CONTENTS 25 JUNE 2011 COLUMNS


5 CLIFFORD LONGLEY ‘If an MP is elected to apply his conscience, we are entitled to know what his values are’


7 PETER STANFORD ‘The Rosminian order presented Kit as something it knew him not to be’


11 CHRISTOPHER HOWSE’S


PRESSWATCH ‘The assumption that religion is unpopular overlooks vigorous signs of life’


16 LISTEN TO THE WORD 17 PARISH PRACTICE 18 NOTEBOOK 19 LETTERS 20 THE LIVING SPIRIT 21 PUZZLES


BOOKS


22 TOM GAISFORD The Challenge of Immigration: a radical solution Gary S. Becker


BRIAN MORTON Blake and the Bible Christopher Rowland


AMANDA HOPKINSON Anatomy of a Disappearance Hisham Matar


ARTS


25 FEATURE Rick Jones Nico Muhly


TELEVISION John Morrish Made in Britain


THEATRE Mark Lawson Shrek: The Musical


OPERA Robert Thicknesse Il Turco in Italia


14 From war to peace Chris Chivers Running a charity in Kenya taught a former marine how to listen


15 Hearing the call Stephen Langridge Potential vocations are more than simply a matter of recruitment


28 THE CHURCH IN THE WORLD Gregorian University to host major sex-abuse symposium


31 LETTER FROM ROME


32 NEWS FROM BRITAIN AND IRELAND Prison chaplains see role under threat


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6 Pensions and power games Chris Blackhurst The industrial action looming over Britain underlines a growing gulf between the Government, the unions and reality


8 How Rome moved the goal posts Robert Mickens The new English translation of the Missal had a difficult birth, as our Rome correspondent describes


9 A heavenly treasure beyond all price Neil MacGregor In a new series to mark the British Museum’s exhibition of sacred art, its director examines the medieval Holy Thorn Reliquary


10 ‘Keep the faith’ Harri Pritchard Jones George Stack, the new Archbishop of Cardiff, would do well to build on Wales’ rich Christian history if he is to take the Church forward


■ FOCUS: VOLUNTEERING AND VOCATIONS


12 Age cannot wither them Catherine Prescott Mature volunteers have much to offer projects overseas


12 Beans and football Marianne Alton A gap-year voluntary worker learns to be a good neighbour


FEATURES


4 Fear in the pulpit Sarah Mac Donald Priests in Zimbabwe face arrest and torture as Mugabe’s secret police turn their attention to the Church


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