Archive: Religion

Video feature: The politics of the turban

One hundred year old runner Fauja Singh, a Sikh, poses for pictures after being the first person to enter for 2012's Edinburgh Marathon.

Watch prominent British Sikhs discuss the turban – what it means, why they wear it and how the public reacts.

Comment: Suarez and Evra are a microcosm of British multiculturalism

Blair backs Straw on veil

Blair: Veil row is part of crucial debate

Comment: We need a law against miracle peddlers

Richard Heller: 'There should be a specific law to stop miracle peddlers'

People who care about religion should want to protect it from charlatans and spivs

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Facing down the church: Gay marriage process begins

Gay rights: The battle for marriage looks set to be won

The consultation widely expected to lead to gay marriage has been initiated by the Home Office, despite protest from religious leaders.

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Gays have more rights than Christians, report finds

Religion: More sinned against than sinning?

Gay people have more rights than religious believers due to equality legislation, a parliamentary group found today.

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Comment: Eric Pickles' treacherous attack on British values

Ian Dunt: 'There's nothing less traditionally British than a traditional Brit.'

The Conservatives' newfound obsession with 'traditional Christian values' is a betrayal of British society.

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Pickles demands return of Christian Britain

Pickles: "This is the politics of division."

Eric Pickles has become the latest minister to demand a return of Christianity in Britain's public life, as he outlined a new community cohesion strategy today.

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Former Archbishop leads backlash against gay marriage

Daniel Hernandez and Nevin Cohen get married on the first day New York State's Marriage Equality Act went into effect last year.

The former Archbishop of Canterbury fired an opening salvo in the resistance to gay marriage today, as traditionalist groups started to mobilise against the plans.

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The Week in Politics: The non-stop prime minister

In a rush: Cameron is everywhere all at once

The ubiquitous David Cameron and the need to slow down.

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Queen wades into religion debate: Church of England 'under-appreciated'

The Queen is also head of the Church of England

The Church of England is "occasionally misunderstood" and "commonly under-appreciated", the Queen has said.

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Warsi's speech on 'militant secularism' in full

Read Baroness Warsi's speech to the Vatican on 'militant secularism' in full on politics.co.uk

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Comment: Our pious politicians are out of step with the people

Terry Sanderson is president of the National Secular Society

Will Cameron's pious crusaders damage him at the ballot box?

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The faithful can't be trusted to have a political voice

Religious groups are welcome to have a role in political.

Religion can have a role in political debate, but its adherents must stop trying to gain special privileges.

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Analysis: The council prayers debate

Paul Bickley is senior researcher at religious thinktank Theos

The ruling over prayers at Bideford town council brings no clarity to the issue of whether we live in a secular society or not.

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Comment: Thou shalt 'do God'?

Elizabeth Hunter is director of Theos, the religion and society think tank

The government is offering religious groups an unpalatable ultimatum: be used or be ignored?

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Devon council prayers 'unlawful'

Bideford town council acted illegally by conducting prayers before meetings, the high court has ruled.

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Bishop: Govt is attacking religious leaders

Rt Rev John Packer, Bishop of Ripon and Leeds, comments on plans to cap benefits to the Yorkshire Post

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Comment: On the politics of Christmas

Stephen R. Holmes is Senior Lecturer in Theology at the University of St Andrews

Mary was a teenage mother, living with a man who is not the father of her child, homeless and seeking asylum - it's enough to have a Daily Mail leader writer salivating in anticipation!

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Questioning the Queen's religious role opens up a real can of worms

This is a very sensitive issue which could provoke real hostility from the establishment.

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Queen's Church of England link questioned by MPs

Should the Queen remain head of the Church of England?

Constitutional changes are raising further questions about the Queen's role as head of the Church of England, MPs have said.

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Comment: St Paul's protest has revealed pressures at the heart of the Church

Nick Spencer is research director at Theos, the public theology thinktank

The more society becomes individualised, the more the Church of England will struggle to keep its unique message intact.

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Another resignation at St Paul's amid protest uproar

Graeme Knowles outside St Paul's yesterday

St Paul's cathedral has been hit by another resignation, with the Dean's departure prompting an intervention from the Archbishop of Canterbury.

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Ex-archbishop wrings hands at St Paul's 'debacle'

Occupy London Stock Exchange protest closed St Paul's for a week

Former Archbishop of Canterbury George Carey has waded into the debate over the Occupy protest at St Paul's cathedral with an outspoken attack on his Church of England colleagues.

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