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Published in: HomeHeartfelt rationalityThe side effects of good intentions and tolerance can be more suffering. We must let our hearts set our goals, but...
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Published in: HomeOur fallible prophetRational reflection and reasoning should not be a threat to religion. Drawing on religious texts, the author argues...
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Published in: HomeManchurian mormon?Mitt Romney needs to answers basic questions about potential conflicts between his religious vows and his...
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Published in: HomeThe Great Partnership: multiculturalism, faith and citizenship
Do the supposedly civilised values of human rights and responsible citizenry become exclusionary, used to divide...
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Published in: Home2011, a year of wonder
A great scientific breakthrough is also a path to appreciating the core ingredient of our humanity, says Tina Beattie.
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Published in: HomeAn arch-visionary of Canterbury
The leading religious authority of the Church of England has disappointed many of the hopes invested in him. Rowan...
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Published in: Home9/11: the identity-politics trap
The reaction to the attacks of 11 September 2001 included an instinctive veneration of their chief architect. Its...
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Published in: HomeThe dinner-party revolution
The dinner-party is a symbol of complacent presumption, the last occasion to be associated with genuine dialogue or...
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Published in: HomeIndonesia: pluralism vs vigilantism
A pattern of violence against the Ahmadiyah religious community, in which the perpetrators enjoy near-impunity and...
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Published in: HomeModerate secularism: a European conception
The question of religion’s place in modern secular societies is intellectually contested and politically divisive....
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Published in: HomeEgypt, and the post-Islamist middle east
The portrayal of Egypt’s uprising in terms of its potential capture by Islamists is doubly misleading, says Asef...
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Published in: HomeMulticulturalism, Britishness, and Muslims
The idea of multiculturalism has been subjected to greater criticism in recent years, especially on the grounds that...
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Published in: HomeThe religious crisis of American liberalism
The extraordinary arc of Barack Obama’s popular appeal tells a deeper story of America: of how the relationship...
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Published in: HomeThe “Islam” drumbeat: an Orwellian story
A reductive and tendentious portrayal of Islam and its followers is spreading across Europe and America. It is all...
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Published in: HomePope Benedict: the faith of authority
A delicate papal visit to Britain was in the end a diplomatic success. All the more reason to examine the ideas it...
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Published in: HomeAyodhya: verdict and consequence
An Indian court’s ruling on the Hindu-Muslim dispute over the sacred site of Ayodhya sheds light on the relationship...
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Published in: HomeEurope's Muslims: burqa laws, women's lives
Several European states - France, Italy, Belgium and Britain among them - are involved in legal, social or political...
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Published in: oDRSiberian Shamans Come in From the Cold (part 3)After decades of repression, Siberia’s shamans are re-emerging. Ken Hyder is a musician who performs with a Tuvan...
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Published in: oDRSiberian Shamans Come in From the Cold (part 2)After decades of repression, Siberia’s shamans are re-emerging. Ken Hyder is a musician who performs with a Tuvan...
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Published in: HomeSiberian Shamans Come in From the ColdAfter decades of repression, Siberia’s shamans are re-emerging. Ken Hyder is a musician who performs with a Tuvan...
