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Marching orders for bigotry Free 

So far, the usual long, hot summer of sectarian tension associated with the marching season in Northern Ireland has passed without a single soldier on the streets. Gradually the old hatreds seem to be diminishing, for which some credit has to go to ...

The evangelical elephant

From creation to 're-creation'
The Holy See's pavilion at Venice Biennale
Local authorities 'wary of faith groups but rely on their services'
Report by MPs finds low level of religious literacy among councils
Middle classes dominant in top Catholic schools
The Sutton Trust
Ronald Knox, theologian, author, Bible translator
Colloquium at Heythrop College celebrated life of prominent convert

Vatican II ‐ an unprecedented event, a council like no other
Cardinal Godfried Danneels speaks at Southwark Cathedral
Don't let anyone tell you the Council didn't change much
Robert Blair Kaiser gives the 2012 Tablet Lecture

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 Columnists

Clifford LongleyClifford Longley

?Public opinion is a cruel judge but its judgements have to be heeded?

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Christopher Howse?s PresswatchChristopher Howse?s Presswatch

?The grubbier press watches Charlotte Church eagerly to catch her falling?

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 Books and arts

Ironies at the heart of Islam Free 
The Caged Virgin: a Muslim woman’s cry for reason
Ayaan Hirsi Ali
Only Half of Me: being a Muslim in Britain
Rageh Omaar
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Churches under-valued or over-estimating themselves?
Francis Davis, guest contributor

It is not long now until the Local Government Association annual conference. This premier ...

Hume knew Alan Hopes would one day be bishop
Fr Mark Woodruff, guest contributor

When 12 Anglican priests in 1995 reached the end of nearly two years of transition and preparation ...

Anglican patrimony is becoming a reality
James Roberts

As a convert from Anglicanism I have been curious since Benedict XVI paved the way for the ...


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