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There are other Tibets

In Xinjiang, as in Tibet, the government tries to bend unwilling subjects to its will, rather than accommodate the disparate cultures and beliefs

In religion

A Catholic Confirmation

  • By Andy Lewis
  • 01 May

In our final Faith Column on coming of age, we look at confirmation. Typically it happens at 15 or 16 and is a chance for young Christians make their personal commitment

Obama's pastor 'juvenile'

  • By Ian Reuben
  • 30 April

Leading UK clergyman Joel Edwards has attacked Barack Obama's former pastor Jeremiah Wright over his controversial views

Coming of age in the Bahá’í faith

  • By Collis Tahzib
  • 30 April

15 is the age when Bahá’ís come of age. Here, continuing our series on rites of passage Collis Tahzib tells his story

Coming of age as a pagan

  • By Lady SpringWolf
  • 29 April

How pagans guide their children through the pitfalls of adolescence

Hindu coming of age

  • By Raj Pandit Sharma
  • 28 April

This week the Faith Column is devoted to Rites of Passage with a member of a different religion describing how they initiate young people. Today we look at Hinduism

Generations of Seders

  • By Mordechai Wollenberg
  • 25 April

Rabbi Mordechai Wollenberg concludes our series of articles on Passover with a reflection on the Jewish ritual of Seder throughout Jewish communities worldwide.

Blogs

The Faith Column

The Faith Column

Every week a different believer gives the inside track on their religion.

Feature

Forgotten Burma

Forgotten Burma

Burma is back in the news in the wake of the terrible cyclone. Ahead of this tragedy Rachel Aspden visited the forgotten Burmese resistance. Here is her report.

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Divine inspiration

  • By Michael Arditti
  • 24 April 2008

In God we trust?

  • By Robert Ilson
  • 17 April 2008

What Islam did for Europe

  • By Jason Webster
  • 17 April 2008

The lives of others

  • By Rachel Aspden
  • 17 April 2008

Fundamental change

  • By Stephen Bates
  • 10 April 2008

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