The Independent is, for the next eight days commencing on Saturday 14th June, covering six of the major religions in a two-part ‘encyclopædia’ and a series of mini-booklets.

Saturday 14 June : ‘The Encyclopedia of World Religions’ Part 1
Sunday 15 June: ‘The Encyclopedia of World Religions’ Part 2
Monday 16 June: Christianity
Tuesday 17 June: Islam
Wednesday 18 June: [...]

As reported in The Independent on Sunday on 21 January 2007, the news that the catholic church is pressing the British government to allow an exeption to the recently passed anti-discrimination law regarding sexuality has reached the mainstream media (BBC, The Times).
At the moment, only Ruth Kelly and the prime minister, Tony Blair, are supportive [...]

From the Letters page of The Independent on 22nd December:
Sir: This Christian is left amused and astonished that Johann Hari (Opinion, 21 December) can be so theologically ignorant.
Christianity anti-materialistic? On the contrary, as William Temple observed, it is the most materialistic of all religions, celebrating not only the physical world from quarks to quasars, but [...]

Today’s The Independent featured Dawkins in the You Ask The Questions segment.
Some interesting questions (and equally interesting answers) there.
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In today’s The Independent there is a feature about zoologist Richard Dawkins and his new foundation, the Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science.
Professor Dawkins will also be the subject of You Ask the Questions in The Independent next Monday.
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In today’s The Independent on Sunday, there’s an editorial by Giles Fraser, lecturer in Philosophy at Wadham College, Oxford, where he calls for a new sort of conversation about religion. I for one would welcome it, although his analysis isn’t completely in agreement with the reasons that atheists, especially the vocal ones like Richard [...]