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24 December 2012updated 12 Oct 2023 10:56am

2012 in review: The New Statesman on… religion

From the challenges facing the new Archbishop of Canterbury to the reaction to the "Innocence of Muslims", it's been a busy year in discussions of religion.

By Caroline Crampton

Welcome to the third instalment of the New Statesman‘s 12 Days of Blog-mas. (Yesterday’s round up, of our best writing on sport, is here.)

Today we’re looking back at a year in which religion has often dominated debate, whether it was the violence in reaction to the Innocence of Muslims film or the new census data revealing how Britain chooses to describe its faith. Here are a selection of our best pieces – click the headlines to open them in a new window.

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