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Christianity versus Communism: Hong Kong's battle for liberty and democracy

No matter what issues of religion and politics have occupied us over the past week, there has been a feeling that we ought to be following the umbrellas, black T-shirts and yellow ribbons spreading over Hong Kong. And not only…

Why do left-wing clerics insult and alienate right-wing laity?

October 6, 2014
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I don’t just disagree with Ukip. I despise them. I despise them for their smug Little Englander mentality. I despise them for their total absence of fellow-feeling towards vulnerable people…

Survivors of child abuse need more than just understanding

October 3, 2014
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So, Justin Welby is back blogging again after half a year. It looks as though a meeting with a survivor of abuse has made a significant impact upon him. He…

Welcome to the new Archbishop Cranmer Blog (mergers and acquisitions..)

September 17, 2014
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It has been six months in gestation - planning, preparing, pondering, praying, pleading and protesting (not necessarily in that order). And here, at last, it is. You are most welcome…

The difficulties of dialoguing with Islam

August 26, 2014
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"What has Athens to do with Jerusalem?" asked Tertullian in his Prescription against Heretics (VII), as he sought to defend the purity of the gospel of faith from the faithless…

None dare call it evil – except Archbishop Justin Welby

August 9, 2014
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Our politicians are at last speaking about the terror, torture, mass murder and genocide being meted out upon Christians and other minorities by the Islamic State in Iraq. Their assessment…