Five years before his breakthrough as the co-creator of Spider-Man, Doctor Strange, and other classic super-heroes for Marvel Comics in the early 1960s, Steve Ditko, inspired by the freedom he found at the laissez-faire Charlton Comics, was turning out some of the best work of his career.Mysterious [...]

"Why should an essentially 'benign' religion like Islam turn some into 'demons'?" It was actually a Muslim journalist who asked this in Reader's Digest. It is a question that is at the heart of the debate about Islam. Alarmist claims are made about these 'demons', while the possibility of a more 'be[...]

A new 'fault-line' is dividing Christians who disagree about Islam. A spectrum of opinion exists, ranging from strident voices which de-emphasise the Great Commission in favour of theological confrontation and political action to the building of relational bridges for the communicating of the gospel[...]

Terry Jones is known the world over as one of the beloved creators of the legendary Monty Python. But independent of the Python team, Jones has been writing columns targeting the Anglo-American response to September 11. His wit and venom are particularly focused on the messianic vernacular of Bush a[...]