By Geoff Bottoms In applying the Jewish and Christian scriptures to contemporary social and political issues, the various churches recognise that the origins of the teachings... Continue reading
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In the closing Winter Lecture for the London Review of Books, Terry Eagleton discusses the origin and uses of culture. Half-way through the piece, Fran Lock and Alan... Continue reading
As part of the Culture for All series, supported by the Communication Workers Union, we’re proud to present a short film about religion, written by James Crossley. ... Continue reading
Jim Aitken analyses the links between philosophical and cultural relativism, anti-intellectualism and far right politics, in a wide-ranging, discursive essay. The image above is of the Night of the... Continue reading
Richard Clarke outlines how religion, like any other cultural activity, is capable of both promoting political and social liberation, and being manipulated and controlled by ruling classes... Continue reading
To mark the 170th anniversary of the publication of The Communist Manifesto, Peter Raynard presents his new poem, a ‘poetic coupling’ based on the text of the... Continue reading
In the second essay in the series, Roland Boer discusses the relationship between religion and capitalism. The essay is also available as an ebook, and is part... Continue reading
Scott McLemee reviews The Young Karl Marx, which, on the eve of 200th anniversary of Marx’s birth, contains themes of economic crises and inequalities that remain relevant... Continue reading
On the 170th anniversary of the publication of the Communist Manifesto, Jenny Farrell introduces Brecht’s poetic re-writing of the Communist Manifesto, with its ‘spectre of communism, which... Continue reading
Jenny Farrell discusses the focus on our common humanity in Robert Burns’s For A’ That, and the way it foretells the ‘programme which will govern the world... Continue reading
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