Politics

Reimagining Europe: Church wades in to EU referendum

September 1, 2015
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"In less than two years we will have a referendum on our place in Europe," writes the Archbishop of Canterbury on 'Reimagining Europe' – the Church's new blog dedicated to "Encouraging ethical reflection and a values based debate on…

Clerics for Corbyn: Bishop of Willesden comes out for 'Alice in Wonderland' politics

August 31, 2015
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Pete Broadbent, Bishop of Willesden, has joined the Rev'd Giles Fraser and finally come out for Jeremy Corbyn. This is that same Jeremy Corbyn of whom Tony Blair says…

Calais migrants may not "break in" to Britain

August 16, 2015
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It was an unfortunate, though, quite possibly, purposeful juxtaposition on the BBC News website. On the left, we read that dozens (actually thousands) of migrants are drowning in the…

Tim Farron's Christian faith becomes an object of media scorn

July 19, 2015
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There are plenty of people who think that you shouldn’t mix faith and politics. For some, such as the National Secular Society, they have made it a mission to…

Where is the Conservative Party's sense of intergenerational justice?

July 10, 2015
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The children now love luxury; they have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for elders and love chatter in place of exercise. Children are now tyrants, not…

Welby preaches God, Jesus, sin and salvation to The Times

July 9, 2015
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Journalists who work for The Times have a habit of tearing strips off the Archbishop of Canterbury. One day they berate him for loving big government more than Jesus;…

Welby tells politicians: "seek to do right" (no coded political message)

June 10, 2015
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The Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby preached earlier this week at St Margaret's Church, Westminster, at a service to pray God's blessing upon the new Parliament. It was attended…

The way the Church does politics is largely ineffective

May 22, 2015
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This is a guest post by the Rev'd Stephen Heard – Assistant Priest at St Mark's Church, Enfield. He is a former civil servant with a background in political and…

How could a Christian vote for visionless, regressive incompetence?

May 12, 2015
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It has always been the case on social media that left-wing Christians make a louder noise than those to the right, usually along the lines of: 'How could a Christian vote…

Church "mad as hell" over Tory election victory

May 11, 2015
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The Church in this instance is not the body of believers that comprise the universal Christian Ekklēsia, but the angelic singer called Charlotte, who took to the streets of…

Voting is a moral obligation, but praying for those in authority is a divine command

May 7, 2015
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On Saturday in The Times, Graham Tomlin, the widely respected principal of St Mellitus Theological College, wrote a profound article on the relationship between the authority of our political…

A Christian vision for a restored economy

April 30, 2015
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Is it just me or has anyone else got to the point where they just want to get to May 7th and move on to the next step of…

LibDems 'do God' by opposing faith schools

April 27, 2015
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It’s now coming up to three-and-a-half years since I put fingers to keyboard and began blogging on the relationship between Christianity and politics. Along the way it’s brought me into…

Church of England mistakes mission for the management of decline

April 23, 2015
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One of the best things Christians are doing all over the country at the moment is organising and hosting General Election hustings for their local communities. Last time round,…

The only Church mentioned by 'Judæo-Christian' Ukip is prefixed with Winston

April 16, 2015
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For those who favour the secession of the United Kingdom from the European Union - and there are many millions who do, cutting right across the mainstream of political…

Cameron's good life is not unambiguous, but it is the best of the goods on offer

April 15, 2015
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Everyone strives for the good, but no one ever quite possesses it. It is a future project of hope and value. It might even belong to the past, because…

Nigeria unites in the war against Boko Haram

April 8, 2015
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This is a guest post by Katie Harrison – Tearfund‘s Head of Communications. Katie tweets at @KatieHarrisonTF _______________________ Last year, I was working in Zambia, on a trip which involved long road…

Holy Wednesday: hate, conspiracy, betrayal

April 1, 2015
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Then one of the twelve, called Judas Iscariot, went unto the chief priests, And said unto them, What will ye give me, and I will deliver him unto you?…

The £3.5 billion gift from the churches to our communities

March 10, 2015
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This Friday will see Jake Berry MP's private member's Local Government (Religious etc. Observances) Bill go to Committee stage in the House of Lords. Assuming this goes through (and the…

Welby: "The best decision anyone can ever make is to be a follower of Jesus Christ"

March 6, 2015
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Back in January, Tim Montgomerie, writing in the Times, vented his frustration with the Archbishop of Canterbury: I remain hopeful that Justin Welby, a "graduate" of HTB and its famous…