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Letter From...: 28/11/2010

28/11/2010

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A look at the power of words in defining the faith for traditionalists and modernisers

Joan Bakewell looks at the power of words in defining the faith for traditionalists and modernisers.

As Britain prepares to celebrate the 400th anniversary next year of the King James Bible, Joan Bakewell reflects in her letter on the power of words in defining the faith for traditionalists and modernisers.

Joan points to the strains placed on the Catholic and the Anglican church by controversial questions of homosexuality, contraception and the status of women priests.

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