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Within and beyond my work at the William Temple Foundation, I am an active member of the interfaith movement in the UK and Europe. And there are many, many reasons […]


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The title is taken from the bracing, and stark, prognosis offered by Steve Chalke MBE, founder of the charity Oasis UK, as he concluded a public lecture at the University […]


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Will The Real Trojans Please Stand Up!

by John Reader

9 Jun 2014

As the controversy about certain Birmingham schools continues to rage, along with the spat in cabinet which is in danger of diverting attention from the deeper issues, it is worth […]


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A guest blog post written by Julian Bond, Director of the Christian Muslim Forum.   How should Christians relate to Muslims? Are they a problem, unwelcome, a threat? Recently there […]


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Credit where it’s due…

by Bishop Adrian Newman

2 Jun 2014

A guest blog post written by The Rt Revd Adrian Newman, Bishop of Stepney.   Far from being a top-down, command-and-control organisation, the Church of England is at its best […]


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At the William Temple Foundation Chris Baker and I have made much of the importance of religious and spiritual capital in the context of faith based local involvement and partnership […]


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Of recent religious stories, the one generating the biggest splash across my Twitter feed was a scathing take on the BBC TV comedy Rev. Writing in the Guardian James Mumford […]


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David Cameron’s recent ‘Easter message’ continues to attract media attention. In the unlikely case that you didn’t see it or hear about it, the message affirmed not only a deepening […]


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Blurred Encounters in a Messy Church

by Greg Smith

22 Apr 2014

A Victorian Gothic barn of a church, with most of the pews still anchored in place, on a cold wet Saturday afternoon in February. The parish in a multicultural inner […]


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A Change of Climate for Political Theology?

by John Reader

14 Apr 2014

On March 31st the details of the most recent IPCC report on the potential global impacts of climate change were made public. These include an increase in extreme weather events […]


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