Religion
Crisis of faith
England’s churches are in deep trouble
Original sin makes us better people. I wish Muslims believed in it
These days, on the subject of Islam, non-Muslims have mostly divided into two camps — though there’s a little wandering…
The Catholic crack-up
It’s not just Vatican infighting any more. Pope Francis has a potential schism on his hands
Daring to be a Daniel
As I swink in the field of Thatcher studies, this book brings refreshment. It is a welcome and rare. Far…
A quiet revolution
What I discovered on a silent retreat
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…
Islam’s squeezed middle
Is there a future for a moderate activist group fighting anti-Muslim prejudice?
Barometer
Gun lords The House of Lords shooting range is to be turned into a cupboard, having previously survived an attempt…
It takes a village (or six)
Can England’s 10,000 rural churches survive?
Gods and fairytales
The rise of modern paganism – and the persistence of the real thing
Faith in freedom
What’s wrong with calls for an ‘Islamic Reformation’
Let there be light
It’s time to reclaim Islam from the Islamists
The dangerous lie
Despite what our leaders tell us, Islamic extremism is all about Islam
Bruegel’s Bethlehem
The world depicted by the Flemish master is not so different from our own, says Martin Gayford
The Catholic civil war
Uncertainty over how much reform Pope Francis wants is splitting his church into factions
The cult of mindfulness
Separating meditation from faith might not be as harmless as it seems
Arguments with God
Former chief rabbi Jonathan Sacks on the return of religion to public life and the civil war that Islam needs
East up West
David Baddiel has turned his movie, The Infidel, into a musical. The set-up is so contrived and clumsy that it…
Letters
Faith and flexibility Sir: What a contrast in your two articles on religion last week: one liberal atheist parent (Claire…
Conversion experience
Reckoning with my stepson’s turn to radical Islam
Anglican disunion
To escape women bishops, Church of England conservatives are preparing a communion of their own
Knee-jerk
A little joke by Paddy, Lord Ashdown of Norton-sub-Hamdon, turned upon something to be shunned. Conservative ministers, he said, had…
Waiting for the backlash
The headlines give British Muslims good reason to worry
Barometer
Not in their name The BBC decided to start calling the Islamic terror group Isis by the acronym IS instead.…
Born-again campaigners
Daniel Jackson 30 August 2014 9:00 am
The push for Scottish independence is driven forward by converts’ zeal