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.
Essay
- Belief
- Creed

Seemingly rational questions can suck the oxygen from the room. Andrew Steane was in such a room when it happened.
8min read
Essay
- Church and state
- Creed

As the coronation recedes, what's the future for an established church or a religiously impartial state, asks Jonathan Chaplin.
6min read
Column
- Comment
- Creed

In the first of a new series, biologist and priest Andrew Davison explores the perceived tension between science and religion, and the role identities play.
6min read
Explainer
- Belief
- Character

He was the intellectual bombshell that destroyed smug satisfaction. Soren Kierkegaard’s influence is still felt today.
6min read
Explainer
- Creed
- Theatre

As Shakespeare’s birthday approaches, Anthony Baker explores how the playwright let two ancient enemies fight it out on stage – justice and mercy.
7min read
Article
- Creed
- Wisdom

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
- Character
- Creed

A trip to the dump leads Natalie Garrett to consider the quality of confession.
4min read
Explainer
- Atonement
- Creed

Graham Tomlin explores the real reason why Christianity seems fixated on suffering.
5min read
Explainer
- Climate
- Creed

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
- Creed
- Virtues

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
- Creed
- Time

One Sunday time warped. Oliver Wright explores the conception of real time.
4min read
Essay
- Creed
- Joy

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