Opinion
February, 2013
French challenge to exception of Alsace Moselle from separation law fails
By Catherine Le Fur
A challenge to the exception of Alsace-Moselle from the 1905 French law that separates church and... Read More »
Children in Scotland awaiting adoption - who puts their best interests first?
Imagine for a moment a secular public service, let's say an adoption charity, refusing to consider applications from... Read More »
Hospitals in dire cash crisis, but the chaplains sail merrily on
By Terry Sanderson
Not a week goes by now without more depressing headlines about the gradual demolition of the NHS.... Read More »
Vicar calls for disestablishment
A Church of England vicar is advocating disestablishment. In a letter in the latest issue of the Church of England... Read More »
Is the Catholic Church at last getting the come-uppance it has so long deserved?
By Terry Sanderson
Freedom of religion is a vital freedom and one that must be protected.
As a secularist I know I should... Read More »
Is Europe secular or Christian?
By Revd Dr Darrell Jackson, Senior Lecturer in Missiology, Morling College, Sydney.
During 2009 and 2010, the Nova... Read More »
Joseph Ratzinger’s failed papacy may have fatally undermined the Vatican
And so we are to see an end to the rule of Joseph Ratzinger at the Vatican. At such times it is usual to break out... Read More »
Will the new Archbishop’s evangelical fervour aid destruction of the welfare state?
By Terry Sanderson
Justin Welby, the new Archbishop of Canterbury is a self-confessed "evangelical". We can, therefore,... Read More »
Here is why Sharia Law has no place in Britain or elsewhere
By Nahla Mahmoud
There are many reasons why this needs to be said, starting with a personal trigger. I was recently... Read More »
Here is why Sharia Law has no place in Britain or elsewhere
By Nahla Mahmoud
There are many reasons why this needs to be said, starting with a personal trigger. I was recently... Read More »
There is no American-style Religious Right in Britain, but the general theo-political landscape is lurching rightward
By Terry Sanderson
A new report by the Theos think-tank throws some interesting light on the evangelical Christian... Read More »
Education for Choice launch report into abortion education in UK schools
Guest post by Education for Choice
Our new report 'Abortion Education in the UK: Failing our young people?' reveals... Read More »
