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James Cary, BBC sitcom writer, who can’t help tuning into the comedy of the Bible, shares an underappreciated joke from John

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Huw Spanner talks to Brian Greene, populariser of science, about our search for meaning in an evolving universe

Andrew Walker takes a fresh look at Doubting Thomas, a man who liked to get his facts straight

A long-lost manuscript discovered in the Library of Geneva sheds new light on gloomy reformer, John Calvin

As 1000 churches go online due to coronavirus, Steve Goddard reminds us why virtual church can be so good

Simon Parke asks: How do we find hope as the uncertainty of coronavirus takes hold?

A poem by Rupert Loydell reflects on tools for learning how to pray

In celebration of the feast day of our patron saint, Simon Jenkins muses on holy fools, ancient and modern

The story of a soldier who turned himself in to the religious police is tweeted by an historian

Three splendid specimens from Fergus Butler-Gallie's celebrated Field Guide to the English Clergy.

Huw Spanner recently came across letters from the Western Front, written by his great-uncle, a devout evangelical Christian.