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Easter in the time of war
The senseless US-Israel war has caused economic tremors around the world and sucked all of us into an unprecedented crisis characterised by soaring oil prices, the wanton…
The God Edition | The runner’s high is the smug hill on which I’ll die
We runners, like good churchgoers, are a community, we follow rituals, we try to convert everyone and, best of all, we finally enter the zone
Is God good to everyone?
If He is, then when will people like me get to experience his abundant goodness and mercy?
Ukraine, Mozambique, Syria: ‘Bombs don’t hit non-believers only’
God is in every dark corner, say those who have suffered in Ukraine, Mozambique and the Middle East
Every Muslim must look after the Earth
There is a duty to show kindness, preserve life, care for the natural environment and not waste water
God in politics: Divine boundaries exist in secular South Africa
The country is hyper religious but has prided itself on not talking politics at the church table
The divine Disney irony of Mickey Mouse
The studio has built an empire on raiding religion and myth, but now risks having its own god taken from it
Bob Marley: The Prophet’s feel-good theology
Christianity tells us to worry about hellfire; Bob Marley tells us ‘Don’t worry about a thing’. Drew Forrest looks at the Jamaican singer’s timeless appeal
Signs on the road to a ministry
Reverend Thabiso Mcinga, who became a voice for the youth, talks about her search for signposts on her path to leading a Methodist church
St Paul: A heavy cross to bear
St Paul’s doctrinal legacy includes antisemitism, misogyny, homophobia and the divine right of kings. Thankfully, there is another tradition, personified by Archbishop Desmond Tutu
God is an environmentalist, says South Africa’s ‘green bishop’
God is the creator, the greatest sin is extinction of species and profit is driving our destruction, says Bishop Geoff Davies
Most churches in the LGBTQ+ Dark Ages
Homophobia persists in mainstream churches despite the acceptance of the queer community by Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Archbishop Njongonkulu Ndungane and Bishop Paul Verryn
Danger of exposing the dark side of prophets and pastors
The head of the Cultural, Religious and Linguistics Rights Commission investigated church leaders abusing their congregants and refused to be distracted by threats on her life
What happened to church during Covid?
Attendances rose as lockdown was eased and then lifted — but some people were lured by glamorous online churches abroad
Does Jesus still have meaning for today’s youth?
This young generation faces problems previously only envisaged in science fiction movies. They need to reflect on the effect of their own demands on their world