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Who Owns 'Humanism'?

Ian Linden | Posted 19.04.2013 | UK
Read More: Islam, Hinduism, Arab Spring, Humanism, Conflict, Tunisia, Judaism, Terrorism, Secular, Christianity, Democracy, Religous Freedom, Buddhism, Faith, UK Religion, UK News
Ian Linden

What would happen if the different faiths began automatically adding 'humanism' to their names, Islamic humanism, Buddhist, Judaic, Hindu, Christian humanism, for example - then explored what each meant. We'd probably end up with a rich dialogue based on a celebration of two great realities: our shared humanity and the richness of our different religious traditions.

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Lies, Damned Lies and Statistics

Ian Linden | Posted 13.02.2013 | UK
Read More: Women's Rights, Britain, Church of England, United Kingdom, Religious Institutions, Secularism, Beliefs, Census, Catholic Church, Religion, Homosexuality, Individualism, Secular, Christianity, Civil Partnerships, Faith, Spirituality, UK News
Ian Linden

Take a few headline statistics from last week's national census: numbers of people in Britain identifying as Christian, dropping fast, numbers professing no religion, growing, numbers in Britain born outside the country, growing fast.

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Stop Preaching Gove!

Ben Jennings | Posted 20.03.2012 | UK Comedy
Read More: Secular, Christianity, Education, The Bible, Cartoon, Michael Gove, Satire, David Cameron God, UK Comedy News
Ben Jennings

This week it came out that Michael Gove, the education secretary, has a plan to send a copy of the King James Bible to every school in the country - although this has run into a spot of bother as Cameron told Gove that this project must not be funded by taxpayer's money.

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