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Secularism is hostile to state religion, not religion
23 Feb 2012
Separation of church and state is a basic democratic demand bitterly resisted by the British establishment, writes Eddie Ford
Vatican: Rotten to the core
04 Jul 2013
The money-laundering scandal has confirmed that Vatican corruption cannot be put down to isolated individuals, writes Toby Abse
Ireland: No ifs, no buts a woman’s right to choose
13 Jun 2013
Controversy over abortion continues to reverberate throughout Irish society, writes Anne McShane
Rome, empire and christianity: Politics of poverty and purity
28 Mar 2013
Mike Macnair reviews: Peter Brown, 'Through the eye of a needle: wealth, the fall of Rome and the making of Christianity in the west, 350-550 AD'. Princeton 2012, pp758, £27.95
Pope Francis: Silence equals complicity
21 Mar 2013
Far from being a new broom or reformer, writes Eddie Ford, the new pope is a reactionary to his marrow
Vatican elections: Keeping up with modern world
21 Feb 2013
Whoever gets the top job in the Vatican, Eddie Ford strongly suspects that he will not be in any way progressive
Women Bishops & CofE: Irrelevant? If only
29 Nov 2012
The Church of Englands failure to accept women bishops is embarrassing, but solutions short of disestablishment are absurd, argues Paul Demarty
Rowan Williams quits before next great schism happens
22 Mar 2012
Eddie Ford demands the immediate disestablishment of the Church of England
Eric Pickles puts in the knife
15 Mar 2012
Communists reject a British identity based on the crown and the imperial past, writes Eddie Ford
Secularism is hostile to state religion, not religion
23 Feb 2012
Separation of church and state is a basic democratic demand bitterly resisted by the British establishment, writes Eddie Ford
Islamists courted by imperialists
19 Jan 2012
The Muslim Brotherhood has shown itself to be the biggest political force. Meanwhile the left is under attack. Yassamine Mather gives her impressions following a recent visit to Egypt
Cameron in the court of King James
22 Dec 2011
The prime minister's speech on the King James Bible ticks every reactionary box going, argues James Turley
Waking the dead
03 Nov 2011
A Tory MEP has attracted derision for his loopy beliefs in the paranormal - but he is merely the tip of an iceberg of absurd mumbo-jumbo, argues James Turley
Dignity in life and death
23 Jun 2011
The desire to end your life as a fully sentient being is a perfectly honourable and legitimate one. Eddie Ford argues for the 'right to die'
The sigh of the oppressed - part 2
26 May 2011
Jack Conrad continues his examination of Marx and Engels and their criticism of passive materialism, theological atheism and religion
The sigh of the oppressed - part 1
26 May 2011
Jack Conrad examines Marx and Engels and their criticism of passive materialism, theological atheism and religion