An eye for the other

John D. Zizioulas is probably the best-known voice of the Orthodox Church in Britain, with 40 years' experience of advances and reversals in ecumenical dialogue, and is able to count the Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, among his many admirers. Theo Hobson talked to him about the themes of his new book...

God's bright beacons

Strung along the north Norfolk coastline, the Anglican churches of the Saxonshore Benefice testify to more than a millennium of Christian ministry. The fourth of our summer series finds physical as well as spiritual sanctuary amid the salt marshes and sand dunes...

Constitutional myth

Britain?s monarch is not the head of the Church of England, merely its Supreme Governor, with power to hire and fire but not to teach and preach. So, to answer the anxieties posed last week by the Bishop of Winchester, an Anglican academic asks if it would really be a problem if the king or queen were a Roman Catholic...

Faith in our Fathers

First held more than 50 years ago, an international conference held every four years at Oxford University to examine the work of the founding figures of Christianity continues to be a powerful draw for scholars the world over, young and old alike...

Fears, tears and antidepressants

Over-prescription of pills, whose efficacy is in dispute, to combat today?s all-pervasive diagnosis of depression is not just a medical problem but a cultural one as well. It says patients have little responsibility for their unhappy condition bar taking their tablets...

'Wrought by prayer'

When Fleet Street legend Bill Deedes died last week aged 94, much was made of his links to an earlier, more ?gentlemanly? age. Yet in his eighties, underpinned by his faith, he embraced ?new tech? to report on the persecution of Christians and came close to converting to Catholicism himself...

The opportunity of baptism

For many parents, a new baby brings about profound changes as they evaluate what is truly important in life, and what they want to pass on. They may not be practising their faith, but they would like their child to be baptised. How should the priest respond?...

Helping my unbelief

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