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The Book of Genesis illustrated by R Crumb

Robert Crumb's straight retelling of Genesis lacks his trademark humour It's the old story. Milton tried to retell the Bible and discovered that Satan was a more interesting character than God, and now, three centuries later,...

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Climate change denial MEP attacks church

Roger Helmer says Anglican hierarchy has dropped the gospel in favour of 'the new religion of climate alarmism' A Tory MEP has accused the Church of England of having "abandoned religious faith entirely and taken up the new...

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Church leaders meet over tensions

The Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams is in Rome to meet Pope Benedict aiming to ease the growing tensions between them. It follows the Vatican's controversial approach to Church of England clergy paving the way for those...

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The Daily Telegraph editor who brought Buddha to life

Sir Edwin Arnold, the Victorian polymath wrote some of his best verse on the Tube, writes Mick Brown. I went to a meeting this week at the London headquarters of the Buddhist Society, where I was invited to sit in Sir Edwin...

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Assisted suicide proposals 'unacceptable in a civilised society' - Roman Catholic bishops

Abusive relatives and neglectful carers could seize on new assisted suicide rules to pressurise vulnerable people into killing themselves, Roman Catholic bishops have warned. Archbishop Vincent Nichols, the head of the Roman...

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A show of unity at too high a price | Savitri Hensman

The Anglican church should no longer put the virtue of uniformity above the need to challenge prejudice and suffering "United we stand, divided we fall" is a common saying. Likewise there is a Japanese proverb "A single arrow...

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Patriarch Kirill marks his 63rd birthday

Patriarch Kirill, enthroned as the 16th Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia in February 2009, marked his 63rd birthday on Friday. The birthdays of patriarchs are not widely celebrated in the Russian Orthodox Church as they are...

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Face to faith: The real challenge to the biblical literalism held dear by creationists is in the...

The real challenge to the biblical literalism held dear by creationists is in the Bible itself An academic conference in Louisville, Kentucky, provided me with an opportunity to visit the Creation Museum in nearby Petersburg...

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One last thing …

Baldy US comedian David Cross on aliens, chipmunks, upsetting the President and molesting the Pope Hello, David. You grew up in Roswell, Georgia, which is presumably the same place as Roswell, New Mexico (1). Did you ever...

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The second outing of John Hurt

He got his big break playing Quentin Crisp in The Naked Civil Servant and now, 34 years later, John Hurt is at it again There's something disturbing about John Hurt. That familiar Mount Rushmore face seems to have ironed itself...

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