1. The New Puritans
(Opinions/Features)

...elves from their co-religionists by being unwilling to reconcile their independent organization with the established Church of England. Desiring to preserve their identity and feeling constantly perse...

2. The Origin of Religious Tolerance: Voltaire
(Opinions/Society)

... Philosophical Letters. Written as though to explain English society to a friend back in France, Letter Five, On the Church of England, began with the observation, “This is the country of sects. An En...

3. APOCALYPTIC MANIFESTO
(Opinions/op-ed)

...ituality in everyday life, unfettered by the corrupt taint of immoral Catholicism. Elizabeth I, a product of the new Church of England, in balancing the delicate needs of both Protestant and Catholic ...

4. God's Business
(Opinions/Society)

...sp; While this powerful new force is even injecting new energy into the mother church in Britain, it may be that the Church of England becoming the Church of Africa? ...

5. Pressure builds on BBC in Gaza row
(Archived/News/Global)

Pressure is building on the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) and Sky News to reconsider their decisions not to air a charity appeal to help the people of Gaza following Israel's war on the terri

6. UK criticises Ahmadinejad broadcast
(Archived/News/Global)

The UK government has said the decision by a British broadcaster to air a holiday message from Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the Iranian president, could cause offence around the world.

7. Church urged to halt gay ordination
(Archived/News/Culture)

The spiritual leader of the Anglican Church has warned that the fellowship will be in "grave peril" if another gay bishop is consecrated before the troubled church has time to heal.

8. Boycott hits Anglican church summit
(Archived/News/Culture)

A quarter of the world's Anglican bishops are boycotting a once-in-a-decade gathering of church leaders in a row over gay clergy.

9. UK chooses first Asian female mayor
(Archived/News/Global)

Manjula Sood will make history this week when she slips the gilded robes and the chain of office over her sari to become lord mayor of the British city of Leicester.

10. Teacher loses - and wins - in veil case
(Archived/News/Global)

An employment tribunal in Britain has ruled that a Muslim teacher has not been discriminated against when the school where she worked asked her to remove her veil but was awarded compensation for vict