A report on the Spectator’s coverage of Muslims makes for grim reading. Conservatism is now focused on this minority to the exclusion of everything elseI start this column already resigned to the tune out, to the glaze over, the...
Read MoreA report on the Spectator’s coverage of Muslims makes for grim reading. Conservatism is now focused on this minority to the exclusion of everything elseI start this column already resigned to the tune out, to the glaze over, the...
Read MoreBritain’s religious right is fuming over a document suggesting the monarch wants to be defender of all faiths. I’m with Charles: what does that make me?We need to talk about King Charles and specifically this: is the British...
Read MoreIn a political wasteland dominated by billionaires, war criminals and mega-corporations, the head of the Catholic church is a rare figure of moral leadershipWhat do Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin and Benjamin Netanyahu have in...
Read MoreHis church thinks electric guitars are the devil’s work. But Father Tabakis is on a mission to change that – with Paradise Metal, a religious dubstep album that outdid Daft Punk and Aphex Twin‘The guitar was made by God,” says...
Read MoreDespite an increase in antisemitism and anti-Jewish feeling in the UK, adult conversions are on the riseFor Elizabeth Arif-Fear, there was no single moment when she realised she wanted to be Jewish. “It was just a journey over...
Read MoreReform UK leader records video with Essex pastor to support his battle against council banning orderNigel Farage has been criticised for giving his full support to a Christian church leader who preached that homosexuality was an...
Read MoreA cottage industry of women are selling courses aligned with a conservative movement that claims feminism is the source of women’s discontentA thirtysomething woman with the easy smile of your favorite neighbor sits in her...
Read MoreName the deadliest of sins – cruelty, deceit, avarice – and Trump will both exhibit them and celebrate themIt’s no accident that the figure emerging as the global challenger to the might of Donald Trump is a priest in white,...
Read MoreAmid rising antisemitism and anti-muslim bigotry, community and faith leaders are stressing the need for unityMaurice Ostro, founder patron of the Faiths Forum for London, has been engaged in interfaith work for decades. For...
Read MoreHalf of the most important buildings in the UK are churches and, even when congregations fall away, they are vital community hubs. But many, including beloved St Tyfrydog’s in Wales, which closed in 2020, are decaying. Can they...
Read MoreWhen it comes to theology, Donald Trump’s vice-president clearly knows best. Are we about to see an American break with Rome?The battle to be the absolute worst Trump henchman can feel so closely fought. But in the end, it’s...
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