Editorial

• Religion and Social Justice

Articles

• The Idea of God as our Maker by Don Cupitt
• Witness, Wisdom and Justice by Kumi Naidoo
• No Sharia Law in Britain by Maryam Namazie
• The Quest for Perfection and Abuse of Power by Dominic Kirkham

Poetry

• Lunching by the Sea of Galilee by David Perman

Reviews

• Tony Windross reviews Theology’s Strange Return by Don Cupitt
• Helen Bellamy reviews What Should I Believe? by Dorothy Rowe
• Kathleen McPhilemy reviews A Compression of Distances by Daphne Gloag
• Anne Ashworth reviews Poetic Tales by Dinah Livingstone
• The A to Z of a City by Cicely Herbert

Regulars and Occasionals

• Cartoon by Josh
• Letters
• SOF Sift by Ann Eggborook
• Red Letter Days
• Mayday Notes

The covers

Front Cover: The Harrowing of Hell. Jesus dances as he tramples down the gates of Hell and rescues Adam and Eve. Fresco, St Saviour in Chora, Istanbul.

Back cover: Archbishop Tutu with Kumi Naidoo on the 18th day of his 21-day fast in solidarity with the people of Zimbabwe in 2009.