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
  1. Belief
  2. Creed
A modern staging of King Lear has the cast across the page. King Lear is front of stage gesturing while the others look on
Seemingly rational questions can suck the oxygen from the room. Andrew Steane was in such a room when it happened.
8min read
Essay
  1. Church and state
  2. Creed
A team of street sweepers clear up the road after the coronation procession, outside the Houses of Parliament.
As the coronation recedes, what's the future for an established church or a religiously impartial state, asks Jonathan Chaplin.
6min read
Column
  1. Comment
  2. Creed
Vails containing growing plants sit in a lab's fridge.
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
  1. Belief
  2. Character
A sculpture of a early 19th century man with a quiff and sharp suit.
He was the intellectual bombshell that destroyed smug satisfaction. Soren Kierkegaard’s influence is still felt today.
6min read
Explainer
  1. Creed
  2. Theatre
A line illustration of a theatrical play scene showing a crowd waiting on standing and sitting judges to make a decision
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
  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