Articles
Monday, 17 January 2011 21:04
Legal system discriminates against Christians
The Bishop of Winchester, the Rt Rev Michael Scott-Joynt, warned that the death of ‘religious literacy’ among those who made and administered the law had created an imbalance in the way in which those with faith…
Monday, 17 January 2011 21:02
Human rights and Christian values
Christian assemblies in schools could be scrapped if campaigning atheists and teachers get their way. According to the National Secular Society, a legal requirement for pupils to take part in a daily act of collective worship…
Monday, 17 January 2011 21:01
Education report debunks secular neutrality myth
Secularism isn’t a neutral force in education and it attempts to exclude faith from the classroom risk of anti-religious indoctrination, according to a new report by a professor of education. Prof Trevor Cooling’s report, entitled Doing…
Monday, 17 January 2011 20:56
Only half of Britons say UK is Christian
Only half of British adults are confident that Britain can now be described as ‘a Christian country’, according to research. The former Archbishop of Canterbury, Lord Carey, has written to David Cameron urging him to review…
Monday, 17 January 2011 20:55
Joseph as ideal male role model
Jesus and Mary are usually the centre of attention at the school Nativity play, but Iain Duncan Smith says society – and the church – would do well to pay more attention to Joseph. Writing in…
Monday, 17 January 2011 20:53
Anti-Semitism on rise at British universities
Britain’s Chief Rabbi, Lord Jonathan Sacks, has charged several of the UK’s most prestigious universities of ‘turning a blind eye and a deaf ear’ to the increasing number of speeches defaming and delegitimizing Israel being made…