The openly gay Anglican Bishop of New Hampshire in the USA has spoken today of his sadness for a protester who interrupted his sermon on Sunday - urging Christians to overcome prejudice and fear with love.

Free market ideologues have used Fairtrade Fortnight to attack what they regard as counter-productive do-gooding, says Simon Barrow. But what does freedom mean in economic terms, and is fairness something to be left wholly to markets?

Giles Fraser says that Christianity should recapture the liberating core of its message - in partnership with its Jewish friends

Giles Fraser reflects on John Newton’s painful conversion from uncritical theology

Giles Fraser laments the unlikely alliance between some vociferous atheists and religious fundamentalism

How the spirit of the Putney Debates lives on