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  • January 16, 2015
    The potentially violent power of pen and image

    Without in any way wanting to mitigate the horror, grief and shock of the murders in Paris, I am growing weary of the disingenuity of so many in the media disclaiming the potentially violent power of the pen and the image.

  • January 6, 2015
    New report spells out the need for 'religious literacy'

    The chair of an All Party Parliamentary Group on Global Uncertainties has praised a new report which wants to improve religious literacy in a diverse world.

  • December 1, 2014
    IS/ISIS and the dark side of modernity

    Karen Armstrong, whose new book Fields of Blood: Religion and the History of Violence invites far more subtle understanding of the relationship between faith and fratricide globally, has written a characteristically thoughtful piece on IS/ISIS for The New Statesman magazine: 'Wahhabism to ISIS: how Saudi Arabia exported the main source of global terrorism'.

  • October 31, 2014
    Conference: Equality and religion in a changing world

    The fourth Cutting Edge Consortium Conference will take place on 1st November 2014 at Conway Hall, Red Lion’s Square from 10am to 5pm (registration from 9.30am). The theme of this year’s conference is “Equality and Religion in a Changing World”.

  • February 11, 2014
    Philosophy, religion and public policy

    'Philosophy, Religion and Public Policy' is an important two-day conference at the University of Chester, established as part of the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) Philosophy and Religious Practices Research Network.

  • February 3, 2014
    Equality and religious freedom

    'Equality and religious freedom: what accommodation is reasonable?' is the title of an important meeting on Tuesday 4th February, 6.30pm, at the House of Commons, Westminster, in Committee Room 15.

  • December 27, 2013
    God 'not terribly interested in religion', says bishop

    God is interested in life transformed, not 'religion' for its own sake, says the Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church.

  • December 12, 2013
    Scientology: Questions about religion, the state and marriage
  • December 12, 2013
    Court ruling on Scientology as a religion 'raises big issues'

    The UK Supreme Court has decided that Scientology is a religion and that its churches a "place of meeting for religious worship" suitable for wedding registration.

  • November 5, 2013
    Representing reality: Williams is back in his element

    It was good to see Dr Rowan Williams back in his element yesterday (4 November 2013), giving the first of his six Gifford Lectures on 'Making representations: religious faith and the habits of language'.