CONTENTS 29 JANUARY 2011 COLUMNS
5 CATHERINE PEPINSTER ‘Muslims have unsettled the consensus that religious adherence belongs in the past’
12 PETER STANFORD ‘After women and gays, what happens if Clarkson decides to target the God-fearing?’
13 LISTEN TO THE WORD 14 PARISH PRACTICE 15 NOTEBOOK 16 LETTERS 17 THE LIVING SPIRIT 18 PUZZLES
BOOKS
19 CHRISTOPHER HOWSE Catherine of Aragon: Henry’s Spanish Queen Giles Tremlett
GAVIN D’COSTA Good and Bad Religion
Peter Vardy
DAVID JEFFREYS Dark Matter: a ghost story Michelle Paver
ARTS
23 FEATURE Mark Lawson Twelfth Night
TELEVISION John Morrish Justice: A Citizen’s Guide to the 21st Century
RADIO D.J. Taylor
Robinson Crusoe: Rescued Again
CINEMA Francine Stock Biutiful, Hereafter
OPERA Robert Thicknesse
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27 THE CHURCH IN THE WORLD Pope’s comments on violence prompt Muslim dialogue partner to halt talks
31 LETTER FROM ROME
32 NEWS FROM BRITAIN AND IRELAND Ordinariate could share Anglican churches
9 Poor commitments Deidre Mullan The traditional religious vow of poverty should be updated to a vow of sustainability, says a leading nun at the United Nations
11 Seize the day of the Big Society Paul Donovan Faith groups are being urged to embrace ‘people power’, which came under scrutiny at a church conference last week
4 Putting a price on damaged lives Christopher Lamb and Sam Adams The steady stream of court cases relating to clerical sex abuse has brought a new breed of specialist lawyer to our shores
6 If the world is to be fed … Tim Aldred In 40 years’ time the only way to ensure that the billion who face starvation can eat is for the developed nations to cut back
8 Muck in with the rest of the family Peter Cornwell A Catholic priest who was once an Anglican argues that ‘semi- detached’ groups such as the ordinariate can damage Christian unity
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