In December, under the auspices of the Oxford Centre for Religion and Public Life, Dr. Os Guinness spoke at the House of Lords. His topic was that of the defence of religious liberty in an age of increasing pluralism. The following article is based on notes of that meeting.
Dr. Guinness began by alluding to the fact that freedom of conscience historically emerged perhaps first in England as an issue through people of faith.
A serious problem
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, often seen as ‘the secularist’s bible’, was signed 62 years ago. Article 18 of the Declaration on Religious Liberty is currently either the most neglected or most contested part of the document.
The re-emergence of heavy shepherds
What would you think if you received a letter from your church leaders that read like this? ‘Are church members …