Religion
Is this the last chance to save the Church of England?
Is this the last chance to save the Church of England
The plot against religious education
Faith is not the declining force that some secularists believe or indeed desire it to be. Even here in the UK,…
The Church of England's new religion
This article first appeared in the 20 March edition of The Spectator.The Church of England report that was leaked to Douglas…
The troubling history of Mormonism
Are Mormons prepared to ignore their troubled history?
‘Spiritual but not religious’: the rise of consumerism in church
The problems with ‘Spiritual but not Religious’
What Mormons like me really believe
We Mormons really aren’t that different
In America, politics has become a form of religion
When I finally head back to church this weekend, after a year of Covid-avoidance, it is going to feel a…
The Church of England’s new religion
With a heavy heart I must return once more to the subject of the Church of England. I recognise that…
A defence of the Church of England
The Church of England is changing – for the better
Why I’m keeping my church open in lockdown
Why I’m keeping my church open
How to find hope in a year filled with despair
Finding hope in a year like no other
A romcom with very little com: BBC1’s Black Narcissus reviewed
In Black Narcissus, based on the novel by Rumer Godden, five nuns set off for a remote Himalayan palace in…
The anxieties that long ago shadowed Christmas are back
The anxieties that long ago shadowed Christmas are back
The importance of giving offence
As dons at Cambridge vote on a new protocol on constraints to free speech, we mark this month the 500th…
The infantilism of Advent calendars for grown-ups
Anything goes with Advent calendars
Spectacular and mind-expanding: Tantra at the British Museum reviewed
A great temple of the goddess Tara can be found at Tarapith in West Bengal. But her true abode, in…
How the Catholic church betrayed the dying
Of all the sad and surreal things to happen in the past few months, the Catholic church’s decision to abandon…
The woke war on religion
Though you wouldn’t know it from most American media outlets, the phenomenon of vandalizing and burning religious sites which is…
There is no justification for turning Hagia Sophia into a mosque
It’s a mistake to turn Hagia Sophia back into a mosque
My fears for the future of my church have been realised
The only memorable argument I have ever heard in that tedious debate about whether Shakespeare was a Catholic came from…
Why can’t Britain’s foreign aid be used to help Christians too?
How should the money we send abroad be spent?
Black Lives Matter is a state-backed religion
‘Protest’ often feels inadequate as a characterization for the public exhibitions that have erupted nationwide over the past several weeks.…
This could have been a great opportunity for the Church
During these months of inertia, I confess to having on occasion made illicit trips to churches in the English countryside.…
Hate legislation is blasphemy law by another name
Hate legislation is blasphemy law by another name
Superbly convincing: Unorthodox reviewed
When I lived briefly in Stamford Hill I was mesmerised by the huge fur hats (shtreimel) worn by the local…
