Nicholas Baines

LATEST ARTICLES ( 603 )

• 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

• Daily Male(factor)

  I wonder if the Daily Mail has finally succeeded in opening the eyes of its apathetic readers to the true nature of its anthropology (that is, what they think i... Read more

  Posted on 02 October 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Pilgrim

  The Church of England has issued a new course aimed at providing a basic resource for catechesis – that is, nurturing people in Christian faith. Hardly... Read more

  Posted on 02 October 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Daily Disgrace

  

  The heart can only despair. The Daily Mail has a low enough view of humanity, but its piece on Ralph Miliband is execrable. Its decision to print the original... Read more

  Posted on 01 October 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Mustn’t Grumble

  

  Here's the text of this morning's Pause for Thought on the Chris Evans Show on BBC Radio 2. The guests on the show today were Chas n Dave, Keane's Tom Chaplin... Read more

  Posted on 27 September 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Persecuted Christians?

  Whenever there is an atrocity committed against Christians elsewhere in the world I get asked what we are doing about it here. Read more

  Posted on 26 September 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Leading Questions

  

  There are times when being a news editor must be the worst job.What ought to lead the news today? What should be the order of priority? Which is most important... Read more

  Posted on 23 September 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Poverty and the Food of Love

  

  “My sole concern as I write these lines is my stomach. All thinking and feeling, all wishes and hopes begin with food.”So writes the anonymous author of the mos... Read more

  Posted on 17 September 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary…

  

  I am spending four days this week with the bishops of the Anglican churches in England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales. Meeting in Oxford until Thursday, we are... Read more

  Posted on 17 September 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Little Germany…

  

  … is where the Meissen Commission met from Thursday last week until yesterday (Sunday). Locating the annual joint Commission meeting in part of Bradford called... Read more

  Posted on 16 September 2013 SOCIETY