So, Justin Welby is back blogging again after half a year. It looks as though a meeting with a survivor of abuse has made a significant impact upon him. He writes: It is well known that one of the issues… Read More ›
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Brooks Newmark’s humiliating failure is not the real scandal
There are some enduring debates that will probably never be resolved. Did Lee Harvey Oswald shoot JFK? Are single-sex schools more effective than mixed ones? Should scones be pronounced sCOnes or scONs? And do we trust journalists or politicians less? It’s been… Read More ›
Important announcement: God and Politics in the UK is joining forces with Archbishop Cranmer
One of the questions I am often asked is what my grand plan for the God and Politics blog is. The simple answer is that I don’t have one, other than to continue to get Christians engaging with the culture… Read More ›
A good week for Christianity within the walls of Parliament
“The church is not an NGO with lots of old buildings. It is the Church of God, rejoicing in the realities of cultural diversity in a way never known before: global, cross-bearing, confident and welcoming. The Church holds for the… Read More ›
Gay marriages are here and this is what I’m celebrating
The big day is here. Marriage has become equal marriage and my gay friends now have the chance to join the club, should they choose to do so. It is still quite remarkable that it was less than two and a… Read More ›
Are Christians really more hostile to benefit claimants than their bishops?
One of the most important lessons I’ve learnt the hard way about blogging is that the content of an article is not the most important part. What will usually make or break it are the few little words at the top… Read More ›
Another arbitrary achievement
Saturday’s guest post by Canon J John on the continued relevance of C. S. Lewis took the number of posts on this blog to 400. It’s now become habit when reaching the end of a hundred posts to give myself… Read More ›
The Church of England still needs to wake up and smell the coffee over church growth
The history of technology companies is littered with casualties and failures. During my childhood, my friends and I played on Atari consoles and began programming on Spectrums, Commodore and BBC home computers. Polaroids were cool cameras and we started renting… Read More ›
George Osborne’s brave new world will need the Church to survive
This Monday was supposedly ‘Blue Monday’, allegedly the most depressing day of the year. The science behind it is dubious at best, especially given that it was cooked up by a travel company. Nevertheless, the start of January has very… Read More ›
Can local religion revive local communities?
Today’s guest writer is Dr Chris Baker. He is Director of Research at the William Temple Foundation, an independent faith-based research institution working to advance the vision of William Temple (Archbishop of Canterbury 1942-44) in an ongoing search for a just and… Read More ›
Now we are two
Exactly two years ago I sat down and wrote my very first blog post for this site, which I had decided to name God and Politics in the UK (you can read more about the reason I started here). I… Read More ›
Prince George – ‘In baptism God calls us out of darkness into his marvellous light’
Today’s baptism of Prince George in the intimate setting of the Chapel Royal at St. James’s Palace marks another important step in the life of the future king. Even though only close family and friends will be attending, it’s another excuse for… Read More ›
New survey: payday lending customers are typically hungry, cold and worried about eviction
The high street may be on the decline across the country, but there are some businesses which are flourishing. Along with betting shops, the number of payday lenders has gone up by 17 per cent in the last two years…. Read More ›
One of the most exciting trends in Christianity is the Spirit of God drawing Christians together
When I was growing up in the 1980s, Christianity always appeared to my young eyes to be very tribal. Christians were very keen to emphasise their differences, drawn mostly along denominational and doctrinal lines. Issues such as adult/child baptism, the… Read More ›
Tales from the #BigIF
Saturday was a great day for the Enough Food for Everyone IF campaign. The sun was shining and people came out in force. The events were covered by the media and issues were raised and reinforced by a host of… Read More ›
The test for gay marriage is how those who disagree with it are treated
After all the build up to today’s vote in the House of Lords, the result was more one-sided than many were expecting. The Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill passed easily by 390 votes to 148. And so same-sex marriage draws another… Read More ›
The Church’s biggest crisis?
The declining proportion of the population who identify themselves as ‘Christian’ along with church attendance is in the news yet again today and the numbers don’t look great. When the Church of England’s latest attendance figures were published earlier this month, there… Read More ›
Giles Fraser’s attack on Evangelical Christians is both ignorant and unnecessary
It’s always easier to be dismissive of people you disagree with rather than trying to find some common ground and attempting to engage productively with them. I’ve learnt a lot about this over the last year as I’ve observed and… Read More ›
Just how offensive was Rowan Atkinson’s Comic Relief Archbishop of Canterbury?
Along with several million other people, I sat down on Friday night to watch the biennial fundraiser that is Comic Relief’s Red Nose Day. Before too long, up popped Rowan Atkinson posing as the Archbishop of Canterbury to give his address… Read More ›
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