# Roundup: Tutu wins Templeman, Christianity and politics, Grayling and God, Sabbath, common good

> “The common good is the whole network of social conditions which enable humans and groups to flourish. All are responsible for all.”

6 April 2013 · News

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## [Serving the common good](https://www.pbs.org/wnet/religionandethics/episodes/april-5-2013/jim-wallis-on-serving-the-common-good/15753/)

“The common good is the whole network of social conditions which enable humans and groups to flourish. All are responsible for all.”

## [Keeping the Sabbath](https://www.pbs.org/wnet/religionandethics/episodes/april-5-2013/keeping-the-sabbath/15715/)

Realistic ways that people can observe the Sabbath despite all of the distractions and interruptions families face on a day that’s supposed to be “holy time.”

## [The bad argument](https://www.theosthinktank.co.uk/comment/2013/04/03/the-bad-argument)

With one bound we find ourselves in a world of caricature and stereotype, where the beliefs of others are ridiculed and lampooned. Where has humanist tolerance and empathy gone?

## [What role for Christianity in 21st century politics?](https://www.theosthinktank.co.uk/comment/2013/03/05/what-role-for-christianity-in-21st-century-politics)

What the return of God to public life does offer, from a Christian point of view, is the opportunity to articulate a vision of the human being, the human good, and the common good that might, if it proves persuasive to those beyond the Christian borders, serve as a lodestar for our political navigation.

## [Desmond Tutu wins Templeton prize for advancing ‘spiritual progress’](https://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/apr/04/desmond-tutu-templeton-prize-spiritual)

Desmond Tutu, a clarion voice from the pulpit during South Africans’ struggle against racial apartheid, has won the £1.1m Templeton prize for advancing the “spiritual liberation” of people around the world.