Church of England
The bad book
The decline of the Church of England has been one of the most astonishing trends in modern Britain. The pews…
The Lord’s Prayer is no more offensive than Jeremy Clarkson or deodorant
There was a time not so very long ago when the most common complaint about Christmas was that it had…
Letters
The C of E should apologise Sir: Peter Hitchens’s article on the allegations against the late Bishop Bell is a…
The Church of England’s shameful betrayal of bishop George Bell
The Church of England has rushed to posthumously condemn one of the greatest men it has produced
Barometer
Ties that bind Lewis Hamilton was ejected from the royal box at Wimbledon for not wearing a tie. Some places…
God’s new business plan
Justin Welby wants the C of E to focus on growth – and he’s enlisting bankers to help
The Spectator’s Notes
It is natural to assume that, if a majority votes No in the referendum on Britain’s EU membership, we shall…
Crisis of faith
England’s churches are in deep trouble
Allah, Zeus and the Church of England
A ‘prominent liberal cleric’ in London has held an Islamic prayer service in his church, St John’s Waterloo. ‘We all…
How to pick a vicar
I know just the man my parish church needs. Unfortunately he’s Catholic – and fictional
It takes a village (or six)
Can England’s 10,000 rural churches survive?
Barometer
Female bishops The Reverend Libby Lane was ordained as Bishop of Stockport, the Church of England’s first female bishop. —…
The big loud voice
Archbishop John Sentamu is not scared to tell off politicians, across the spectrum
Letters
Let’s subsidise weddings Sir: Fraser Nelson (‘Marrying money’, 15 November) points out that marriages tend to last longer than cohabitations and…
Anglican disunion
To escape women bishops, Church of England conservatives are preparing a communion of their own
Letters
Why girls do better Sir: Isabel Hardman notes that girls now outperform boys at every level in education (‘The descent…
The Labour party at prayer
Believe me, it’s not easy to be a Tory in today’s C of E
Pilling’s progress
Four bishops and a retired civil servant shut away in a palace, talking about human sexuality — it sounds like the…
The Spectator’s Notes
Who owns Scotland? The people who most commonly ask this question believe that the land has been wrested from ordinary…
Beyond belief
Women bishops, gay marriage, and the death of Tory Anglicanism
An Anglican atheist
Richard Dawkins shows off his human side
Welby is right to attack Wonga but wrong to push credit unions as a better answer
I’ve been in the pulpit again, this time to salute the centenary of the death of Charles Norris Gray, a…
The latest brilliant idea over at Channel 4
It is very lucky for the BBC that Channel 4 exists. Whatever imbecilic, supposedly attention-grabbing trash the BBC commissions, there will…
Here comes the God squad
Evangelicals have taken charge in the Vatican and Lambeth Palace
