Tag Archives: Christianity
The Other Place: A journey into the Underworld with the Witch of Endor
(image from Genius.com) At the age of 6 or so I drew a picture pretty similar to this one in my school RE lesson and it’s been a question in my mind ever since and inspired my latest Something Understood … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Radio, Religion
Tagged Christianity, dante, francis dashwood, hellfire club, ireland, Islam, john agard, judaism, limbo, limbo babies, monteverdi, orfeo, orpheus, orpheus and eurydice, rabbi jonathan romain, saul, sheol, the divine comedy, william hogarth, witch of endor
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Richard Dawkins & the humanist’s dilemma: When faced with Islamic State does “moderate” religious discrimination really matter?
This piece first appeared in The Big Issue magazine – journalism worth paying for. Available from street vendors UK wide or subscription. Blackwell’s bookshop in Oxford has 3 and a half miles of books. It’s a wonderful place. The deputy … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Crime and Justice, History, Media, Religion, Uncategorized
Tagged atheism, Babu Gogineni, Blackwell's bookshop, British Humanist Association, Catholic, Christianity, culture, EM Forster, Francesca Stavrakopoulou, Hinduism, humanism, India, ISIS, Islam, Islamic State, Leo Igwe, media, Nigeria, oxford, publishing, Richard Dawkins, Salman Rushdie, Satanic Verses, Sheldonian Theatre, superstition, Switzerland, terrorism, Valentin Abgottspon, World Humanist Congress
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The secret elite club of ex-Virgin Marys
“I was always the sort of child who got picked on to DO things, you know?” recalls Julie Christie’s Darling, in the 1965 film, as we see her as a 6 year old Mary in the school nativity play. (watch … Continue reading
Posted in Children, Culture, Religion, Theatre, Uncategorized
Tagged Christianity, culture, feminism, film, FTW, Nativity, Virgin Mary
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