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Guardian

Face to Faith

The holy tradition of Knees Up

BBCi

From Sci-Fi to Sci-Fact

At last the 1999 show

Singing from the Same Hymnsheet

Girls singing in cathedrals. Don't forget you heard it here first.

After a Fashion

16th-century puritans have more in common with niqab-wearing Muslims than you may have thought.

The Nick of Time

Ever wondered how Satanists celebrate 6/6/06?

Not So Secret Gospels

The latest bestselling papyrus-back.

Whatever Happened to Slapstick?

Worshipping at the feats of Buster Keaton

Theatre of God

We will we will rock you, Lord

Anatomy of a Hangover

The morning after the weekend before

The Secret of the Wardrobe

Getting into Narnia

The Rules of Sarcasm

An oh so sincere guide

By Their Adverts Ye Shall Know Them

Advertising God

How Taize changed the church

After the death of Brother Roger

Scissors Paper Stone

How to beat your children

Britain's Catholics at the Crossroads

The state of RCUK

Would You Adam and Eve It?

Creationism in the UK

A Voice in the Wilderness

Christian Voice, the Carmarthen Taliban

The Dei Today

Heavily edited after editorial consultation with the Opus Dei press office.

10 things that could land your vicar in trouble

Spurious reflections on the 39 Articles


Bigmouth Strikes Again
In defence of stupidity

Matches Made in Heaven
The religion of football

In Defence of Cynicism

A sincere apologia

Wrapped in the Shroud

Do you know this face?

The Bestselling Artist of All Time?

The faceless illustrator

The Quest for an Alternative Halloween

Christians get spooked

Why it's OK to Nick Software

Hard drive ethics

Forget Sci-fi and Guns - The Matrix is really  about religion

As if you hadn't noticed

Has Christianity had its chips?
Debate with Madelaine Pym, Executive Director of the British Humanist Association.
(Now abridged. Full version here.)

 

 

 

Church Times

A man for all reasons

Why everyone wants a piece of C S Lewis, including me

Veggie Tales

Filesharing

The ethics of music copying and what is the internet?

The No Vote
How voting became entertainment

Kitschmas Presents
Holy merchandise from hell

Why we want her to be evil
On the death of Myra Hindley

Get them rolling in the aisles
Religion and humour

 

Third Way

The Sins of the Fathers

- "Church History destroyed my faith"

Ancient and Postmodern
John Wesley and the messy business of being human.

The Trouble with Paul
Saint Paul, feminist icon

Without the Truth, What's the Point?
Interview with Ed Stourton of the Today programme

Icon of the month:

Bob Dylan

The Devil

Tea

Christmas Tree

Space Shuttle
Dasani

The Bible

 

Ship of Fools

1 1/2 Cheers for Richard Dawkins

Crap book, great article.

The Laugh Judgment

Our poll to find the best - and most offensive - religious jokes in all eternity.

And the result.

God vs the BBC
Jerry Springer and a fight at the opera.

The Pink Cross
Gay Christians: Both sides of the debate.

Sin While You Shop
How to buy stuff without ripping off the poor.

Ha Ha Bonk
God, jokes and sex.

The New Adventures of Aslan
New Narnia stories sans religion, Uncle Rupert Mordoch style.

Tracking Martyn Joseph
Interview for the new album

The One-Man New Testament
Interview with Tom Wright.

How great thou aren't

Why does Christian worship have to be so relentlessly positive?

The sacred interview with Adrian Plass, age 51 and a third.

The Life of Brian
20th-anniversary retrospective
(This article was reprinted as a course text by Victoria University of Wellington in Australia for Religious Studies 208: Christianity: Jesus in The Movies with Prof. James Veitch)

The Ship of Fools Awards 1999
In recognition of those areas of church life least likely to be greeted by a burst of the Hallelujah Chorus.

Original Ark
A look at the original ark, as background to Ship of Fools' 'virtual reality TV' Ark project.

You Must Be Joking
That amusing 'inciting religious hatred' law.

Nativity Play
Unscripted, unrehearsed and unwatchable.

Ned Flanders Night
Official report on the runaway success of Greenbelt 2001.

A brief history of the Bulletin Board

 

See also:

Loose Canons

Crow's Nest

 

Church of England Newspaper

John Wesley at 300

 

fish.co.uk

NB: fish.co.uk, now surefish.co.uk, has been having a big revamp, so some of these links will be dud. Please bear with me while I get it sorted.

Crosses to wear

Religious freedom - what you should really think about it.

Papal Apology

What's he playing at?

Our Guy

Questions about burning Catholics

Folly's End?

George Bush and Croydon Christian Fellowship

Get the Abbey Habit

Advertising God

An Ill Wind

Pontificating on Katrina in safety

A Little Bit of History

A few minutes from my Speed Christianity show at Greenbelt

Greenbelt for Dummies

A guide to what it would have been like if it hadn't been changed that year

The London Bombings

Unpublished because it contained the term "Israel-Palestine"

Live8

Archbishop John Sentamu

The CE's first black Archbishop

Does Christianity make people bad?

Religious abuse and Africa

Across the Divide

CofE and RCUK, the old flames still burning

Hope into Action

Christian Aid's second 60 years

We Have A Pope

A warm hand for Benedict XVI

John Paul II

So farewell then...

Spot the Difference

Those well loved acronyms BBC and CofE are in the same troubled boat

Women Bishops

Unoriginal sins

A new deadly seven

Nothing for the Weekend

Rome, Aids and the condom

God and the Tsunami

Passion and persecution
Mel Gibson and the most depressing story ever told

A Question of Trust
First thoughts on the Hutton Report

A Necessary Evil?
What's wrong with a killcrazy gorefest?

Dear Michael
A letter to Michael Moore

A Time of Reflection
Christian and gay: both sides of the debate.

A Hole in the Stocking

A seasonal rant

Rock Around the Clock

- rock'n'roll's big five-O

Shoes, Shopping... and Justice
The fair trade movement

Hitchhiker's Big Questions
Douglas Adams and God.

A Fair Shop

The Ethical Trading Initiative

Play it again, Psalm
Why does Christian worship have to be so relentlessly positive?

St Paul Today

Another interview with Ed Stourton

All Things Must Pass
On the death of George Harrison.

Hell and High Water
Report on the Ark project: Big Brother meets the Bible.

Bible Wars
Inclusive langugage Bibles cause a storm in the US.

The Bishop vs. The Novelist
Is God all he's cracked up to be? Louis de Bernières debates with Bishop Richard Harries.

Forty Days
Creative approaches to Lent.

Spike Milligan
An obituary

Martyn Joseph
An interview

The Parable of the Good Chocolate
Fair trade chocolate

Chocolate: A piece for everyone
Fair trade chocolate

 

re:jesus

Jesus: the FAQs

Saint of the month: WIlliam Wilberforce

Saint of the month: C S Lewis

Saint of the month: Mother Teresa

Saint of the month: John Wesley

Saint of the Month: Martin Luther King

Steps of Faith
Creative ways to explore Christianity

Prayers for Iraq
During GWII

 

Christianity and Renewal

John Wesley's Alpha Course

 

The Christian Librarians' Newsletter

On Doing Wesley