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How simplistic narratives can mislead us: a case study of the Galileo affair
(8 minute read) We need to know how to deal with complexity to avoid falling for false myths about the past, argues Patrick J. Casey.
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Joy to the world
(3 minute read) In adulthood festive joy is changed, not ended, as Marie McCoy discovers.
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“Today, the divisions are more within religions than between religions”
(2 minute read) We have entered ‘a golden age of inter-religious dialogue’, Rabbi David Shlomo Rosen, the American Jewish Committee’s International Director of Interreligious Affairs, tells Maria José Atienza.
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Life lessons from Roman splendour
(6 minute read) The fading glory of an Italian church teaches Adam Brocklehurst about suffering and compassion.
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The sex scandal that the tabloids ignore
(8 minute read) Only international pressure will save young girls from kidnap and forced marriage in Pakistan, says John Pontifex.
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Guarding the guardians: what constitutes ‘good’ religion?
(12 minute read) Having argued that not all forms of religion are positive, Joseph Evans proposes criteria to distinguish the good from the bad.
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Let us tune in …
(7 minute read) Richard Bauckham speculates on the advantages of anonymity, the ‘big questions of life’, and the lessons to be learned from streaming religious services.
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Asking the wrong question: how we are putting the Amazon and the world at risk
(11 minute read) The future of the Amazon raises fundamental ethical and spiritual questions which we should all consider, even - perhaps especially - in the West, Joseph Evans argues.
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A man of surprises: Pope Francis seven years on
(5 minute read) Ronnie Convery remembers the election of Pope Francis and considers what that dramatic evening has to teach us about his whole papacy.
