Latest issue: 12 January 2008 Isabel de BertodanoReligious publishing was once written off, but today books about spirituality are seized on by publishers and devoured by readers. The market has shrunk, but some writers have never had it so good. The new era of religious writing involves little money – but a good deal of complexity 
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Kenya’s great rift Alfons Eppink Kenya’s great rift The Church in Kenya has provided enormous pastoral support during recent post-election violence, but in the moral guidance it has offered the country, it has so far failed to cover itself in glory, as our correspondent reports from Kisumu...
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Still dissenting after all these years Theo Hobson Still dissenting after all these years As a monk who, at 90, can claim a reasonable degree of acquaintance with both God and the Church, Sebastian Moore is well placed to question where the latter might be mistaken, in the eyes of the former. He talks to Theo Hobson...
Not Jerusalem. Not Italy. But Cornwall 2008 Bryan StoreyNot Jerusalem. Not Italy. But Cornwall 2008As a Cornish artist’s modern-dress take on Leonardo da Vinci’s masterpiece The Last Supper is unveiled, the priest-in-charge of the church where it will hang outlines its contemporary message...
The Son revealed Listen to the WordThe Son revealedThe process begun by the Holy Spirit at the Annunciation culminates in the Baptism of Christ at the end of the Advent-Christmas cycle. Alongside the Son of God, we too are children of the Lord, our adoption expressed in the Eucharist...
Gentle as silence Adrian SmithGentle as silenceQuiet times during the Mass can make many people uneasy, but it is essential that we listen to God as well as talking or singing to him. The stillness of meditation allows him to reach us...
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