Reform September 2010
Interview »
Multiple award-winning novelist Marilynne Robinson reflects on – the importance of religion and the mysteries of the mind.
Features »
In July, disquiet among conservative clergy in the Church of England moved the Archbishop of Canterbury to block the appointment of Jeffrey John as …
In the second of two articles exploring how New Testament writers tried to convey and promote the impact of Jesus’ life for a wider …
Continuing a four-part series on European authors who have engaged with Christian ideas, Malcolm Jones explores the writings of Franz Kafka
Robert Somerville reports on how an Edinburgh church has benefited from merging with a congregation that has a special calling to serve the gay …
Anjum Anwar responds to the recent French ban on the wearing of veils in public by appealing for common sense and understanding
Andrew Rawling RN, padre for 40 Commando Royal Marines, writes from Helmand province, Afghanistan
Followers of the dissenting religious tradition have a crucial role to play in bringing ethical and visionary rigour to bear on democratic thinking in …
Alister McGrath reflects on how Martin Luther and CS Lewis dealt with suffering and spiritual bewilderment
Columnists »
‘Whilst we practised our singing we prepared to plant the new tree’
‘I’ve never been happy with that theme song Any Dream Will Do’
‘The preacher told me I was not called to be successful, only faithful’
‘Why did Nike literally lift these New Testament words to convey the athletic prowess of a modern athlete like LeBron James’
‘Eating, for these sisters and brothers, is not a mundane activity’
‘Strange to feel simultaneously both so important and so precariously unfitted to the task’
Editorial »
Like many parents with religious affiliations I have been anxiously following the various faith school debates for some years. Even now, with a child about to start secondary school, I have not arrived at a clear position on the issue.
Poetry »
In the event…
and the future stops a little sooner
than weíd planned,
Iíd like for you to hold fast to those things
which time cannot erode.
George Herbert …




