Life & Society: Religion
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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
Feature
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
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- 17 April 2008
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- By Rachel Aspden
- 17 April 2008
''Jesus will appear again as judge of the world and the dead will be raised''
- By Sholto Byrnes
- 10 April 2008
Fundamental change
- By Stephen Bates
- 10 April 2008
British jihad: Why our anti-terror strategy isn't working
- By Martin Bright
- 03 April 2008
