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.

Podcast
  1. Belief
  2. Christmas culture
A fish eye lens view of a person standing silhouetted, looking up to a colourful night sky with the Milky Way across it

Christmas countdown day 16: a philosophical Christmas

Charles Foster
Raise a glass to the invasion of history.
1min read
Podcast
  1. Awe and wonder
  2. Comment
A rockpool on a beach reflects the sun, a castle stands beyond the sand dunes

Christmas Countdown Day 11: Beauty’s extraordinary masterpiece

Katherine Amphlett
Senior Editor Nick Jones' pick of the year.
1min read
Podcast
  1. Advent
  2. Christmas survival
In front of a collapsed building, a rescuer carries a new born baby by the arms.

Christmas countdown day 8: in the bleak midwinter

J. S. Averill
Beneath the tinsel: you can share feelings of hopelessness - yet not be overcome.
1min read
Essay
  1. Art
  2. Awe and wonder
Stone columns and walls frame round and arched stain glassed widnows.

What good is a beautiful Notre Dame to a traumatized world?

J. S. Averill
Beauty reminds us why life is worth preserving.
10min read
Podcast
  1. Christmas culture
  2. Creed
Nativity scene in the style of Eithiopian icon.

Paula Gooder: the women of the nativity

Nick Jones
A GodPod Christmas special with storyteller and theologian Paula Gooder.
1min read
Article
  1. Belief
  2. Care
A child wearing a wool hat holds a glass and drink water from it.

Understand what we thirst for

Helen Cowan
Whether for water or meaning, it’s a primal force.
4min read
Podcast
  1. Books
  2. Creed
A woman sitting at a table in front of a microphone talks and gestures

Claire Gilbert: re-enchanting Julian of Norwich

Nick Jones
The novelist on what medieval mystic Julian of Norwich can teach modern seekers.
1min read
Article
  1. Advent
  2. Awe and wonder
Snow falling pixilates the view from a hill towards Durham Cathedral.

Why does snowfall still awe us?

Josh Richards
We long for snow this time of year because longing is all there is to do.
4min read
Article
  1. Assisted dying
  2. Care
A hand drapes over the side of an object out of shot.

“Shortening death” sidesteps the real battle

Tom Dove
We need to do more than protest bad deaths, we need to protest death itself, it's more than biological.
5min read
Article
  1. Creed
William Blake's illustration of Satan, a winged angel, flying over a prone Eve.

John Smyth: how evil masks itself as goodness

Graham Tomlin
Be alert to the cloaked and warped wherever it occurs.
3min read
Review
  1. Belief
  2. Creed
A rock star prowls the stage while behind hundred of faces tined red star.

Did Nick Cave’s tour just take thousands to church?

Belle Tindall
He’s picking holes in the idea that religion is where freedom goes to die.
5min read
Article
  1. Community
  2. Creed
a multi-paned window mural shows people while amid it are broken window panes.

In the city of broken windows

Jamie Mulvaney
Our fractures become fractal, breaking bigger and bigger windows.
3min read