We imagine war is tough. We know it puts great strain on soldiers. But is war a drug? Even ‘the supreme drug of human…

How have artists tried to capture the paradoxes of the cross through their work?

Amy Orr-Ewing tackles the common question: "If Christians are supposed to love everyone, why do they hate homosexuals?"

Reflections on the 2013 Cambridge University debate about the future of religion in public life.

There are many people who will have switched off during the first five minutes of Skins, E4’s notorious wild-child. The show is…

What would the world be like if no one had ever lied? Ricky Gervais's new film, The Invention of Lying, explores this question with the…

The most recent strain of Brontemania, at large throughout 2011, included major film versions of Jane Eyre and Wuthering Heights and the…

Perhaps a society truly becomes lost when it doesn't know how lost it is. This is the eerie suggestion put forward by Never Let Me Go,…

To my mind, one of the main interests of Philip Pullman’s controversial trilogy is not specifically related to the books. It lies in…