For those with access to a copy of New Statesman (e.g. at a university library) or US$2 for a story at www.newstatesman.co.uk then you might care to look at the cover-story for the 3 May 2004 edition: "Religion - Why do we still give a damn?"
Note: The second-last point I've extracted is perhaps the most explosive. The article canvasses why the UK cares about religion in its two-pager by Barbara Gunnell (p18/19). Some things mentioned are: - 72% of UK residents ticked the 'Christian' box in the 2001 census; - Why bishops are listened to; - Poking fun at religious beliefs (in the UK) are still taboo (with examples); - A scan of other faihths and their experience, including among asylum seekers; - CofE and Catholic schooling; - (April 'representative poll' of British MPs): 57% would like to see the CofE disestablished, the Queen cease to be its head, and the Prime Minister cease to appoint bishops, 37% believing this would happen in the next ten years; - tolerance; Peter ______________________________________________________________ ------------------------------------------------------ - You are subscribed to the mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put in the message body 'unsubscribe insights-l' (ell, not one (1)) See: http://nsw.uca.org.au/insights-l-information.htm ------------------------------------------------------
