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Interpreting the Bible is an immensely difficult task. For a start, differing Christian denominations accept different books within the Canon – and because there are several different versions of the Bible it is difficult to know where to…
It’s hardly news that we live in interesting times and that there is as yet little agreement on the way out of the various predicaments we find ourselves in. Five years into the financial crisis and its fallout we’re back in recession…
Much has been said already about Ed Miliband’s speech and its content or lack of. Others have welcomed with relief the fact that it is now out in the public that Labour recognises and takes seriously the nation’s deficit, and that the…
By Rachael Saunders Where I grew up, the vicar of the village church would write to every new household that moved in to the area - letting them know about church services and activities, of course, but also telling them about the…
By James Green Despite the important role that it has played throughout the party's history, Labour has long had an uncomfortable relationship with faith. Alistair Campbell captured this well when he famously said of New Labour, "we don't…
By David Green During yesterday's predictable furore over the start of the Pope's visit to the UK, I found a picture in this BBC gallery. It's of a little boy, waiting for the Pope to land in Edinburgh: despite clearly going to the effort…
By Andy Flannagan 15.28: This post has now been updated as a draft version was published in error. The figure of Jesus bestrides history in a way that few others do. The impact of his life and his words still resonate in a way that even…
By Paul Burgin / @paul_burgin Anyone who knows anything about Paul Blanchard and myself will know that when it comes to issues of Religion and Faith we are two very different people, apart from the fact that our beliefs in this area flow…
By Mohammed Yahya, Daniel Silverstein and Alex Smith In a week in which the BNP has further sought to sow lines of division, LabourList looks at an inter-faith collaboration that is bringing people together around Hope and community action…
By Mathew Hulbert Alastair Campbell, Tony Blair's inimitable former Press Secretary, famously once said that 'we don't do God.' But I believe, to win the next election, Labour must find a way to return to its Christain Socialist roots. Now…
By Paul Burgin / @Paul_Burgin One of Labour's best leaders, Harold Wilson, once stated that the Labour Party owed more to Methodism than Marx. Admittedly more recently Alastair Campbell said "We Don't Do God", but he was referring to…
By Mike Ion Tony Blair's piece in last week's New Statesman (Why we must all do God) has - somewhat predictably - been met with significant degrees of cynicism and suspicion - particularly by those on the left. Why? I think the main reason…
