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28/04/2012 11:00:01	01/05/2012 11:00:01	Sara Khan	0	0
Female British Muslims are at last finding their voice
A new generation of fearless Muslim women are actively starting to challenge inequalities that have faced them for generations					View Comments


28/04/2012 10:00:01	01/05/2012 10:00:01	Mark Vernon	0	0
Goethe and the search for the spirit of science
Perhaps the time is coming for thinkers to be braver, to push for a truer contemplation of nature that knows its aliveness					View Comments


27/04/2012 19:00:02	30/04/2012 19:00:02	Giles Fraser	0	0
My new parish does have its problems with crime, but fear greatly distorts the reality
The most effective resistance to violence lies in the bustle and laughter of everyday life					View Comments


27/04/2012 08:00:03	30/04/2012 08:00:03	Keith Kahn-Harris	0	0
A weak 'revolution' at the Board of Deputies of British Jews
Having more young people on the board will help, but its a long way from being a fully democratic voice of Anglo-Jewry					View Comments


26/04/2012 15:30:40	29/04/2012 15:30:40	Andrew Brown	0	0
The persistence of superstition in an irreligious Britain
The decline in religious belief in the UK is matched by increasing faith in life after death â€“ something incompatible with materialism					View Comments


26/04/2012 12:53:30	29/04/2012 12:53:30	Emily Band	0	0
Sorry, but Christianity doesn't cure depression
Malcolm Bowden's idea that depression is something people choose reveals a profound misunderstanding of the illness					View Comments


25/04/2012 12:33:32	28/04/2012 12:33:32	Nesrine Malik	0	0
Do Arab men hate women? It's not that simple
Mona Eltahawy's controversial article in Foreign Policy magazine about the treatment of Arab women is a misdirected call to arms					View Comments


25/04/2012 08:30:01	28/04/2012 08:30:01	Ed Halliwell	0	0
Mindfulness: the altered state of America
Mindfulness meditation was once a tool of the counter-culture. But now it's transforming the minds of conservative America					View Comments


23/04/2012 17:55:22	26/04/2012 17:55:22	Katherine Stewart	0	0
School vouchers and the religious subversion of church-state separation
Under the pretext of parental 'choice', the right is using vouchers to establish religion in public education â€“ with Romney's blessing					View Comments


23/04/2012 13:56:40	26/04/2012 13:56:40	Andrew Brown	0	0
The fight to become the new archbishop of Canterbury is getting dirty
John Sentamu will likely be Rowan Williams's successor â€“ but the campaign to get him there has employed unpleasant tactics					View Comments


23/04/2012 09:00:03	26/04/2012 09:00:03	Nick Spencer	0	0
Machiavelli's The Prince, part five: reversing the virtues
Machiavelli's subversion of the humanist paean to virtues is clearest in his questioning of generosity, compassion and honour					View Comments


21/04/2012 11:00:01	24/04/2012 11:00:01	Maria Exall	0	0
Christianity does not sit in opposition to progressive equality legislation
There is no issue of principle where LGBT and religious rights are counterposed, despite George Carey's assumptions					View Comments


20/04/2012 18:59:01	23/04/2012 18:59:01	Giles Fraser	0	0
First day of my new job. But what to do?
In the first of a weekly series, the former canon of St Paul's reflects on his new role as parish priest in a rundown inner city church					View Comments


20/04/2012 18:30:01	23/04/2012 18:30:01	Deborah Orr	0	0
Whether you're religious or secular, imposing your views on others is foolish
Whenever possible, it is best to accept people as they are, even â€“ especially â€“ when they are not the same as you					View Comments


20/04/2012 09:00:14	23/04/2012 09:00:14	Paul Oestreicher	0	0
Was Jesus gay? Probably
I preached on Good Friday that Jesus's intimacy with John suggested he was gay as I felt deeply it had to be addressed					View Comments


19/04/2012 15:17:37	22/04/2012 15:17:37	Andrew Brown	0	0
Are evangelical Christians on another planet?
I despair of humanity to see intelligent people turn from reality â€“ but perhaps they just can't ignore the possibilities of other worlds					View Comments


17/04/2012 10:15:28	20/04/2012 10:15:28	Syed Hamad Ali	0	0
In Pakistan, saying goodbye can be a religious statement
To some, the growth of 'Allah hafiz' over 'Khuda hafiz', using a Qur'anic rather than Urdu name for God, is a symbol of change					View Comments


16/04/2012 09:00:03	19/04/2012 09:00:03	Nick Spencer	0	0
Machiavelli's The Prince, part four: benevolence to complement brutality
It is the model prince's humanity that makes him so disturbing. He's more amoral than immoral â€“ only staying in power matters					View Comments


14/04/2012 13:00:01	17/04/2012 13:00:01	Liz Williams	0	0
Glastonbury meditation is a homage to British inclusivity and goodwill
On 21 April, I will be joining 70 faith groups at Glastonbury's Chalice Well to celebrate in silence our beliefs					View Comments


12/04/2012 22:42:29	15/04/2012 22:42:29	Guardian	0	0
In praise of - ¦ Pamela Greener
Singing a song of protest					View Comments


12/04/2012 19:00:01	15/04/2012 19:00:01	Jonathan Romain	0	0
Why Jews pray for the Queen
Following the teachings of Jeremiah, it is a matter of acknowledging 'the city in which you live'					View Comments


12/04/2012 12:53:51	15/04/2012 12:53:51	Tresa Edmunds	0	0
Mormons are proud of Mitt Romney's success - “ but fear what comes next
The attention Mormons will come under won't be easy to handle. Let's hope the election prompts a shift in how we are viewed					View Comments


10/04/2012 15:02:20	13/04/2012 15:02:20	Wajahat Ali	269	11
Sex and Islam do mix, but not in America
Muslim youth are asked to go from 0 to 60 mph with a spouse and 2.3 children without being taught how to start the engine					View Comments


09/04/2012 11:33:23	12/04/2012 11:33:23	Nick Spencer	77	1
Machiavelli's The Prince, part three: the personal in the political
If the author's diplomatic career saturates The Prince, so does his desperation for redemption after his fall from grace					View Comments


08/04/2012 13:34:05	11/04/2012 13:34:05	Andrew Brown	1085	8
Atheism v religion debate moving on from stalemate, says archbishop
Rowan Williams says in Easter sermon that after years of attacks on religion there are 'signs that the climate is shifting'					View Comments


08/04/2012 12:00:01	11/04/2012 12:00:01	Stephen Cave	549	1
Both Easter and spring rites remind us how life triumphs over death
Whether in the Christian symbolism of the resurrection or in folk traditions of hares and eggs, renewal of life is the common factor					View Comments


06/04/2012 19:00:01	09/04/2012 19:00:01	Paul Handley	479	6
Holy Saturday is a good time for Christians to reflect on worldy failure
Before it celebrates Jesus's resurrection, the church might like to think about how closely it resembles the broken, scarred body of its founder					View Comments


06/04/2012 15:19:16	09/04/2012 15:19:16	Jonathan Jones	174	6
Blood and guts for Easter? That's not very British
Passion plays in Trafalgar Square mark a departure from the milder version of Christianity that's served us post-Enlightenment					View Comments


06/04/2012 12:30:01	09/04/2012 12:30:01	Seth Freedman	164	12
Time for Israel to allow buses on the Sabbath
Israel has to get over its obsession with its religious character and be a country for all its citizens â€“ including the non-religious and non-Jewish					View Comments


06/04/2012 09:00:09	09/04/2012 09:00:09	Matthew Cresswell	151	0
Rejoice! Jesus is coming to Trafalgar Square - “ and Brighton and Guildford
Despite some resistance to Christ being portrayed in drama, the passion play is undergoing a huge revival in England and Wales					View Comments


05/04/2012 13:03:48	08/04/2012 13:03:48	Guardian	122	0
Q&A with Giles Fraser: the role of Christianity in British public life
The Guardian columnist and priest debates with readers about issues arising from the prime minister's recent comments on Christianity					View Comments


04/04/2012 17:51:36	07/04/2012 17:51:36	Andrew Brown	523	2
David Cameron the Christian embraces a moderate religious patriotism
Cameron is affirming the Christian character of the nation â€“ in contrast to what might be called English nationalist Christianity					View Comments


04/04/2012 11:10:18	07/04/2012 11:10:18	Guardian	574	4
Is it OK for prime ministers to 'do God' in public?
At an Easter reception in Downing Street, David Cameron ventured where even Tony Blair feared to tread, quoting from the Gospel of Luke, speaking of 'we Christians', and welcoming the Christian 'fightback'. 'The values of the Bible, the values of Christian					View Comments


04/04/2012 09:00:10	07/04/2012 09:00:10	Jonathan Chaplin	206	1
The problem with Julian Baggini's secular state
Many religious citizens will be grateful to Baggini for marking out some promising shared ground, but the devil is in the detail					View Comments


03/04/2012 18:21:53	06/04/2012 18:21:53	Katherine Stewart	792	2
What's behind the anti-anti-bullying backlash
Even as states and schools try to put in place anti-bullying policies, the Christian right is mobilising to undo them					View Comments


02/04/2012 15:00:04	05/04/2012 15:00:04	Nick Spencer	180	2
Machiavelli's The Prince, part two: humanism and the lessons of history
The Prince follows humanist convention in commending virtuous rulers such as Marcus Aurelius â€“ but subverts it by praising tyrants for their cruelty					View Comments


01/04/2012 18:29:01	04/04/2012 18:29:01	Giles Fraser	107	2
What will the developers bring to this resurrection at the Elephant?
In my new parish at Elephant and Castle, flats sell for Â£1.6m in a glamorous tower. But those in deprived housing are ignored					View Comments


01/04/2012 17:00:02	04/04/2012 17:00:02	Alan Wilson	179	1
The Church of England needs a reboot, not a rebrand
The C of E of the future may be less a civil service or business, and more a movement like Alcoholics Anonymous					View Comments


30/03/2012 19:30:01	02/04/2012 19:30:01	Lois Lee	1480	11
Richard Dawkins, rationalism, and religion as a team sport
You don't have to share the New Atheists' beliefs to treat their culture with some respect â€“ and be interested in why people are drawn to it					View Comments


29/03/2012 10:25:31	01/04/2012 10:25:31	Reni Eddo-Lodge	302	7
Is Rowan Williams right to warn about excessive identity politics?
Archbishop Rowan Williams says minority identification risks fragmenting society â€“ our panellists deliver their verdict					View Comments


29/03/2012 09:48:25	01/04/2012 09:48:25	Usman Ahmedani	406	22
Islamophobia as a political ploy
The fixation with diagnosing Islam's ills may mask deeper anxieties about upheavals in European and American societies					View Comments


27/03/2012 09:30:01	30/03/2012 09:30:01	Andrew Brown	311	3
Iris Murdoch against the robots
The Sovereignty of Good suggests that the world science reveals does not supersede our inner worlds, but becomes one of them					View Comments


26/03/2012 19:40:42	29/03/2012 19:40:42	Sarah Posner	447	5
Can the Reason Rally resonate in this most religious of democracies?
In the US, where just one member of Congress is openly atheist, the secular movement needs to 'come out'. And now is the time					View Comments


26/03/2012 18:26:32	29/03/2012 18:26:32	Andrew Brown	112	1
The Anglican schism
The international Anglican communion was always a rather ridiculous notion, but liberals may not like what replaces it					View Comments


26/03/2012 17:17:44	29/03/2012 17:17:44	Richard Gott	46	7
The pope has work to do selling Catholicism in Cuba's busy marketplace
The Catholic church has a weak hold in Cuba â€“ as in the rest of Latin America, evangelical Protestantism has seen huge growth					View Comments


26/03/2012 09:30:01	29/03/2012 09:30:01	Nick Spencer	78	0
Machiavelli's The Prince, part 1: the challenge of power
The first of a series examining the great political tract of the Italian Renaissance asks: how do we utilise power to do good while utilising evil to keep power?					View Comments


25/03/2012 22:30:03	28/03/2012 22:30:03	Diarmaid MacCulloch	122	2
The Anglican church can start afresh
The recent vote against the Anglican Covenant is hugely significant. But are the bishops ready to listen?					View Comments


25/03/2012 17:00:01	28/03/2012 17:00:01	Julian Baggini	0	0
Atheists, please read my heathen manifesto
Atheists are too often portrayed as bishop-bashing extremists and any meaningful debate with the religious becomes impossible. How can this be remedied? At the Guardian Open Weekend, Julian Baggini presented his 12 rules for heathens					View Comments


23/03/2012 19:00:01	26/03/2012 19:00:01	Liz Williams	345	0
A new online Isaac Newton archive sheds light on an era when science and faith were undivided
Both philosophers of science and historians of the esoteric take an interest in the way theology, alchemy, divination, physics, optics, healing and plain old black magic were once intertwined					View Comments


23/03/2012 15:26:40	26/03/2012 15:26:40	Michael Amherst	322	6
Exeter College should not welcome these Christian fundamentalists
Returning my degree to Oxford University was a protest against the platform offered to the extreme group Christian Concern					View Comments


22/03/2012 17:00:01	25/03/2012 17:00:01	Guardian	787	0
Reflections on the end of Heathen's progress
It is a shame some responses to this series have been tribal, because atheists and believers can have a constructive dialogue					View Comments


20/03/2012 17:40:39	23/03/2012 17:40:39	Harry J Enten	222	1
Why Obama is a 'Muslim': Republicans and symbolic belief
It's not just southerners. Republicans all over seem willing to believe President Obama is a Muslim. Why? In a word: ideology					View Comments


20/03/2012 14:53:14	23/03/2012 14:53:14	Robert Chesal	577	5
Forcible castrations and the Dutch old boys' network
How could the commission into abuse in the Catholic church have left the cases of castration out of its report?					View Comments


19/03/2012 19:05:41	22/03/2012 19:05:41	Tina Beattie	233	1
Thomas Aquinas, part 8: Thomas for today
His world view was different from ours, but Aquinas reminds us that wisdom is about more than how things work or how useful they are					View Comments


19/03/2012 15:30:01	22/03/2012 15:30:01	Andrew Brown	360	3
Fabrice Muamba's collapse shows how prayer comes naturally to footballers
The wave of faith following the Bolton player's cardiac arrest is not as unlikely as you think â€“ footballers pray from instinct					View Comments


19/03/2012 14:10:39	22/03/2012 14:10:39	Marcia Pally	165	1
The Republican primaries show evangelicals aren't a voting bloc
US evangelical Christians are motivated not by religion alone, as their increasingly diverse voting pattern shows					View Comments


18/03/2012 15:00:01	21/03/2012 15:00:01	Dave Silverman	812	4
Why American Atheists is advertising to Jews and Muslims
Our billboards are designed not to upset believers, but to inform atheists trapped by cultural affiliation in religious communities					View Comments


17/03/2012 08:00:02	20/03/2012 08:00:02	Mark Vernon	433	1
Roger Scruton and the kindly atheists
Scruton's reflections on what it is to be human shed light on the reluctance of some atheists to reject religion's poetry					View Comments


16/03/2012 19:54:52	19/03/2012 19:54:52	Giles Fraser	353	2
Rowan Williams was brilliant, but failed to bridge chasm of divided church
For all his charm, the archbishop of Canterbury will long be remembered for the way he dealt with the gay issue					View Comments


16/03/2012 18:59:01	19/03/2012 18:59:01	Vishvapani Blomfield	95	0
How western Buddhism has changed in 50 years
A western Buddhist shares 10 insights into how the religion and its followers have moved on since its arrival in the west					View Comments


16/03/2012 11:46:29	19/03/2012 11:46:29	Guardian	512	5
The archbishop of Canterbury resigns: your views
The archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, has announced he is stepping down. Tell us your thoughts on his controversial tenure					View Comments


15/03/2012 16:30:01	18/03/2012 16:30:01	Julian Baggini	1241	2
Give me a reasonable believer over an uncompromising atheist any day
In a coalition of the reasonable, I might have more fruitful dialogue with an evangelical or Catholic than a fellow atheist					View Comments


15/03/2012 09:30:02	18/03/2012 09:30:02	Lisa De Bode	245	4
Debate is Europe's best hope against extremism
The standoff between Europe's secular, Islamist and sectarian forces can only be solved by constructive public conversation					View Comments


14/03/2012 02:15:14	17/03/2012 02:15:14	Ana Marie Cox	127	2
Liberal conviction affirmed by polling about faith!
If you ask Mississippi Republican voters if they think President Obama is a Muslim, don't be surprised if their answer obliges					View Comments


13/03/2012 10:00:04	16/03/2012 10:00:04	Andrew Brown	759	1
Unearned respect is worthless
Irshad Manji raises key issues of free speech. If you want the truth, you don't need to respect people, but don't slight them					View Comments


12/03/2012 18:13:29	15/03/2012 18:13:29	Diane Roberts	221	0
Pat Robertson's marijuana message: what weed Jesus do?
Believe it or not, critics of the 'war on drugs' and the prohibition of pot have a new ally in the veteran televangelist					View Comments


12/03/2012 16:30:02	15/03/2012 16:30:02	Tina Beattie	627	1
Thomas Aquinas, part 7: the question of evil
In defining evil as a lack of good rather than a positive force, Aquinas makes us absolutely responsible for our actions					View Comments


12/03/2012 15:00:15	15/03/2012 15:00:15	Andrew Brown	348	4
Cross purposes? Nadia Eweida and the meaning of religious symbols
Religious symbolism depends on the intended message â€“ courts are increasingly ruling on questions of theology					View Comments


10/03/2012 13:30:01	13/03/2012 13:30:01	Andrew Godsall	119	1
Occupy Exeter offered no invitation, only invasion
Giles Fraser may romantically reflect on the Occupiers, but they trampled on the feelings of those already on Cathedral Green					View Comments


09/03/2012 19:00:01	12/03/2012 19:00:01	Martin Pendergast	301	2
Same-sex civil unions stress the value of equality, not of subjection in marriage
The Catholic church has regularly redefined what marriage is and yet is right to say it is not the same as a same-sex union					View Comments


09/03/2012 14:00:40	12/03/2012 14:00:40	Katherine Stewart	163	5
The new legal theory that enables homophobic evangelising in US schools
A campaign funded by the religious right has effectively rewritten the constitutional separation of church and state in education					View Comments


09/03/2012 10:44:45	12/03/2012 10:44:45	Mary Finnigan	129	3
The YouTube confessional sending shockwaves through the Buddhist world
Young Kalu Rinpoche's traumatic revelations highlight the dissonance between Tibetan tradition and 21st-century life					View Comments


09/03/2012 10:08:35	12/03/2012 10:08:35	Beatrix Campbell	288	6
We didn't talk about civil partnership - “ ours was a marriage, plain and simple
The cardinals' fine line between gay marriage and civil partnership has already been broken in popular culture					View Comments


09/03/2012 08:00:03	12/03/2012 08:00:03	Julian Baggini	1424	6
Yes, life without God can be bleak. Atheism is about facing up to that
Attempts to brighten up atheism's image miss its unique selling point â€“ life can be brutal, yet we live in recognition of that					View Comments


08/03/2012 17:50:01	11/03/2012 17:50:01	Andrew Brown	325	1
Catholic campaigners against gay marriage face a tricky balancing act
A Catholic Voices poll suggests the gay marriage debate will be won by the side that gets to frame the questions					View Comments


08/03/2012 14:00:02	11/03/2012 14:00:02	James Richardson	148	1
America has moved on from Romney's Mormonism
Whatever Romney's liabilities as likely GOP nominee, targeting his faith as 'weird' will be a big mistake for the Obama campaign					View Comments


07/03/2012 09:00:02	10/03/2012 09:00:02	Marat Shterin	98	5
The lesson of the New Muslims
New religious movements, such as that seen in the northern Caucasus, generate tensions and conflicts. But not on their own					View Comments


06/03/2012 21:30:01	09/03/2012 21:30:01	Richard Holloway	740	4
Let our angry cardinals believe in their doubts
If religious and political leaders want us to trust their judgment, they need to admit their uncertainties					View Comments


06/03/2012 18:26:43	09/03/2012 18:26:43	Dave Landrum	209	2
In a liberal democracy, pluralism makes religious liberty more not less necessary
It should concern us all that today's human rights industry exists as a totalising creed for a secular humanist agenda					View Comments


06/03/2012 14:12:42	09/03/2012 14:12:42	Farrukh Younus	148	8
Even if the Qur'an was burned as an insult, Islam teaches forgiveness
Whether the Bagram burning was prompted by ignorance or by malevolence, the apologies already made should be accepted					View Comments


05/03/2012 16:51:18	08/03/2012 16:51:18	Diane Roberts	430	3
The Republican party declares war on women
The more Republican candidates pitch for social conservative votes, the more we see the misogyny of America's religious right					View Comments


05/03/2012 14:30:01	08/03/2012 14:30:01	Andrew Brown	460	4
Faith schools: the self-sustaining Darwinian world of modern education
Are faith schools' mostly middle-class intakes down to an exclusion policy or a reflection of Christianity's values?					View Comments


05/03/2012 12:10:02	08/03/2012 12:10:02	Andrew Brown	852	18
If lay Catholics now accept remarriage, why not gay marriage?
Cardinal O'Brien should note the Bible's rejection of divorce is a lot stronger than the evidence for damning all gay people					View Comments


05/03/2012 10:00:01	08/03/2012 10:00:01	Tina Beattie	273	0
Thomas Aquinas, part 6: natural law
Modern thinkers who appeal to natural law as a foundation for morality often lose sight of Aquinas's more flexible naturalism					View Comments


04/03/2012 21:30:05	07/03/2012 21:30:05	Johnjoe McFadden	476	1
One Jesus for liberals, another for conservatives
New research shows how believers tailor Christian teachings to fit their own political viewpoint					View Comments


02/03/2012 20:39:32	05/03/2012 20:39:32	Jane Eisner	95	0
American democracy's real doctrine: religious neutrality
Republicans who cast the constitutional debate on church-state separation as a 'war on religion' endanger the freedom of all					View Comments


02/03/2012 19:00:01	05/03/2012 19:00:01	David Goldberg	497	1
Can Jewish and Christian values last without belief in an omnipotent God?
Religion-based morality will survive in the secular world even if people no longer believe in the resurrection or the story of the Ten Commandments					View Comments


01/03/2012 10:01:37	04/03/2012 10:01:37	Julian Baggini	1263	7
Why do the religious insist on presenting a united front?
Religious leaders of different faiths have no problem being critical of anyone â€“ apart from each other. Something's going on					View Comments


29/02/2012 19:03:25	03/03/2012 19:03:25	Andrew Brown	382	9
Infanticide is repellent. Feeling that way doesn't make you Glenn Beck
Academics should be free to claim that killing newborns could be as ethical as abortion â€“ but we are equally free to be disgusted					View Comments


29/02/2012 19:00:01	03/03/2012 19:00:01	Andrew Brown	220	4
Separation of church and state: the American myth that may become reality
Although the sacred document in US public life was not the Bible but the constitution, this was read through a biblical lens					View Comments


29/02/2012 17:27:01	03/03/2012 17:27:01	Jean La Fontaine	524	9
Witchcraft is a curse on Africa
Kristy Bamu was killed because his sister thought him a witch. In Africa, Christianity has only added to the toxicity of such beliefs					View Comments


29/02/2012 09:00:06	03/03/2012 09:00:06	Andrew Holding	839	5
Evolution and divine creation: where's the contradiction?
Remember that the first statement from an Anglican clergyman towards The Origin of Species was wholly positive					View Comments


28/02/2012 11:01:24	02/03/2012 11:01:24	Andrew Brown	699	27
Are Christians being marginalised?
A new parliamentary report into Christians and discrimination highlights the bad press some champions of the faith create					View Comments


28/02/2012 08:59:01	02/03/2012 08:59:01	Nushin Arbabzadah	290	34
The story of the Afghan Jews is one of remarkable tolerance
It may seem hard to believe, but historically it was the ancient Afghan cities to which Jews turned when escaping persecution					View Comments


27/02/2012 10:30:01	01/03/2012 10:30:01	Tina Beattie	430	1
Thomas Aquinas, part 5: what does it mean to be human?
For Aquinas, the link between consciousness and matter is our desire for God as an expression of the life of the Trinity					View Comments


25/02/2012 11:00:01	28/02/2012 11:00:01	Charlotte Simpson	478	0
My baby's not a Christian or a Muslim. She's a Guardian reader
But there's no Guardian-readers' academy, so I'll be happy to have values close to mine instilled by a CofE school instead					View Comments


24/02/2012 19:00:01	27/02/2012 19:00:01	Andrew Copson	426	0
Schools should teach morality for the here and now - “ not for any life to come
Humanists want children to receive a fair, balanced and objective education on beliefs that encourages rational thinking					View Comments


24/02/2012 12:40:01	27/02/2012 12:40:01	Becky Garrison	129	0
Rick Santorum's attacks on Barack Obama are about theology not policy
Rick Santorum's full-throated opposition to gay marriage and abortion show he is singing from the evangelical hymnsheet					View Comments


24/02/2012 08:00:04	27/02/2012 08:00:04	Huma Qureshi	341	46
Love InshAllah, a book that goes to the heart of Muslim women
A collection of honest real-life love stories by American Muslim women gives a rare insight into their love, faith and choices					View Comments


23/02/2012 17:30:01	26/02/2012 17:30:01	Julian Baggini	1291	0
Being tone deaf to religion does matter
Atheists are irritated by emphasis on their 'tone', but that's because it's key to showing an understanding of the subject					View Comments


23/02/2012 16:00:01	26/02/2012 16:00:01	Nabil Ahmed	307	6
Jewish and Muslim students can work together against prejudice
Antisemitism and Islamophobia are still with us, but students of both faiths should reject prejudice and consider their similarities					View Comments


23/02/2012 09:46:28	26/02/2012 09:46:28	Angus Ritchie	152	1
Social justice activists must choose their battles with care
Angry protests may only serve those defending the privileged. We must be 'wise as serpents' when taking action for change					View Comments


22/02/2012 09:34:11	25/02/2012 09:34:11	Jane Williams	346	1
Lent is a chance to take stock and imagine a changed world
Private spiritual discipline during Lent means little without the desire to transform the world for the good of all					View Comments


21/02/2012 16:50:20	24/02/2012 16:50:20	Sahar Aziz	155	0
Racial profiling by law enforcement is poisoning Muslim Americans' trust
By using 'community outreach' to spy on citizens, counter-terror agencies are wrecking their most valuable asset: good will					View Comments


20/02/2012 09:59:01	23/02/2012 09:59:01	Tina Beattie	382	1
Thomas Aquinas, part 4: how did the world begin?
Aquinas's understanding of our origins combines Aristotelian and Platonic cosmologies with the biblical account of creation					View Comments


17/02/2012 18:00:48	20/02/2012 18:00:48	Tehmina Kazi	286	5
Those who threaten 'Twitter blasphemy' writer Hamza Kashgari should stop and remember what Islam is for
Islam is not a sword or shield for the global political stage, but a belief system designed to purify the human heart					View Comments


16/02/2012 12:49:34	19/02/2012 12:49:34	Andrew Brown	820	28
Militant secularists fail to understand the rules of secular debate
Angry nonbelievers assume 'the religious' have no access to reason â€“ so all they do is repeat themselves, loudly					View Comments


16/02/2012 08:59:01	19/02/2012 08:59:01	Julian Baggini	361	2
'A secular state must be neutral' - “ what does that mean exactly?
A healthy secular society must allow for a plurality of ways of living â€“ but these must never compromise the common good					View Comments


15/02/2012 09:00:01	18/02/2012 09:00:01	Andrew Brown	394	6
The bloodlust faced by the 'blaspheming' Saudi journalist
Hamza Kashgari's tweets about Muhammad have led to a chilling online reaction from many in Saudi Arabia					View Comments


14/02/2012 20:30:01	17/02/2012 20:30:01	Linda Woodhead	707	5
Richard Dawkins has uncovered a very British form of Christianity
British people view Christianity as a part of their culture, as well as a religion. But lack of strict faith doesn't make us secularists					View Comments


14/02/2012 18:32:36	17/02/2012 18:32:36	Giles Fraser	826	0
Richard Dawkins and Lady Warsi should live and let live
There's a reason why Britain has a tradition of tolerance about religion, and we risk it at our peril					View Comments


14/02/2012 14:47:29	17/02/2012 14:47:29	Mark Vernon	22	0
Love in the shadow of Eros's deepest longings
On Valentine's Day, what can religious imagery such as Indian ragamala tell us about affairs of the human heart?					View Comments


13/02/2012 15:24:07	16/02/2012 15:24:07	Tina Beattie	394	1
Thomas Aquinas, part 3: scripture, reason and the being of God
For Aquinas, the being of God is better understood as a verb than a noun â€“ a dynamism that sustains all creation					View Comments


13/02/2012 11:30:59	16/02/2012 11:30:59	Jonathan Chaplin	459	2
Why the Bideford ruling on council prayers is a setback for secularism
The National Secular Society tries to manipulate the principle of non-discrimination to bring religion to heel. It didn't work here					View Comments


12/02/2012 14:00:01	15/02/2012 14:00:01	Katherine Stewart	1338	5
The new anti-science assault on US schools
In a disturbing trend, anti-evolution campaigners are combining with climate change deniers to undermine public education					View Comments


11/02/2012 10:00:01	14/02/2012 10:00:01	Steve Parish	92	0
Female bishops and an exercise in diplomacy
If some clergy have a problem swearing obedience to a female bishop, perhaps the oath should be done away with all together					View Comments


10/02/2012 19:22:51	13/02/2012 19:22:51	Philip Ball	342	0
Even atheists must recognise the importance of a sociological study of religion
An apparent lack of interest in how religion propagates in society is odd coming from people who so deplore its prevalence					View Comments


10/02/2012 15:11:21	13/02/2012 15:11:21	Maureen Fiedler	415	0
An answer to Catholics' birth control and healthcare law conundrum
The White House has a tough task reconciling religious freedom with healthcare reform. The ideal solution? A single-payer plan					View Comments


10/02/2012 14:08:10	13/02/2012 14:08:10	Giles Fraser	547	0
Banning council prayer sessions is just the start - “ what about parliament?
The ruling that Bideford council has no power to hold prayers shows disestablishment may be possible from the ground up					View Comments


09/02/2012 19:15:01	12/02/2012 19:15:01	Tresa Edmunds	192	2
It's time for Mormons to accept gay marriage
Our Mormon ancestors were persecuted for their own views on marriage â€“ we should now stop supporting Proposition 8					View Comments


09/02/2012 17:05:34	12/02/2012 17:05:34	Amy Goodman	125	0
America's pro-choice majority
The US doesn't need a new 'culture war' that will only benefit Republicans like Rick Santorum. Most Americans are pro-choice					View Comments


09/02/2012 12:05:01	12/02/2012 12:05:01	Julian Baggini	497	0
Can a religion survive being stripped of its superstitions?
Removing a religion's supernatural core is a revealing exercise, especially when applied to the supposedly 'godless' Buddhism					View Comments


09/02/2012 08:00:02	12/02/2012 08:00:02	Ali Khan	57	2
India's sacred spaces are tapestries of culture
Shrines can serve as unique 'binding' social institutions, bringing people of different faiths together not out of toleration but respect					View Comments


07/02/2012 16:30:32	10/02/2012 16:30:32	Harry J Enten	108	1
Can Mitt Romney seal the deal with the Christian right?
Missouri's primary seems a minor stopover in the GOP race, but it may show if, crucially, Romney can woo evangelical voters					View Comments


07/02/2012 13:25:01	10/02/2012 13:25:01	Luis HernÃ¡ndez Navarro	63	0
Presidential nominee resurrects a holy ghost of Mexico's past
With the support of ultra-right Catholics, Josefina VÃ¡zquez Mota is a divisive figure who uses controversial tactics					View Comments


07/02/2012 09:00:02	10/02/2012 09:00:02	Lesley Chamberlain	254	0
The political message of Nietzsche's 'God is dead'
Nietzsche's declaration was not an atheist broadside in today's context, but an attack on the link between reason and divinity					View Comments


06/02/2012 17:40:01	09/02/2012 17:40:01	Andrew Brown	227	0
General Synod: the perfect forum for Anglicans who want to avoid decisions
Women bishops, collapsing church attendances â€“ it's issues like these that synod won't be dealing with this week					View Comments


06/02/2012 12:00:02	09/02/2012 12:00:02	Tina Beattie	201	2
Thomas Aquinas, part 2: the mind as soul
Aquinas was born to a world in which humans were part of an enchanted, magical universe â€“ a world he helped bring down					View Comments


05/02/2012 20:10:01	08/02/2012 20:10:01	Giles Fraser	765	2
Nietzsche's passionate atheism was the making of me
Nietzsche's pious lack of faith led to my own conversion to Christianity					View Comments


03/02/2012 19:00:01	06/02/2012 19:00:01	Nick Spencer	198	0
Suppose we really treated sport as a religion. What would we say?
In a liberal and tolerant society like ours there is no place for the divisive tribalism of the football terraces					View Comments


03/02/2012 13:15:04	06/02/2012 13:15:04	Rodge Glass	257	20
Manchester's antisemitic attacks: no simple answers but one simple fact
Trying to explain geographical or year-on-year quirks distracts us from the key point: antisemitism's very presence in Britain					View Comments


02/02/2012 18:30:01	05/02/2012 18:30:01	John Gray	382	7
Alain de Botton's atheist temple is a nice idea, but a defunct one
De Botton's atheist temple call does not need to be realised â€“ our existing places of worship can be appreciated by all					View Comments


02/02/2012 15:21:23	05/02/2012 15:21:23	Andrew Brown	266	3
Anglican Mainstream and the enemies of Christianity
The anti-gay group deserves the censure it has received â€“ unlike a small Evangelical Christian group in Bath					View Comments


02/02/2012 14:34:59	05/02/2012 14:34:59	Guardian	214	3
Not card-carrying Catholic? Tell us what would go on your card instead
A Muslim, a humanist and an Anglican gave us their equivalent of the card printed up for Catholics. Over to you					View Comments


02/02/2012 12:51:00	05/02/2012 12:51:00	Julian Baggini	294	0
Religion's dysfunctional 'families' need therapists, not wreckers
Rather than try to root out a false belief, atheist critics should examine the role and influence of each element of a religion					View Comments


01/02/2012 15:41:07	04/02/2012 15:41:07	Brian Conway	465	0
Knowing the Other through prayer
We are impoverished when we discount the evidence of our own experience merely because it is not 'scientific'					View Comments


31/01/2012 16:32:20	03/02/2012 16:32:20	Liz Williams	250	0
Archaeologists and pagans alike glory in the Brodgar complex
Let's not jump to conclusions about ritual significance, but this site is clearly immensely important to ancient British history					View Comments


30/01/2012 17:00:05	02/02/2012 17:00:05	Tina Beattie	475	0
Thomas Aquinas, part 1: rediscovering a father of modernity
Thomas Aquinas was the greatest philosopher of the Christian middle ages. So what can he teach us that we have forgotten?					View Comments


30/01/2012 14:00:01	02/02/2012 14:00:01	Nick Spencer	204	1
How do we re-moralise our society?
So we are less honest than a decade ago. No wonder, we've shed the familial, community and economic links that moralise us					View Comments


30/01/2012 11:00:03	02/02/2012 11:00:03	Andrew Brown	936	11
John Sentamu's argument against gay marriage is already lost
The archbishop of York must understand we are not facing a 'dictatorship' on gay marriage but a change in popular morality					View Comments


29/01/2012 20:00:03	01/02/2012 20:00:03	Guardian	27	0
Giles Fraser: 'How can I think clearly in the Guardian's office?'
The former canon chancellor of St Paul's cathedral has joined this newspaper to do a weekly podcast. But he is finding the frenzied atmosphere challenging					View Comments


29/01/2012 14:00:01	01/02/2012 14:00:01	Kristin Aune	232	0
Feminists can be Christians, too
Why do people assume any woman who has something interesting to say must be an atheist?					View Comments


29/01/2012 00:07:16	01/02/2012 00:07:16	Victoria Coren	361	1
Attacking the church is a cheap shot
Has everyone forgotten these are men of God? It's actually their job to stand up for the poor					View Comments


28/01/2012 12:00:02	31/01/2012 12:00:02	Mark Vernon	462	2
It's time for science to move on from materialism
The rigid 19th-century orthodoxy should be challenged to allow broader interpretations, as Rupert Sheldrake argues					View Comments


27/01/2012 18:00:02	30/01/2012 18:00:02	Jonathan Bartley	227	4
Capitalism only creates misery - “ we need a system that puts human wellbeing first
It is the Green party that now embodies the natural political expression of the more progressive traditions found in dissenting movements such as Quakerism and radical Catholicism					View Comments


27/01/2012 17:28:50	30/01/2012 17:28:50	Andrew Brown	300	3
Why are people friendly?
Without selection between competing groups, the advantages of co-operation are not great enough to make it spread					View Comments


27/01/2012 11:11:01	30/01/2012 11:11:01	Shenaz Kermali	230	7
The Hajj exhibition is in stark contrast to Saudi Arabia's cultural vandalism
The Saudi elite are proud of the British Museum's Hajj exhibition â€“ it's a shame they don't feel the same about all their heritage					View Comments


27/01/2012 10:25:12	30/01/2012 10:25:12	Guardian	544	0
Do atheists need a temple?
The philosopher and writer Alain de Botton wants to build a Â£1m temple in the city of London to celebrate life on earth. Do you think atheists need their own templ					View Comments


26/01/2012 19:30:01	29/01/2012 19:30:01	Meghan O'Rourke	168	1
Grief - “ the great universal
Nothing unites a community more than the death of a loved one. Yet we often feel the need to shoulder our sorrows alone					View Comments


26/01/2012 15:30:01	29/01/2012 15:30:01	Julian Baggini	738	4
The modern believer is not suspicious enough
Mark Vernon argues that we must always know more than we can express, but this is no excuse for expressing things we cannot know					View Comments


26/01/2012 12:26:49	29/01/2012 12:26:49	Adrian Pabst	64	1
Leaders at Davos could do with some religious instruction
Capitalism may look like a poor imitation of a religion, but its reduction of everything to monetary worth is a dangerous creed					View Comments


26/01/2012 09:00:03	29/01/2012 09:00:03	David Shariatmadari	270	8
Divine dispatches: a religion roundup
The pope warns of radical secularism; storm grows over closure of Ireland's Vatican embassy; Gaudi inspires Catholic conversion					View Comments


25/01/2012 14:29:20	28/01/2012 14:29:20	Andrew Samuels	115	0
This could be Carl Jung's century
The psychoanalyst saw himself as a sort of therapist for western culture, and his diagnosis of its ills resonates today					View Comments


25/01/2012 12:43:30	28/01/2012 12:43:30	Becky Garrison	111	3
Fighting famine in Africa with the help of faith communities
The common goal of love of God and love of neighbour in the Abrahamic faiths is a strong bond in tackling crises in Africa					View Comments


25/01/2012 11:30:20	28/01/2012 11:30:20	Kate Harding	841	20
Rick Santorum thinks pregnancy through rape is God's gift? Seriously?
Invoking God's will as a supporting argument to his position on abortion hardly fits with the constitution he claims to uphold					View Comments


24/01/2012 11:58:54	27/01/2012 11:58:54	Andrew Brown	368	7
The Church of England's fudge on female bishops is breathtaking
In attempting to mollify opponents of female bishops, the House of Bishops has simply nourished the resistance					View Comments


23/01/2012 21:00:08	26/01/2012 21:00:08	Giles Fraser	177	8
Courage: a product of practice rather than faith
The question of moral courage â€“ and whether you can get better at it â€“ has stayed with me ever since I was shot at by Israelis					View Comments


23/01/2012 17:15:01	26/01/2012 17:15:01	Andrew Brown	252	4
This welfare bill has united bishops like never before
Bishops in the Lords can seem fantastically out of touch, but they have more awareness of poverty than most in the chamber					View Comments


23/01/2012 15:30:01	26/01/2012 15:30:01	Jessica Martin	75	0
John Milton, part 8: Adam and Eve find in loss a new paradise glimpsed
In the last in our Paradise Lost series, Adam and Eve, deaf now to God, wander into a world of death, love and distant hope					View Comments


21/01/2012 14:00:01	24/01/2012 14:00:01	Debbie Codd	147	2
Why more people are saying 'I do' to a church wedding
From the reassurance of tradition to royal nuptials, there are many reasons for the rise in couples tying the knot in church					View Comments


21/01/2012 11:00:01	24/01/2012 11:00:01	Sara Khorshid	196	15
The problem with Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood is not sharia
Western media simplistically cast the divide between revolutionaries and the Brotherhood in secular-Islamist terms					View Comments


20/01/2012 15:00:02	23/01/2012 15:00:02	Diarmaid MacCulloch	527	13
Compulsory celibacy is wrong and damaging for all clergy - “ straight or gay
Not everyone called to the priesthood is also called to celibacy					View Comments


20/01/2012 10:00:02	23/01/2012 10:00:02	Alain de Botton	242	4
Should art really be for its own sake alone?
If art museums are the new churches, perhaps they should end the veneration of ambiguity and start serving our inner needs					View Comments


19/01/2012 16:12:36	22/01/2012 16:12:36	Jonathan Bartley	196	2
'Responsible capitalism' is a cop out
While David Cameron and Ed Miliband continue to support relentless growth, the inequalities of the system will prosper					View Comments


19/01/2012 14:30:01	22/01/2012 14:30:01	Julian Baggini	733	17
Struggling with the question of belief? Homer Simpson's got the answer
The Springfield philosopher shows us that the issue of God's existence or non-existence is of little importance					View Comments


19/01/2012 12:34:33	22/01/2012 12:34:33	David Shariatmadari	94	2
Divine dispatches: a religion roundup
Jeffrey John and gay clergy \| Jews of Jerusalem \| Dutch Queen Beatrix wears a headscarf \| Ron Paul's Muslim fanbase					View Comments


18/01/2012 16:00:01	21/01/2012 16:00:01	Syma Mohammed	595	10
Why British Muslim women struggle to find a marriage partner
Older, unmarried female Muslims outnumber their male counterparts for many reasons. Fussiness is not one of them					View Comments


17/01/2012 12:30:01	20/01/2012 12:30:01	Alex Slater	96	0
Mitt Romney's problem with evangelicals
Or rather, evangelical Christians' problem with Romney as a Mormon may mean he will miss a vital bloc of Republican voters					View Comments


17/01/2012 12:19:26	20/01/2012 12:19:26	Mark Vernon	395	0
Faith that is known first in the body
Activity such as prayer should not be quarantined by interpreting it as of strictly aesthetic or instrumental merit					View Comments


16/01/2012 22:00:01	19/01/2012 22:00:01	Tanya Gold	547	32
LSE Nazi games in context
Antisemitic discourse is more acceptable now than at any time since the 1930s. I just can't laugh it off					View Comments


16/01/2012 17:02:44	19/01/2012 17:02:44	Kevin Powell	35	0
Martin Luther King Jr's universal message
That Dr King fought not just for civil rights for African Americans but for social justice for all keeps his mission compellingly alive					View Comments


16/01/2012 15:52:05	19/01/2012 15:52:05	Andrew Brown	689	5
Why is this gay cleric considering suing the church if he won't win?
Jeffrey John is reportedly planning a discrimination suit unless he is made a bishop. It will at least fly the flag for liberalism					View Comments


16/01/2012 10:19:03	19/01/2012 10:19:03	Jessica Martin	46	1
John Milton, part 7: Adam, Eve and partnership
Milton's view of marriage as partnership gives Eve a prominence that works against the misogyny of the tradition he uses					View Comments


15/01/2012 14:59:01	18/01/2012 14:59:01	Andrew Brown	992	18
Why I shouldn't have been upset about the reporting on the pope's speech
The pope didn't mention gay marriage per se, but Vatican reporter Philip Pullella dissects the church's message					View Comments


13/01/2012 19:00:01	16/01/2012 19:00:01	Tehmina Kazi	258	4
Redefining Islam for the 21st century
Progressive activists in the 'critical Muslim' movement are growing in strength and number					View Comments


12/01/2012 07:59:01	15/01/2012 07:59:01	Julian Baggini	1150	6
You don't have to be religious to pray - ¦ but it helps
Religious rituals can provide real benefits, but try to separate them from the beliefs and they lose their potency and grip					View Comments


11/01/2012 19:00:01	14/01/2012 19:00:01	Jenny Taylor	81	2
Salman Rushdie and the Deobandi school of thought
The seminary that has called for Salman Rushdie to be banned from India has a long history of opposition to British colonialism					View Comments


11/01/2012 13:00:21	14/01/2012 13:00:21	David Shariatmadari	109	0
Divine dispatches: a religion roundup
Pope John Paul II's 'excessively spherical' head; Lutfur Rahman praises Prince Charles; Mitt Romney and the Mormon musical					View Comments


11/01/2012 11:32:57	14/01/2012 11:32:57	Andrew Brown	469	15
Yes the pope is Catholic. But he didn't say gay marriage threatens humanity
Pope Benedict XVI said a lot about environmentalism and economics in his speech, so why make up another story?					View Comments


10/01/2012 09:00:11	13/01/2012 09:00:11	Andrew Brown	529	39
My parents' racism taught me to beware jeering catchphrases
Like my parents' use of the phrase 'our coloured brethren', Islam is only ever called 'the religion of peace' in bad faith					View Comments


09/01/2012 12:36:12	12/01/2012 12:36:12	Jessica Martin	718	17
John Milton, part 6: of course the poet can't justify God
Milton can't turn God into a character. But he can show Adam and Eve encountering God through love and sacrifice					View Comments


06/01/2012 18:00:01	09/01/2012 18:00:01	Paul Handley	289	6
Imagine there's no simplistic religious imagery - ¦
By changing the lyrics of Imagine, Cee Lo Green helped make clear that John Lennon's biggest hit is tosh					View Comments


06/01/2012 15:38:42	09/01/2012 15:38:42	Sophia Deboick	257	1
The Vatican's problem with fathers who are fathers
Gabino Zavala is far from being the first priest with children â€“ the Catholic church has struggled with celibacy for centuries					View Comments


05/01/2012 17:51:29	08/01/2012 17:51:29	Peter Beaumont	229	2
Rick Santorum: bearer of the Christianist mantle
Santorum has gone far beyond other Republican candidates in his desire to enshrine his values in the constitution					View Comments


05/01/2012 16:36:44	08/01/2012 16:36:44	Becky Garrison	31	0
From Rick Santorum to Ted Haggard, reality TV answers celebrity prayers
Ted Haggard and Gary Busey's bid for redemption via Celebrity Wife Swap highlights the genre's significance in Christian circles					View Comments


05/01/2012 10:00:01	08/01/2012 10:00:01	Andrew Brown	219	1
Assisted suicide is never an autonomous choice
There are many who consider their lives no longer worth living. Yet it's fraudulent to ignore the part we all play in those feelings					View Comments


05/01/2012 09:00:04	08/01/2012 09:00:04	Julian Baggini	808	0
Can it be rational for the religious to be non-rational?
Bypassing it with a leap of faith is problematic, but there's a serious debate to be had about rationality's limits					View Comments


04/01/2012 12:45:35	07/01/2012 12:45:35	Remi Adekoya	105	5
Nigeria's Islamists have the government dancing to their tune
A state of emergency will do nothing unless Goodluck Jonathan faces up to the political backers of Boko Haram's terrorists					View Comments


24/12/2011 09:07:10	27/12/2011 09:07:10	Jonathan Freedland	751	31
The story of Jesus is the ultimate political drama
I shouldn't be interested in the life of Jesus, but I can't help it â€“ his story makes for gripping entertainment					View Comments


23/12/2011 14:00:02	26/12/2011 14:00:02	Andrew Brown	194	1
Taking a chance on prayer via text
About 30 Christians near Wakefield have an arrangement where they can text each other prayer support â€“ and why not?					View Comments


22/12/2011 11:01:03	25/12/2011 11:01:03	Julian Baggini	593	5
Heathen's progress so far - “ has the God debate been moved on?
We've addressed procedural points and grappled with the role of literal belief in religion. But tell me if this adds up to progress					View Comments


20/12/2011 18:30:17	23/12/2011 18:30:17	Eddie Arthur	436	22
The Bible should be available to read in every Christian's native language
As an adviser who helped create a New Testament translation for an Ivorian village, I saw what an impact such work can have					View Comments


18/12/2011 19:00:02	21/12/2011 19:00:02	David Edgar	289	1
We can't allow the Bible to be hijacked for narrow and partisan politics
Cameron's use of the King James to oppose multiculturalism is an attempt to reverse one of its greatest legacies					View Comments

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