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  • April 2, 2018
    Easter, April foolery and the Resurrection Life

    Prior to this year, Easter Sunday and April Fool’s Day last coincided in 1956 and will next do so in 2029.

  • December 23, 2016
    Hope, myth and a small god

    Early this month, I heard one woman say to another at a supermarket checkout “It doesn't feel Christmassy yet”.

  • August 2, 2010
    The bricolage religion of 'Lost'

    This spring the television series 'Lost', which achieved cult status over its six seasons, came to an end. Benjamin E. Zeller explores its religious themes and what it says about American religious culture.

  • April 18, 2008
    New painting challenges image of St George the crusader

    A new painting of St George by Scott Norwood Witts, which depicts the saint as a man of compassion rather than a crusader, is to be unveiled at the Catholic Cathedral of St George, Southwark, to mark the saint’s day next week.

  • December 25, 2007
    Christ is an unwanted gift for the religious

    Whether we love or hate Christmas, we know all about it. But the same may not be true of the coming of Jesus, says Simon Barrow. In Christ, God radically disrupts religious 'business as usual'.