October 7th became a new and terrible anniversary in the calendar of terrorism last year when Hamas, the Palestinian political and military group, launched armed attacks into Israel from Gaza, resulting in 1,139 deaths, most of them civilian. Israel responded with an aerial bombardment of the highly populated Gaza Strip, and a ground invasion on 27 October. It is estimated…
Is our culture starting to believe in God again? The broadcaster Justin Brierley, who hosted high-profile debates between Christians, atheists and agnostics for nearly two decades, believes so. His weekly radio show, Unbelievable? regularly pitted atheist scientists and philosophers such as Richard Dawkins and AC Grayling against Christian apologists. In his recent book, The Surprising […]
Our latest season of Questions of our Times, where we explore some of today’s big questions in a series of video interviews, is available to view. In this season, livestreamed in November 2023, we talked with four leaders in politics, war and peace, diversity and inclusion, and personal grief and recovery. Richard Dannatt: War, what […]
The philosopher Peter S Williams, whose new book, A Universe from Someone, argues that the universe has a personal creator, has been pondering questions about God’s existence for a very long time. ‘As a three-year-old, I surprised my mother by stopping in the middle of a road crossing to ask her: “If God made everything, […]
