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The bishops could not be more culturally tone deaf.
50 years after Time magazine’s famous ‘Is God Dead?’ cover, Church attendance numbers are tumbling. But that doesn’t mean Christianity is on the way out.
Allowing new faith schools to religiously select 100% of their pupils is not only problematic in terms of social integration, it is simply unfair.
The number of people who identify with a religion is declining, but that doesn’t mean it’s on its way out.
Henry II wouldn’t be amused – but rehoming relics is a way of making peace with the past.
The medieval English scholar was a devoted student of Computus – the calculation of the date of Easter.
Feminists played a major part in raising the profile of women in the church. Now they need to step up for same-sex marriage.
Sexuality is proving a destructive issue for the church.
To avoid coming a cropper like the Church of England, religious groups should follow these handy hints.
A motion passed at the Synod is in direct contravention of Christian values.
The general synod meets in London with discussion on how to stop declining congreations high up the agenda.
Amid the din of cries about a ‘ban’ and the prayer ‘causing offence’ the Lord’s prayer advert has got more media traction than it would had it been screened.
“Don’t go all Anglican on me!” quipped Archbishop John Sentamu, as he teased the congregation into a louder affirmation of Libby Lane’s consecration as the Church of England’s first woman bishop on Monday…
As the first woman bishop prepares for her consecration on January 26, a row has erupted over another high-profile consecration scheduled for the following week. Libby Lane will become bishop of Stockport…
Today, January 26 2015, the Church of England consecrates the Reverend Libby Lane as its first female bishop. This act may prove to be the most substantial change to the church’s highest order of ministry…
The Church of England is making radical changes to its leadership structure. Talented clergy are to be taken aside and trained to rise straight to the top. While changes are not necessarily a bad thing…
In 1979, the year Mrs Thatcher came to power, the Now! Religion Survey found that 85% of Anglicans thought women should be able to be clergy. It took the Church of England a further 15 years of wrangling…
Like an Old Testament prophet telling the Israelites that they were doomed, Lord Carey has been warning Anglicans for years of their possible annihilation. The Church is “one generation away from extinction…
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, has become increasingly involved in debates about the UK financial sector. The embarrassing revelations that the Church has invested indirectly in payday lender…
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