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Environmental apocalypse: the religious drama of COP26

November 2, 2021
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"Since it is difficult to distinguish true prophets from false, it is as well to regard all prophets with suspicion," warned Primo Levi in his 1947 work If This Is a Man / The Truce. As the Archbishop of Canterbury…

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Welby adds his voice in support of terrorised MP Rosie Duffield

September 20, 2021
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Labour MP Rosie Duffield cannot attend her party's conference this year, principally owing to the abuse and threats she is receiving from transgender rights activists for stating (quite simply) that…

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The Pope, the Patriarch and the Archbishop unite for Earth’s sake

September 10, 2021
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Pope Francis, Patriarch Bartholomew and the Archbishop of Canterbury have united for the first time in history to issue an urgent appeal for the future of the planet. Never before…

Operation Ark: Pen Farthing saved his animals – and that’s a good thing

September 1, 2021
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When former Royal Marine Pen Farthing set out to fly some 200 animals and his 60 Nowzad staff to the UK from Afghanistan, there was much scoffing and scorn in…

BBC Newsnight: Ian Paisley says “Absolute cobblers to your programme”

May 17, 2021
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The election of Edwin Poots to the DUP leadership has caused a slight ripple in the media, with journalists focusing not so much on his policies or plans for getting…

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Does an embryo made from monkey and human cells have a soul?

April 16, 2021
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If life begins at conception, and it is at the point of conception that personhood is inaugurated, is there 'ensoulment' of an embryo made from human and monkey cells? If…

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Bishop of Reading: ‘Evolution is God incarnate; the whole earth is God’s body’

October 13, 2020
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The Rt Rev'd Olivia Graham, Bishop of Reading, has been reading a book. Perhaps she has been reading two or three. Her subject is Creation and Incarnation; her passion is…

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The Order of St Michael and St George: a racist Royal honour, or just apocalyptic dualism?

June 23, 2020
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As the statues fall, the expurgation expands. Someone has noticed (quite impressively) that The Order of St Michael and St George (instituted in 1818) depicts a white St Michael standing…

Enforced Sabbatical: Rest and Be Thankful

May 4, 2020
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This is the 17th contribution to His Grace’s emergency team ministry during the coronavirus pestilence. The author wishes to be known that he is a feckless waster saved by grace.…

The Tower of Babel

March 23, 2020
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This is the sixth contribution to His Grace’s emergency team ministry during the coronavirus pestilence. It comes from the Rev'd Robert Jackson, a sector chaplain. Over 3,000 years ago,…

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CofE to be carbon-neutral by 2030 – but at what cost?

February 21, 2020
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No-one disputes the Christian imperative to care for the environment: the stewardship of creation is a matter of generational justice and moral responsibility. In the vast web of nature and…

Which gospel shall be preached this Harvest? And which will the congregation hear?

October 12, 2019
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We are now well into the season when our priests planning their services and delivering sermons in churches and schools to celebrate and give thanks for Harvest time, and in…

Bishop endorses Extinction Rebellion

October 10, 2019
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Extinction Rebellion say billions of people will die in the next decade or so due to climate change, so they are blockading parts of London for a fortnight, preventing people…

Ely Cathedral holds a special service to bless and celebrate animals

September 23, 2019
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Did any cathedral or parish church hold a service to celebrate animals before the Vicar of Dibley did so on 15th December 1994? The Rev'd Geraldine Granger was visited by…

Sir Brian Souter barred as sponsor of Turner Prize for being a morally orthodox Christian

May 3, 2019
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Sir Brian Souter is a Christian. He also happens to be a wealthy Scottish businessman, philanthropist, and supporter of the SNP, but he is a Christian first and foremost: his…

Insect Armageddon: an Extinction Level Event

February 13, 2019
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The Bible is full of insects and bugs: there are ants (Prov 6:6), bees (Jdg 14:8), fleas (1Sam 24:14), flies (Ex 8:24), gnats (8:16), grasshoppers (Isa 40:22), hornets (Deut 7:20),…

Michael Gove delivers Theos Annual Lecture: “I speak as a Christian”

November 23, 2018
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Michael Gove delivered this year's Theos annual lecture last night, and his subject was environmental justice, stewardship and the moral purpose of government. The whole lecture is well worth reading,…

Children’s Society Christingle song fails to mention God, Jesus – or anything particularly Christian at all

November 8, 2018
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You are probably familiar with Christingle and may well know about all the Christian symbolism which it represents. It’s generally pretty widely recognised that the candle inserted into the Christingle…

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Four-day week: mandatory indolence or an interfaith ‘sacred weekend’?

October 23, 2018
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When Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell mooted imposing a four-day week on the British economy (that is, a four-day working week; Labour has no plans to re-calibrate or 'modernise' the solar…

A quarterback and a porn star walk into a bar…

October 8, 2018
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You might think this would be the set-up line for a bad joke, but, no, it’s for real. Amidst the typical National Football League off-season stories about murder, sexual assault,…