Latest articles on God Edition 2019

Take me to church … on my app

Article Zaza Hlalethwa - 18 Apr 2019

Although digital worship cannot replace human fellowship, it can certainly help one avoid the self-righteous

The Muslims who will not choose between their god and being gay

Article Carl Collison - 18 Apr 2019

Cape Town’s gay men won’t abandon Islam, despite the censure they sometimes face

Faith is a feminist issue for women in the Catholic church

Article Margot Bertelsmann - 18 Apr 2019

Women are not permitted to be deacons in the Catholic Church, but that could soon change

Fighting the ‘whiteness’ of hope

Article Carl Collison - 18 Apr 2019

A Brazilian trans woman has faith in Umbanda and Candomblé, two African-derived religions

Secularism is not the answer to fundamentalist violence

Article John S Sanni - 18 Apr 2019

A solution to religious fundamentalist violence is neither a secularist view nor religious in nature; it entails a blend of both.

The oneness of all things

Article Kwanele Sosibo - 18 Apr 2019

A melody pierced the membrane of childhood ennui and life was never the same

Muslims long at home in New Zealand

Article Aaisha Dadi Patel - 18 Apr 2019

This religious community has grown from the arrival of a few sailors in 1769 to a large number of refugees first in 1951 and then since the 1980s

Belief can move mountains – and transform schools

Article Tymon Smith - 18 Apr 2019

It only takes a good human being, who treats everyone with respect, to cast doubt on one’s ability to kill off God

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