have challenged a major youth organisation over its exclusion of non-believers, in spite of its repeated claims to be open and inclusive.

Forgiveness and suffering for beliefs is a sign of hope, says Pope

staff writers — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 15:07:13 +0000

Pope Benedict XVI has declared in one of his key Christmas messages that believers facing persecution, torture and death in some parts of the world and those who die forgiving their killers are a sign of hope and faith for humanity.

Freedom of belief under threat, says new book on India

Ecumenical News International — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 08:07:01 +0100

Despite India remaining the world's most populous and vibrant democracy, freedom of religion is in decline and plural secularism threatened, says a journalist-turned-Christian activist who is now secretary general of the All India Christian Council.