Francesca Stavrakopoulou Q&A: “In my field, people often talk about doom”
The biblical historian on the government’s cruelty and The Last Temptation of Christ.
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Tory moderates fear a takeover by the religious right
Social liberals warn that a heavy Conservative election defeat would hand greater influence to reactionary MPs in safe seats.
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Christians can’t blame anyone else for the decline in belief
A vocal, intolerant minority has defined us for too long.
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The rise of non-religious Britain
Only a minority of people in England and Wales now identify as Christian.
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Jesus would have respected gender pronouns
Enoch Burke isn’t the martyr he thinks he is.
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The “woke” may be dogmatic, but social progress owes a lot to religious fervour
Historically – from the abolition of slavery to gender equality – religious-based activism has been effective in enacting change.
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Salman Rushdie shows us that free speech is life itself
Rushdie knows how vital, how serious the business of storytelling is. Yet in my encounters with him he never took…
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How the Lindisfarne Gospels became an emblem of Englishness
The spectacular 8th-century illuminated book is returning home to the north, after 500 years in London.
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