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Sunni and Shia
Thoughts on the history of division between Sunni and Shia Muslims
Islam
Will Islam develop like Christianity has developed, adapting itself to changing times?
Sharia
The crucial distinction between Sharia as the Islamic way of life and as Islamic law
Sacred Sites - Thubten Choling, Nepal
Reflections on Thubten Choling, a Tibetan Buddhist monastery in Nepal
Sacred Sites
Why are some parts of the earth believed to have special spiritual resonance?
Maori Culture
What does it mean to live as a Maori in a multicultural society?
Jewish Museums
Do people go to Jewish museums to reflect on past evils and consider reconciliation?
VE Day in Berlin
Evelyn Friedlander reveals her mixed feelings at spending VE Day in Berlin.
Unemployment
Former British miner Malcolm Pitt on unemployment as a question of moral choice
Social Justice
A former British miner on faith, human toil, and the need for justice
Faith and Work
How faith helped a British miner cope with the closure of his mine in 1987
Jiddu Krishnamurthy
Thoughts on Krishnamurthy's simple message: leaders cannot solve an individual's problems
Indonesian Church and State
Is religion irrelevant to, or incompatible with, the modern nation state?
Christianity in Indonesia
A visit to a Melanesian village reveals a large modern building atop a hill - the church
Ashura and Islam
On the martyrdom of Imam Hussein and the need to stand up to tyranny
Asceticism and Islam
Sayyed Nadeem Kazmi on asceticism, denial, self discipline, and Islam
Armageddon
Why are so many people fixation with trying to predict the end of the world?
Christian Healing
What are miracles and do they really happen?
Christian Volunteers
The Christian volunteers who help the marginalised, the neglected, and the sick
Religion in Kyoto
Is Japan really one of the least religious countries in the world?
Unemployed or Overworked
What does the Christian gospel say to the unemployed and the overworked?
Living with Difference
How do you live with people who worship in God in ways totally unlike your own?
Shadow from the Heat
Reverend Angela Tilby on the silence, enormity, and hospitality of the mosque
Islam in Heart and Mind
How to find the heart of your faith without being distracted by outside influences
The Well of Emptiness
Does modern society suffer from a 'lack of spiritual nourishment'?
Christian Interior Life - 2
What defines the Christian inner life? How is the "pearl of great price" to be found?
Abuse of Power
In a world of pain, suffering, and abuse, what is power and authority for?
Approval
Does the need to be liked mean we seek the wrong sort of approval?
Christian Interior Life - 3
How do you reach the Christian interior life, the "stillness on which to rest"?
Christian Interior Life - 4
Reverend Colin Semper on how to bring God into the heart
Who is Satan?
An Islamic perspective on Satan - "man's own complex of desires"