Finding God in Middle-earth
An exploration of the Christian themes and imagery in 'The Silmarillion' and 'The Lord of the Rings'.
Environmentalism: A Religion Without a Founder
Climate change is one of the key issues of our time. But what should we make of the fervour of the environmental movement?
Ben Hur - revenge or redemption?
An introduction to the new Ben-Hur film, with details of resources for churches and other groups.
Margaret Atwood - Life Without Certainty
Margaret Atwood is one of the most important and influential writers alive today. Her fiction explores and reflects the current cultural…
Torchwood: Children of Earth
The Torchwood team have come a long way since their first rather dubious dealings with extraterrestrial invaders back in 2006. Billed as…
Fictional Absence
In Fictional Absence, Pete Lowman considers the presence and absence of God in English literature. It has been slightly revised for…
How does Christianity Relate to Literature?
The act of reading is an act of decoding. Until our everyday habits are disrupted, we don’t realize how complex a process it is. How…
'The Da Vinci Code': a novel
A New Testament scholar reviews Dan Brown's novel The Da Vinci Code.
The Power of Ideas
This wide-ranging collection of Rabbi Jonathan Sacks' writing and speeches offers plenty of food for thought.