Without a Prayer
In the latest edition of RE Today magazine there are a series of opinion pieces on prayer. Here’s mine: A popular…
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The Prime Minister’s ‘Christian Country’ Claims
Again and again in the past few years, more and more politicians have been joining church leaders in popping up…
The Birmingham ‘Trojan Horse’ story
In 2007 I was Education Officer at the British Humanist Association. My opposite number at the Muslim Council of Britain…
Cataloguing Humanist History
There’s a great project going on at the moment to catalogue the humanist archives at the Bishopsgate Institute. You can…
Keeping social security social (and agreeing with a Catholic Cardinal)
It was only in the second half of the twentieth century that the Catholic Church ended its opposition to social…
From Tony Nicklinson to Hayley Cropper, the right to die debate is not going away
The current Coronation Street storyline has reignited the right to die debate and I had an article about it in…
Scout Acceptance of Non-Religious Welcome – Now the State Should Catch Up
Tuesday’s announcement by the Scout Association of a new alternative Promise to allow the non-religious to join is not an isolated event….
Archbishop of Canterbury in 24 hour recantation
The Archbishop of Canterbury was interviewed for today’s The Times and he seemed to give support for a relaxation if not…