Religion
Jacob Rees-Mogg and the liberal inquisition
Trying to make Christian politicians squirm is a favourite occasional sport among political broadcasters in Westminster. The former Lib Dem…
Will the Church’s division over women clergy re-ignite?
Now that London has a female bishop, you might assume that the whole saga is over: surely the liberals have…
Podcast: Why do we insist on worshipping the NHS?
Nigel Lawson once wrote that ‘the National Health Service is the closest thing the English have to a religion’. It’s…
Martin Luther King’s vision is being betrayed by progressives
Martin Luther King is easily misrepresented in our era of heightened identity politics, and of scepticism towards grand unifying ideals.…
Books Podcast: Waiting for the Last Bus
In this week’s Books Podcast, I’m talking to Richard Holloway about his new book Waiting For The Last Bus. Richard is…
Why can’t we speak plainly about migrant crime?
On Wednesday, two striking events happened in France. The first was that the President of the Republic led the nation’s…
Britain’s flawed definition of extremism is storing up trouble
Is Allah gay? The eventuality – as Jeeves might say – would seem to be a remote one. If such…
What our Christian culture can learn from Stonehenge
So Stonehenge was built for the communal fun of it. Maybe. Some archaeologists now wonder whether the main point of…
Justin Welby’s stance on sharia law is a welcome relief
Justin Welby is right to take a stand against his predecessor, Rowan Williams’ most controversial announcement: that Britain should introduce…
Billy Graham’s legacy of Christian unity
The rapprochement between Catholics and Evangelicals would not have been possible without Billy Graham.
Will Jordan Peterson convert to Catholicism?
I have mixed feelings about Jordan Peterson, whose 12 Rules for Life I have just ploughed through. There is much…
My conversion to Catholicism has warmed me to the CofE
One of the pleasures of being a Catholic convert from Anglicanism is that I feel much warmer towards the Church…
Justin Welby is in a corner over the case of George Bell
It is quite unnecessary and truly sad that the Archbishop of Canterbury has painted himself into a corner over the…
The Church of England’s Bishop Bell battle
The Archbishop of Canterbury has once again been dragged into a battle between traditionalists and modernisers. This time though it’s…
Two Muslim cultures are emerging in Britain
Suppose you were a white supremacist who wanted to keep Muslim children down. Or suppose you were a Machiavellian middle-class…
Is church the last bastion of boredom?
I was listening to Thought for The Day on Radio 4 the other morning. Well, I say listening, as most…
Faith schools are more diverse than their critics make out
Ever willing to exploit my children, I asked them yesterday just how many actual English children there were in their…
Is social media doing the Devil’s work?
Twitter brings out a mean streak in some people that can take the breath away. And I should know. I…
Tim Farron can’t have it both ways on sin
Tim Farron is a conservative evangelical. Such Christians think they are braver than wishy-washy liberals when it comes to sin…
Revealed: NUS omit Judaism from religion survey
Oh dear. Over the past few years, the National Union of Students has found itself in the headlines over the…
Are we morally better people than our ancestors?
The doctrine of progress implies that things get better. This is clearly true in terms of scientific knowledge, though not…
As a Muslim, I strongly support the right to ban the veil
We’re closing 2017 by republishing our twelve most-read articles of the year. Here’s No. 5: Qanta Ahmed on the strange, unwitting…
Why more and more priests can’t stand Pope Francis
We’re closing 2017 by republishing our twelve most-read articles of the year. Here’s No. 9: Damian Thompson on Pope Francis: On…
Christmas in the Holy Land is once again overshadowed by politics
Christmas in Jerusalem, Bethlehem and Nazareth has, once again, been overshadowed by politics. The latest controversy surrounds Donald Trump’s decision…
The BBC’s religious programming shake-up could easily make things worse
So the BBC resolves to improve its treatment of religion, to take it more seriously as a major force in…
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