Editorial: How to have a conversation

28/04/2014 | Reform

Augustus Toplady wrote the well-loved hymn “Rock of Ages” in 1763, when John Wesley, founder of the Methodist movement, was at the height of his powers. They were both ministers and religious writers, evangelical leaders in the Church of England … Read More

At home with charity

16/04/2014 | Reform

Paddy and Carol Henderson, founders of the pioneering foodbank charity, the Trussell Trust, talk to Stephen Tomkins

Paddy and Carol Henderson opened the first foodbank in Salisbury in 2001. Seven years later, their foodbanks are a national phenomenon, a focus … Read More

Maternal life

28/03/2014 | Reform

The feminist Catholic theologian Tina Beattie talks to Stephen Tomkins

Tina Beattie has offended Catholic traditionalists with her defence of women’s ordination. And, in 2012, she was one of 27 Catholics who wrote to The Times arguing that Catholics could … Read More

A good question: Do faith schools
 have a future?

27/03/2014 | Reform

Each month we ask one question and get four answers. This month: Do faith schools have a future?

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This article was published in the April 2014 edition of  Reform.

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Jumble Sales of the apocalypse: Victorian Lent

27/03/2014 | Reform

Simon Jenkins on the rigours of Victorian Lent

Mars and Flake, Twix and Galaxy, KitKat, Milky Way and Aero. They are like the seven deadly sins in churches up and down the land each spring. Have you ever thought about … Read More

Niall Cooper: Hope within the wilderness

27/03/2014 | Reform

Finding hope in today’s bleak climate

We live in bleak times, and are bombarded by bad news. At times, we may feel discouraged, hopeless and impotent in the face of spending cuts and rising prices, whose impacts are bearing increasingly … Read More