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.

Article
  1. Creed
  2. Wisdom
A stone church and tower emerge from the hillside with the sea in the distance.
In all the shifting sands of time and culture, Graham Tomlin draws attention to a source of wisdom that served our ancestors in the past and might do again in the future.
7min read
Explainer
  1. Character
  2. Creed
A recyling centre with numbered bays and high netting to catch wind-blown waste.
A trip to the dump leads Natalie Garrett to consider the quality of confession.
4min read
Explainer
  1. Atonement
  2. Creed
A medieval painting of a suffering Christ surrounded by two angels looking concerned.
Graham Tomlin explores the real reason why Christianity seems fixated on suffering.
5min read
Explainer
  1. Climate
  2. Creed
On a misty beach, people comb the tide line to remove rubbish.
In a world of climate catastrophe, what does the message of Easter have to offer? N.T. Wright contemplates the hope of a new heaven and a new earth.
6min read
Explainer
  1. Creed
  2. Virtues
A bird's eye view of a river, with a lock and weir to the left and an island with two bridges to the right.
Restraint forms the river banks that allow a human life to flow deep and true. Andrew Davison concludes his series on virtue.
3min read
Explainer
  1. Creed
  2. Time
A sundial on a wall casts a small shadow on a painted list of numbers and symbols
One Sunday time warped. Oliver Wright explores the conception of real time.
4min read
Essay
  1. Creed
  2. Joy
Marketer stall traders and customers reach out arms and hands to exchange fruit and money above piles of produce.
When we dream a life, we dream a world. One of love, peace and joy. Such flourishing is a life led well, going well and feeling as it should.
10min read
Explainer
  1. Creed
  2. Easter
A photographer, standing next to a tripod, atop a pile of rubble is a destroyed factory.
Remembered rituals comforted many who mourn. As Easter comes around again, Graham Tomlin examines the underlying hope found when all is carnage and chaos.
5min read
Explainer
  1. Creed
  2. Easter
A Good Friday procession of people and priests hold a cross horizontal above their heads.
Embracing death, parading it down streets, and even downplaying their egos, Julie Canlis contemplates why Christians do death.
4min read
Video
  1. Creed
  2. Easter
A medieval painting of angels holding the dead Christ.
As Easter approaches, many contemplate the critical events of Holy Week. These have inspired historic artists, from Da Vinci to anonymous sculptors, and modern creatives. Understand more about their work. Watch this set of short videos from the Visual Commentary on Scripture.
2min read
Explainer
  1. Belief
  2. Creed
A cloud-dappled s blue sky is viewed through a large circular opening, from below.
After asking why belief matters, Barnabas Aspray turns to transcendence as a way of defining God. The second in a series exploring the Nicene Creed.
9min read
Explainer
  1. Belief
  2. Creed
A red shutter door bears a large painted message reading 'io ci credo'
The Creeds set out a vision of reality – a vision that cannot be proved to be true, but which was found to be true by a community of people.
4min read