August 5, 2018

Concern about “sexualised” children often misses the point

The root of the problem is not how society treats […]
August 3, 2018

A cacophony of views on what to teach children about God

A dialogue of the deaf over faith and schooling International
August 1, 2018

New Canadians are injecting vigour into the country’s religious life

Religions gather strength as they cross the ocean International
July 30, 2018

“Sin” taxes—eg, on tobacco—are less efficient than they look

But they do help improve public health International
July 28, 2018

Sam Brownback makes the right noises about religious liberty

A gathering in Washington, DC this week carried a message […]
July 24, 2018

Concern about “sexualised” children often misses the point

IN JAPAN it is hard to avoid the disturbing spectacle […]
July 22, 2018

A cacophony of views on what to teach children about God

IT IS becoming a commonplace that in matters of belief […]
July 18, 2018

The commemoration of an act of regicide falls short of expectations

THE commemoration could have been a great and solemn moment of […]
July 16, 2018

Belgium struggles to manage its burgeoning Islamic scene

As Donald Trump stormed through Brussels this week, alternatively dishing […]
July 14, 2018

Public transport is in decline in many wealthy cities

JUANA, who came to America from Guatemala, used to take […]
July 12, 2018

For those who fight sex-trafficking, dark rituals compound the problem

PEOPLE who campaign against the ghastly phenomenon of human trafficking […]
July 10, 2018

Jean-Louis Tauran opposed the Gulf war and mended fences with Islam

THE months leading up to the Anglo-American assault on Saddam […]
July 8, 2018

A Muslim monarch and religious diplomat wins some overdue recognition

ONE of the world’s most lucrative prizes for spiritual endeavour,  […]
July 8, 2018

Britain’s future king faces up to Jerusalem’s religious politics

THE tortured relationships between two royal families, Jerusalem, Israel and […]
July 8, 2018

North Korea presents nuclear disarmament’s biggest challenge yet

SIEGFRIED HECKER, a professor who used to run America’s nuclear […]
July 8, 2018

How Iraq was deprived of its weapons of mass destruction

ROLF EKEUS, a Swedish diplomat, once personified the most sustained […]
July 8, 2018

Ukraine wants a national church that is not beholden to Moscow

THE row is over points of ecclesiastical history and procedure […]