Religion

Religion

Ho Ho Holy Man? Why Santa technically doesn’t quite count as a god

Kat Ford -
Steeped in ritual, with an almost-omniscient knowledge of children's morality and sleeping habits, should Santa be considered a god?
Religion

March for Life: The UK’s anti-abortion movement is becoming more organised and emboldened

Abigail Kennedy -
March for Life UK's pro-health summit showcased the full range of judgmental anti-choice rhetoric on abortion, IVF, and assisted dying
Placebo Effect

Religion is simply a powerful placebo – offering priests a sense of ritual, but little else

Colin Brewer -
Theatrical but ultimately ineffective, religion may be the ultimate placebo effect - as 17th Century priest Jean Meslier realised 300 years ago
Moral Panics

The wealthy, conservative American Christian groups pushing anti-abortion protests in the UK

Michael Marshall -
"Woman arrested for praying" is the latest in a string of legal cases used by US conservative Christian organisations to fight against progress in the UK
History

The 2024 Olympics ceremony raises the spectre of pagan influence on the origins of Christianity

Gabriel Andrade -
Christians offended by their misinterpretation of the Olympics opening ceremony are clearly ignorant of the pagan influences on their religion
Politics

Donald Trump’s survival was no miracle – unlikely things happen, without supernatural interference

Gabriel Andrade -
Donald Trump's supporters have attributed his failed assassination attempt to a miracle, to bolster the claims that he's a candidate chosen by God
Religion

The supernormal confronts the supernatural in Karl Ove Knausgaard’s prophetic new series

Ted Lefroy -
Karl Ove Knausgaard’s novels The Morning Star and The Wolves of Eternity offer a cautionary tale about Silicon Valley’s search for immortality
Conspiracy Theories

Redemption or ruse? Russell Brand’s conversion to Christianity examined

Abigail Kennedy -
Comedian turned conspiracist guru Russell Brand recently announced his conversion to Christianity - but is his a story of redemption, or an attempt to evade scrutiny?
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