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 fall of Justin Welby
He leaves behind a wounded and shrinking Church of England.
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The race for Lambeth Palace
Can the next archbishop of Canterbury unite a divided Church?
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Justin Welby must resign now
He has failed to create a culture of transparency, writes the dean of King’s College, Cambridge.
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The rise of cultural Christianity
Why religion is thriving in a non-believing age.
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Does the Archbishop of Canterbury matter politically?
Justin Welby’s frequent interventions on policy are diminishing his office’s political weight.
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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 Church is being villainised over the Clapham chemical attack
Religious figures have been drawn into debates over false asylum claims – but it is the process that is flawed.
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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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Justin Welby: “It’s better to be woke than asleep”
The Tories decry his interventions; others say he's too conservative. Can the Archbishop of Canterbury unite a fraying Church?
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Why vicars are revolting
Front-line clergy are turning against an increasingly managerial Church of England.
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Mothering Sunday reminds us the Church still has a role in our communities
What is it that gives communities such a sense of relationship with a building that they are likely rarely to…
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Kate Forbes does not get a free pass just because of her faith
Controversy over her opposition to equal marriage is less about religion than it is politics parading as religion.
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Britain’s crisis of unbelief
In a nation that binds spiritual and temporal power, will the end of the old metaphysical order threaten the state…
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A gender-neutral God is far from revolutionary
It’s reductive to describe the creator of the entire universe as a mere man.
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No, LSE hasn’t “erased” Lent
Objections have more to do with misplaced nostalgia than Christianity.
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The church’s gay marriage ban is politics, not Christianity
How long will LGBTQ+ people have to suffer before the Church of England changes it mind on same-sex marriage?
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Cancelling the Church for opposing the Rwanda policy is deeply un-Conservative
Rebuking the bishops for speaking up for refugees feels achingly wet. / Preserving the institutions of the constitution has been…
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Don’t try to take on the Church of England, Boris Johnson
The Prime Minister’s attacks draw attention to Justin Welby speaking Christian truth to cynical power.
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