Society & Culture > Religion
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
Church attempt to re-invent is an insult
17 Dec 2009
Anne Mc Shane looks at the beleaguered Catholic establishment
Jesus the communist
10 Dec 2009
Laurie McCauley reports on a meeting attended by Christians and communists
Child abuse, the church and the Irish state
03 Dec 2009
Anne Mc Shane reports on the child abuse scandal engulfing the Catholic church in Ireland. The case for a secular republic and confiscating the churchs property could not be stronger
Earthly core of misty creations
22 Oct 2009
Camilla Power addressed the CPGB's Communist University on the origins and evolution of religion. This is an edited version of her speech
Meat cleaver
28 Feb 2008
Esen Uslu responds to Phil Kent's criticisms
Not privileged nor persecuted
14 Feb 2008
Jim Moody examines the impact of Rowan Williams's words in a Britain that is far from secular, at least in terms of its constitution
Uses and abuses of Jesus
20 Dec 2007
Even in the 21st century Jesus is still a much prized figure. In this the second chapter of his new book Jack Conrad shows how Jesus has been used and abused by almost every political persuasion
The sigh of the oppressed
01 Feb 2007
Gerry Downing looks at the origins of monotheism and assesses the attitude of communists towards believers
Fantastic reality - Marxism and the politics of religion
14 Dec 2006
Religion is back with a vengeance. George Bush and the US christian right, holy Tony Blair and Britain's islamophobia, Russia's reinstalled orthodox church and India's saffron communalism, the toxic evangelicalism sweeping Africa and Latin America, Saudi Arabia's puritanical wahhabism and al Qa'eda's terrorism of spectacle, the Iranian theocracy and everywhere, it seems, the escape into the trench warfare of religious identity. But what is religion? In this extract from the introduction to his new book, Jack Conrad shows that the answer is not as straightforward as it might first appear
Holy diplomacy amid coup rumours
07 Dec 2006
The pope's visit has laid bare the deep divisions in Turkish society. Esen Uslu of the Communist Party of Turkey reports
No bans on christian fundamentalists
23 Nov 2006
James Turley reports on the bureaucratic attempt to ban Exeter university's christian student society
Secular schools, not religious indoctrination
02 Nov 2006
Communists fight for the equality of believers and non-believers, says Jim Moody
Benedict XVI and the struggle for Europe
21 Sep 2006
There is more to the pope's Regensburg speech than a crude attack on islam. Jack Conrad investigates
Faith schools too hot for SWP
12 Jan 2006
The left must takes this issue seriously, says Michelle Euston. After all, faith schools are envisaged in the government's white paper on education as a wedge to break up comprehensive education system
Domination theology
12 Jan 2006
Paul Greenaway reviews Richard Dawkins's The root of all evil? (Channel 4, Monday January 9 and 16, 8pm)