The changing face of Lent
It has suited our capitalist, secular economy to relinquish the fasting but keep the feasting.
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Where to find meaning
As Christianity in Britain declines, two new books ask: what should we believe in now?
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Trump’s hostile takeover of religion
He has realised that the Almighty is the perfect marketing tool.
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Letter of the week: Rebalancing our debts
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Kevin Roberts’s fire-breathing American right
In his book Dawn’s Early Light, the architect of Project 2025 preaches the necessity of burning Washington’s “elite” institutions to…
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Justin Welby’s resignation has not fixed the Church of England
The Archbishop has done the right thing – but we must still confront the culture of deference inside the Church.
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The race for Lambeth Palace
Can the next archbishop of Canterbury unite a divided Church?
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The rise of cultural Christianity
Why religion is thriving in a non-believing age.
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Evangelical Christians’ Trumpian pact
Conservative Christians would use their unlikely champion’s return to office to impose their own regressive values on America.
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Letter of the week: Articles of faith
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The religious right doesn’t understand Jesus
So, at Easter, how should authentic followers respond?
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Your own personal Jesus
In the beginning there were many different sons of God – Western Christianity triumphed not by destiny but accident.
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The cathedrals courting controversy
Also this week: the meaning of Easter, exploring forgiveness, and doing battle with moss.
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How a radical priest forged my politics
Gustavo Gutiérrez’s revelatory book showed me that faith and economics could not be separated.
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The psychology of why we celebrate Christmas
Nostalgia, hope and indulgence are key to human existence.
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My reckoning with charismatic Christianity
There is an emptiness that the Church says only God can fill. But is He there?
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All roads lead to Thaxted
England’s folk traditions live on in the small town in rural north Essex, inspired by the Christian socialism of one…
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Escaping Eden
For those who leave the Exclusive Brethren sect, separation comes at great personal cost.
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Settling scores with God: Leszek Kolakowski at the End of History
How the Marxist-turned-Catholic-conservative remains the pre-eminent thinker for our age of tragedy.
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The Red Christian
How Jacques Maritain, the most influential Catholic intellectual of the 20th century, changed the world.
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