Life & Society: Religion
In religion
Bahá’ís and Social Action
- By Nazila Ghanea
- 25 November
The Bahá'í ethos of easing the burdens of others inspires believers to build schools and improve health and equality around the world.
The religion of God
- By Nazila Ghanea
- 24 November
Academic and human rights campaigner Nazila Ghanea explains the basic tenets of Bahá’í belief
Finding Happiness
- By Steve James
- 21 November
Meditating, believing in impermanence and seeking true happiness will help people weather the financial meltdown.
Judaism and the meltdown
- By Shraga Zaltzman
- 20 November
Rabbis are a great resource during this economic crisis, providing both support and networking opportunities.
Uncomfortable origins
- By Tom Holland
- 20 November
We have had a remarkable response to Tom Holland's essay of 13 October on the Christian roots of European secularism. Here the author responds
Invisible cities
- By Hisham Matar
- 20 November
In myth, Babylon is a place of romance and wonder, but years of dictatorship and war have taken their toll. Hisham Matar on his attempt to visit the ancient metropolis
Feature
Resisting Persecution
The Bahá’í faith supports human rights and interactions with other religions, yet the believers have faced persecution in Iran for decades.
More in religion
When greed was still good
- By Andrew Billen
- 20 November 2008
The edge of an empire
- By Alice Albinia
- 30 October 2008
Europe's first revolution
- By Tom Holland
- 09 October 2008
Never criticise the family
- By Geoffrey Wheatcroft
- 02 October 2008
Religion and science do mix
- By Peter Wilby
- 18 September 2008
The Pope's plot
- By Agnès Poirier
- 18 September 2008
The strange allure of our 'exes'
- By Ziauddin Sardar
- 18 September 2008
