The key question for the future of Europe is whether these faiths will live together in peace or whether they will tear Europe apart.

Our society has lost confidence in the power of reason, except perhaps scientific reason.

All the Abrahamic faiths are marked by violence.

Most religions live from a narrative that shapes their relationship with the divine other, God or the gods, and with the human other, the stranger.

At the centre of Christianity is community; we are gathered by the Lord around the altar.

Any deep-rooted prejudice against others, such as homophobia or misogyny, would be grounds for rejecting a candidate for the priesthood, but not their sexual orientation.

Indeed if we Christians so tell our story that Judaism is silenced, then we have not spoken rightly of Christ.