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. Easter
Barbie stands on a balcony and waves while looking out over her city.

Barbie’s rift in the universe is no doll play

Julie Canlis
How to heal it at Lent, with some help from AA too.
5min read
Explainer
  1. Creed
  2. Development
Bill Wegener on Unsplash.

Flourishing a way out of poverty

Jane Cacouris
Is it just for rich people who have nothing to worry about other than feeling a bit happier?
6min read
Article
  1. Creed
  2. Romance
A screen grab of a news report; a priest looks angry turning away from a wedding couple. The caption reads: Wedding couple's nightmare. Priest stops wedding, scolds photographer

Misreading the moment at weddings

Jonathan Rowlands
Feuding photographers and clergy need to understand what makes the moment special.
5min read
Article
  1. Creed
  2. Idolatry
A professional footballer wearign a red top stands proudly beneath a white and black banner.

Idols or idiots? Why sporting stars cannot bear the weight we place on them

Graham Tomlin
Why it’s wise to know their place, and ours, in the universe.
5min read
Article
  1. Creed
  2. Time
Looking straight down on someone sitting in an armchair working on a laptop. They are surrounded by clock numerals and hands on the floor.

What would you do with one day more?

Jamie Mulvaney
A leap year creates opportunities.
4min read
Explainer
  1. Creed
  2. Freedom of Belief
A stone monument within which set, in the shape of a cross are statues of numerous standing praying figures.

Why should society care about the persecution of Christians?

Ryan Gilfeather
Believers revere martyrs, but others are also inspired by sacrifice.
4min read
Interview
  1. Creed
  2. Freedom of Belief
A man walks through a dark alley, looking to one side, illuminated only by roof lights.

Searching for purpose landed me in an Iranian court

Belle Tindall
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

Iran’s police forced me to leave my country

Belle Tindall
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.

‘They constantly follow us…’

Belle Tindall
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.

It’s OK to be angry about this, right?

Anthony Baker
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.

An Archbishop’s life: monasteries, martyrs and media

Belle Tindall
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.

Identifying as human has deadly implications

Barnabas Aspray
The incarnation and an execution impacts humanity.
4min read