Simon Parke: The end of a season

SADNESS is either letting go of something good or feeling the pain of something that was not. Some­times, it can be a bit of both.

Day our Jewishness is put on show

'Most excitingly, Mitzvah Day has inspired other faith communities’

Faith is not a social arrangement

‘For now, conservative churches are growing’

Giles Fraser: Liberals on the front line

TWENTY years ago this week, the Berlin Wall was breached.

A new dawn in the East?

WHEN Roman Catholic and Ortho­dox theologians finished their talks, there were hopes that progress had been achieved on their key ecumenical chal­lenge...

Paul Vallely : Winners, losers, and work-outs

THEY were all talking about the two £45-million Lottery winners at the gym this week.

Leader: Checkpoint Charlie for Anglicans

THE BERLIN WALL, breached 20 years ago this week, remains a powerful symbol of failed attempts to divide people on grounds of ideology.

100 Years ago: Athanasian Creed revised

IN ANOTHER COLUMN we give the new translation of the Quicun­que Vult

Curse of the clever sillies

‘Devout monotheists are more motivated and positive in their attitude to life’



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