Creed

Our curated articles help explain the impact of Christian belief on life, history and culture. Creed is one of four key themes covered by Seen & Unseen.

Interview
  1. Creed
  2. Freedom of Belief
A man walks through a dark alley, looking to one side, illuminated only by roof lights.
Hassan tells how changing his belief is perceived as a threat to Iran’s national security.
5min read
Interview
  1. Creed
  2. Freedom of Belief
On a sun-lit railway platform, two men talk casting shadows on a waiting red and white train. Another shadow beside them is that of a man silouheted in the foreground
Interrogated and jailed for changing his faith, Medhi tells his story.
13min read
Interview
  1. Creed
  2. Freedom of Belief
A woman wearing a headscarf sits, looking pensive, amid a grid of concrete seats.
Iran’s spies infiltrated my friends and family. Dabrina reports the grim consequences.
10min read
Article
  1. Creed
  2. Mental Health
In a darkened room, a man's angry face is lit as he rests on arms folded tightly around it.
Anger's real gift is the desire for action.
5min read
Interview
  1. Coptic Church
  2. Creed
An archbishop wearing a black hat and robes stands next to a new building's plaque, while King Charles, wearing a suit stands the other side holding a mic.
Archbishop Angaelos, the leader of the Coptic Church in the UK, is one of the most respected and recognisable Christian leaders in the UK and around the world. He shares his journey and that of the Middle East's largest church in conversation with Belle Tindall and Graham Tomlin.
9min read
Explainer
  1. Creed
  2. Easter
Head and shoulders image of a man with closed eyes, on his forehead is an ashen cross.
The incarnation and an execution impacts humanity.
4min read
Explainer
  1. Creed
  2. Easter
A boy concentrates hard as he holds one candle to another to light it.
It’s a time to discover the whole range of human experience and emotion.
10min read
Interview
  1. Books
  2. Creed
A statue of an angel crouching and gesturing with one hand.
Seeing through a rebel angel’s eyes opens up some surprising new angles on faith. Jonathan Evens interviews author Nicholas Papadopulos.
9min read
Article
  1. Church and state
  2. Creed
A woman dressed in a blue suit sits at a table talking and gesticulating with her hands.
Politicians don’t always get how church and state relate, but both have a vital and different role to play when it comes to immigration. Graham Tomlin explores the age-old tensions between clerics and politicians
6min read
Article
  1. Belief
  2. Creed
A young man wearing a dark suit talks to a minister wearing regalia.
Our limited human understanding means we will never fully understand God in this life, writes Graham Tomlin.
8min read
Article
  1. Creed
  2. Football
A football manager stands on the touchline and stares hard, dressed in a black coat and hat.
A famed football manager’s resignation tells us a lot about human nature.
6min read
Editor's pick
  1. Creed
  2. Freedom
A gaggle of cricket players, dressed in whites, stand on the field. One raises there arm
In the wake of England's remarkable victory over India in Hyderabad, Cameron Wiltshire-Plant explores the unlikely links between Bazball and the spiritual life.
7min read