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Christianity used to be part of the package of being British, like tea and Shakespeare

Christianity used to be part of the package of being British, like tea and Shakespeare. As Britain changed, becoming multicultural and secular, it was inevitable that people would rewrite their labels along with it. Yet Christianity is not, and never was, a collection of inherited customs, like carols or putting an angel on a tree.Continue reading “Christianity used to be part of the package of being British, like tea and Shakespeare”

The focus of multiculturalism in Europe on Muslims and Jews

Although current debates on multiculturalism in Europe often focus on Islam and Muslims, there also are long-standing Jewish communities in many Western European countries. The Pew Research Center survey finds Christians at all levels of religious observance are more likely than religiously unaffiliated adults to say they would not be willing to accept Jews inContinue reading “The focus of multiculturalism in Europe on Muslims and Jews”

25 years after Tiananmen

Opinion by William McKenzie, Special to CNN (CNN) — Early on the morning of November 28, 2007, Jia Weihan was forced to think the unthinkable: Was her father really a bad man? At the time, she was an 11-year-old attending a school in Beijing that taught her to respect the communist authorities. When 30 orContinue reading “25 years after Tiananmen”