Nicholas Baines

LATEST ARTICLES ( 612 )

• Jfk

  

  This is the text of this morning's Pause for Thought on BBC Radio 2's Chris Evans Show in the presence of Billie Piper, Lawrence Fox, David Dimbleby and the... Read more

  Posted on 22 November 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Prophetic Imagination

  One day in the life of the General Synod of the Church of England here in London. Women bishops legislation in groups The naming of dioceses Presidential Addres... Read more

  Posted on 19 November 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Approach to Synod

  

  The General Synod of the Church of England is meeting for three days in London. Like many others, I approach such meetings with a mixture of serious anticipatio... Read more

  Posted on 18 November 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Children in Need

  This is the text of this morning's Pause for Thought on the Chris Evans Show on BBC Radio 2:Whenever I hear the phrase 'Children in Need' I hear the echo of... Read more

  Posted on 15 November 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Remembrance Day

  

  Just back from the Remembrance Day observations in Bradford. A couple of thousand people turned out and observed two minutes silence at 11am. We also sang and... Read more

  Posted on 10 November 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Blue Suburban Skies

  

  This is the text of this morning's Pause for Thought on BBC Radio 2's Chris Evans Show. He has a Beatles theme running through the week, so I thought I'd start... Read more

  Posted on 06 November 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Religion and the Public Space: a German View in Italy (7)

  

  So, the conference is almost over. The Konrad Adenauer Stiftung knows how to put on a good debate and the last few days have been very stimulating at lots of... Read more

  Posted on 30 October 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Religion and the Public Space: a German View in Italy (6)

  

  The final approach before the conference lands at lunchtime. This morning continues with yesterday's theme, looking at responses to societal and religious... Read more

  Posted on 30 October 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Religion and the Public Space: a German View in Italy (4)

  

  This Konrad Adenauer Stiftung symposium in Cadenabbia, Italy, began on Sunday by setting the scene for the main theme: Der öffentliche Raum in Europa und seine... Read more

  Posted on 29 October 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Religion and the Public Space: a German View in Italy (3)

  

  A great lunch with the Bundestagspräsident, a former Ministerpräsident of Rheinland-Pfalz and Thüringen (Bernhard Vogel), a French theologian and a Jewish... Read more

  Posted on 28 October 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Religion and the Public Space: a German View in Italy (2)

  

  Yesterday's overarching theme was: Religion und Säkularität in der Moderne (Religion and secularism in the modern world). The theme of the second day of the... Read more

  Posted on 28 October 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Religion and the Public Space: a German View in Italy (1)

  

  I was tempted to call this post 'Let's do the Como-tion', but I resisted. Just. I bet you are glad.I came on from Finland early Sunday morning and flew to... Read more

  Posted on 28 October 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• 2014 and All That

  The Guardian newspaper today publishes what might have been Seamus Heaney's last poem, written for an anthology to commemorate the centenary in 2014 of the... Read more

  Posted on 26 October 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Finnishing up

  

  Finland is fantastic. This is my first visit this far north and I love it. The weather has been 'interesting' – the sun did emerge in Helsinki when we were... Read more

  Posted on 26 October 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Do You Know the Muffin Man?

  

  Monday morning. Up in the darkness with my 3 year old grandson. I can't believe I was watching Shrek at 6.30am. But, I was.Then I read one of the Psalms set... Read more

  Posted on 21 October 2013 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Religious Illiteracy (again)

  

  Sometimes I (and others) feel like we are banging a drum that just irritates people who have an ideological reason for not wanting to listen to any critique of... Read more

  Posted on 19 October 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Heroism

  

  I can't believe I have just been in Germany and failed to buy a book I want to read. OK, I didn't know it existed until I got back and saw it reviewed in... Read more

  Posted on 18 October 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Cold Comfort

  

  I have just been to Jena, Germany, to do a lecture at the Friedrich Schiller University and preach at a service to open the winter semester. A bit of a trek –... Read more

  Posted on 16 October 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Questions, Questions and More Questions

  

  I have not had time to post on all the myriad of things going on in the world. I am writing this on the train back from London before heading off to lecture... Read more

  Posted on 14 October 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Defending England

  

  The English Defence League – minus most of its recently-resigned leadership – is coming to Bradford on Saturday.In one sense it is really nice that lost of... Read more

  Posted on 10 October 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY