Shortly after the watershed democratic election of 1994 I was involved in the organisation of the annual meeting of the Conference of Major Religious Superiors of Southern Africa To help us reflect on the recent bitter past we had the good fortune to have emeritus Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town

The controversial comedian Sarah Silverman is known for her special brand of what might be called meta-comedy nbsp nbsp Her funniest bits mock mocking and offer up broad stereotypes to reveal the shallowness of well broad stereotypes nbsp ldquo I don rsquo t care if you think I rsquo m raci

Olympia Snowe the sole Republican Senator to vote for the health care reform bill that passed the Senate Finance Committee now enjoys a virtual veto over the negotiations Democrats in the Senate and the President himself will likely scuttle their better judgment about any policy disagreements in

The Association of Practical Theology APT is the primary professional organization in the United States for practical theologians and for all those interested in the ways that religious and theological studies attune to and are attuned by ecclesial and cultural practices Full disclosure I m o

Not all of her just part of her thigh and foot bones in a gold casket towards the end of a tour of the UK The prison concerned is called Wormwood Scrubs really in west London Press Association reporter Martha Linden writes Around 100 inmates of Wormwood Scrubs prison venerated the relics of t

How odd At the end of a day in which the Guardian newspaper ran a piece by me praising Michael Moore s Catholicism I find myself having to apologize to the documentary-maker for questioning his faith In my post here yesterday I ended by posing a question about something that has been nagging me