Category Archives: God

It’s pretty obvious who said this, but one thinks better of him for it anyway: The university was also very proud of its two theological faculties. It was clear that, by inquiring about the reasonableness of faith, they too carried … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Some people might think that there is not enough on this blog about Christians. Well, most of what interests me about Austen Ivereigh is libellous, though I may try to write the printable bits of the story. In the mean … Continue reading → Continue reading →

My thanks to Simon Sarmiento, who sent me this nugget from the South African Press. Bishop Joseph Tanzwani, commonly known as Ramafamba, of Makonde village, is alleged to have taken part in the ritual murder case of a promising soccer … Continue reading → Continue reading →

I’m in Vienna right now, and stumbling down for a tourist breakfast I found a glorious story1 in Der Standard, bylined from Warsaw. A Polish Catholic radio Station, Radio Marja, whose programme could be summarised as “back to the2 Thirties” … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Very interesting piece of decontextualisation over at pharyngula. PZ picked up on a Register piece claiming that ABC “put the smackdown” on creationism. This was indeed the lead that the rather desperate Guardian put on the news story of their … Continue reading → Continue reading →

The Guardian’s full transcript of the interview with Rowan Williams is a fascinating glimpse into the process of manufacturing news stories. It contains one quote which won’t be noticed anywhere else, but deserves to be: “parts of the internet are, … Continue reading → Continue reading →

I am in the throes of another Analysis, this time on the government’s plans to deal with Islamist terrorism. Thats why there have been so few posts. But I would like to quote a passage from Gilles Kepel’s latest book, … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Compared to his representative in the Anglican Church of Nigeria. Archbishop Peter Akinola has long been the idol of American rightwingers for his brutal and bigoted attitude towards gays, liberals, and other tools of Satan. But his statement on the … Continue reading → Continue reading →

If anyone doubted that football really is the religion of the British male, there’s a story in the Guardian today that rather proves the point: last Saturday, a Manchester United player fell awkwardly in the course of an away game … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Just a quick thought on the JyllandsPosten cartoons: if religion is related to morality, then sacred symbols have to be local at least to a particular community. The sacred, in this sense, which I found in David Sloan Wilson, is … Continue reading → Continue reading →