GB News co-owner Paul Marshall – a curious marriage of Christian faith and vast wealth
I bought Trump’s Bible – a blasphemous, sticky nightmare
April 2024
There are many ways to deal with grief. But few as full-on as this …
Nell Frizzell
According to the myth of Baubo, the best way to comfort a bereaved goddess is to lift up your skirts and flash her. Would it, asks Nell Frizzell, work for mere mortals?
March 2024
Book of the day
Heresy by Catherine Nixey review – book of revelations
From Herod as the Messiah to a virginity test for Mary – the Christian story, but not as you know it
Al Sharpton: Trump’s $60 Bibles ‘a spit in the face of people that really believe’
The Rev Al Sharpton makes comment to MSNBC amid backlash over Republican’s latest moneymaking scheme
‘You can see it as a revenge fantasy’: The new book arguing that enslaved people co-authored the Bible
Book of Donald: Trump hawks special ‘God Bless the USA’ Bibles for $60
Book of the day
Reading Genesis by Marilynne Robinson review – a rich, provoking study in luminous prose
December 2023
Did Christian homophobia come from a mistranslation of the Bible?
A new documentary challenges an alleged 1946 mistranslation that helped lead to a justification for Christian anti-gayness
November 2023
Behold, the suprising, joyous, humbly miraculous knitted Bible of Hartlepool
Emma Beddington
I don’t know what I was expecting – but I found a hundred tiny woollen sheep, and a fluffy John the Baptist. I was bowled over
September 2023
A smoking quill? Notes in Bible margin could be handwriting of the Venerable Bede
Annotations in eighth-century manuscript point to work of revered English monk, scholar and saint
June 2023
Utah district returns Bible to school libraries after reversal of parent-led ban
Utah school district that banned Bible considers removing Book of Mormon
February 2023
Oldest complete Hebrew Bible expected to break auction records
Ninth-century Codex Sassoon, critical link between Dead Sea scrolls and today’s Bible, will have estimate of $30m-$50m
January 2023
The biblical Eve shows us what we need to do in this time of female bravery and vicious misogyny
V (formerly Eve Ensler)
I’ve been obsessed with Eve my whole life – it was once my name, and has served as an eternal warning. But I’d like to present you with another story
November 2022
Top 10s
Top 10 books about losing faith
Authors from Jeanette Winterson to William Shakespeare tell stories of people doubting not just God but everything that gives their life meaning
September 2022
All six living former prime ministers among Queen’s funeral congregation
Liz Truss and Lady Scotland only two politicians to speak at service, giving readings from the Bible
August 2022
Texas school district pulls the Bible, The Bluest Eye and other books from library
School board in Dallas-Fort Worth area requires reviewing books facing challenges from parents
July 2022
Top 10s
Top 10 books about twins
Writers from William Shakespeare to Angela Carter and George RR Martin have been been inspired by the doubled lives of these familial pairs
January 2022
Anthony Noack: The Preacher review – standup sermon falls flat
Noack’s attempts to compare comedy routines to evangelising would have been more persuasive with discernible jokes
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