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Climate change is one of the key issues of our time. But what should we make of the fervour of the environmental movement?

A challenging call, based on the Acts of the Apostles, to think about how persuasive our evangelism is.

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The second of the two films adapted from J.K. Rowling’s final Harry Potter novel begins at the place where the first left us hanging:…

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