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On Pilgrimage with the Hasids

'Uman has been called the Hasidic Mecca and the Hasidic Glastonbury. Overwhelmingly, however, the pilgrimage is rejected as “un-Jewish”, even by other ultra-Orthodox Jews'

September 24, 2013

Dispatches·Faith

Darwinian Disbelief

Kristina Carlson's Mr Darwin's Gardener proves that the God debate still generates copy and sells books

August 27, 2013

Counterpoints·Faith

Can Science Replace Religion In Our Lives?

That materialists and ministers struggle to justify morality shows there is still a place for Christianity in intellectual and public life

May 29, 2013

Critique·Faith·Science

More Things in Heaven and Earth

In philosophical circles, it was once heresy to challenge Darwinian reductionism. That is now changing

May 29, 2013

Critique·Faith

Constitutional Ignoramus

In attempting to answer his question Why Tolerate Religion, Chicago philosopher Brian Leiter wilfully neglects the impact of the Judaeo-Christian tradition on Western civilisation

April 22, 2013

Books·Constitutional Affairs·Faith·US Politics

Trumpet Voluntary

Diarmaid MacCulloch's new book on the Christian Church is entitled Silence but it might've been better if he'd just kept quiet

March 25, 2013

Counterpoints·Faith

Pope Frank: In the Footsteps of St Francis

Jovial, informal and compassionate, the new Pontiff has the qualities to restore faith in the Vatican and to promote women in the Church

March 25, 2013

Faith·Features·The Catholic Church

The Middle Kingdom’s Problem with Religion

Faced with an astonishing revival of Christianity in China, Beijing is reacting with a mixture of alarm, repression and control

March 25, 2013

China·Faith·Features

We Abandon Christians in the East At Our Peril

Radical Islam is growing in Muslim countries that openly persecute their religious minorities. The West has so far turned a blind eye

March 25, 2013

Faith·Features·Middle East

A Bee in his Bonnet

Richard Dawkins cannot grasp the distinction between knowledge and wisdom. This puts him at war not only with religion, but the entire tradition of Western philosophy

February 25, 2013

Counterpoints·Faith·Philosophy