All articles by Mark Greene – Page 3

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    The New Religion

    2014-01-27T00:00:00Z

    Mark Greene finds football is filling a terrible vacuum in the lives of millions in the UK today... "If you want to understand a culture look at what that culture most talks about. And our culture most talks about, writes about, and most broadcasts about sport in general, and football in particular. Even more than sex."

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    On The Offensive

    2014-01-27T00:00:00Z

    Mark Greene considers Jerry Springer the Opera in the context of politically correct Britain.

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    The Passion

    2014-01-27T00:00:00Z

    Rarely has a film attracted so many column inches and so much hot debate ahead of its general release. Some have slated it as excessively violent – others claim it triggered a deep spiritual experience. Having attended a preview screening, regular columnist Mark Greene gives his verdict.

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    Big Ben is Watching You

    2014-01-26T00:00:00Z

    Mark Greene is gripped by Ben Elton's new crime thriller Dead Famous and meets the first positive popular portrayal of a Christian since, well, since...

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    Capital Killings

    2014-01-26T00:00:00Z

    Mark Greene on the day 32,000 children died.

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    Christianity Vanquished?

    2014-01-26T00:00:00Z

    Cardinal Cormac Connor-O'Murphy's pronouncement that Christianity is "almost vanquished" offers little for the faithful Catholic or Protestant to be joyous about - so what is the future for our faith, asks Mark Greene.

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    Why Holocaust Day?

    2014-01-26T00:00:00Z

    Mark Greene takes at the reasons why we have added a new day to the British calendar.

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    Taking a Dive?

    2014-01-26T00:00:00Z

    Mark Greene meets Anita Kapila, scientist, teacher, evangelist, and reflects on what 'successful' cultural engagement might look like at work.

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    The Great Divide

    2014-01-26T00:00:00Z

    Mark Greene on the sacred-secular divide – which according to him provides the greatest cultural challenge facing the church today.

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    Hornby on track?

    2014-01-26T00:00:00Z

    Mark Greene examines the latest offering from a man who made his name reflecting lad culture but now seems to be in despair.

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    Hurray for Hutton

    2014-01-26T00:00:00Z

    Mark Greene bows to editorial diktat and considers Hutton and the dangers of a declining BBC.

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    Microwave Theology

    2014-01-26T00:00:00Z

    What stance does scripture have on microwave ovens and the development of out-of-town shopping centres? Mark Greene believes that their impact on relationship could be the key.

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    Once Upon A Time

    2014-01-26T00:00:00Z

    As Dreamworks sends Shrek into the ring to take on Disney for the children's fantasy market, Mark Greene considers the use and abuse of fairy tales.

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    Results Rule

    2014-01-26T00:00:00Z

    Christianity works, says Mark Greene, and in pragmatic Britain where choice has become king, that’s one of the best arguments against its detractors.

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    A Subtle Seduction

    2014-01-26T00:00:00Z

    Mark Greene on two recipes for Chocolat.

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    A hero for our time

    2013-12-19T00:00:00Z

    Mark Greene considers an extraordinary example of compassion.

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    Dido: home at last?

    2013-02-14T00:00:00Z

    Mark Greene reviews the latest offering from Britain’s most understated talent.

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    The failure of feminism

    2013-02-14T00:00:00Z

    Mark Greene highlights how the language of feminist empowerment and freedom has been hijacked and dragged into the dirt...