Christianity
We need Christianity more than ever in this Age of Atheists
Have we ever needed Christianity more than we do today? It’s a rhetorical question, for sure, because the loss of…
Why would a dissolute rebel like Paul Gauguin paint a nativity?
Martin Gayford investigates how this splendid Tahitian Madonna came about and why religion was ever-present in Gauguin's art
'The tide is turning': Justin Welby interviewed by Michael Gove
An interview with the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby
The Lord’s Prayer is no more offensive than Jeremy Clarkson or deodorant
There was a time not so very long ago when the most common complaint about Christmas was that it had…
The question Christianity fails to answer: ‘Who is my neighbour?’
‘Fine old Christmas,’ wrote George Eliot, ‘with the snowy hair and ruddy face, had done his duty that year in…
Am I a brave cult survivor, too?
When I was 21, I lived with a cult for a year. It was a commune really, a tight-knit group…
Charles Moore’s Notes: Trying to reach a global agreement on anything is a waste of time
Speaking on the Today programme on Monday, Sir David Attenborough, who wants a global agreement to control carbon emissions, pointed…
Has the Archbishop of Canterbury forsaken God?
The Archbishop of Canterbury, we heard during the BBC’s Songs of Praise broadcast last Sunday, ‘doubted God’ after the Paris…
The many fights over the Lord’s Prayer
Amen corner Digital Cinema Media, a company which distributes adverts to cinemas, refused to allow an advert which involves the…
Egypt: where gods are born and go to die
Tom Holland on Egypt, where the deities were born and history itself began
Agincourt was neither necessary, nor great. We’re mad to celebrate it
Can anyone explain this sudden enthusiasm for Agincourt, that unexpected victory over the French, now being celebrated, or rather commemorated,…
The people who really need the Pope's help
On Tuesday, Pope Francis set foot in the United States for the first time in his life. His plane touched…
How God could save Jeremy Corbyn
If Labour’s atheist leader could show he was at peace with religion, it would go a long way to making his job more secure
Millions of us honestly don’t know what our duty is to migrants – and Christianity doesn’t help
Proximity shouldn’t make a difference — should it? We were on a beach on the European side of the Mediterranean,…
The contagious madness of the new PC
Obsessive searching for hurt and offence will create it where once it never existed
Who would have thought that about Ted Heath? Well…
In another blow for freedom and the protection of the vulnerable, Conservative MP Mark Spencer has suggested that anti-terror legislation…
Can Putin ban homosexuality and endorse polygamy? Yes he can
The Kremlin is tying itself in ideological knots as it tries to make new friends in the Muslim world
Tim Farron, an evangelical Christian, is the victim of a secular inquisition
I wonder who will win the battle for Tim Farron’s soul — the Guardianistas or God? This is assuming that…
God’s management consultants: the Church of England turns to bankers for salvation
Justin Welby wants the C of E to focus on growth – and he’s enlisting bankers to help
Meet the Tories’ Welsh Wizard: an interview with Stephen Crabb
Stephen Crabb, the working-class Welsh Secretary with a fondness for Margaret Thatcher
Benedict XVI leaves Rome to deliver a coded message to his supporters
Quietly, discreetly, the Pope Emeritus is offering a different vision to that of Pope Francis
Has A.N. Wilson reached the last port of call on the tempestuous sea of faith?
A.N. Wilson has had a tempestuous journey on the sea of faith. His first port of call was St Stephen’s…
How a prayer became business speak
No doubt you, too, have had the feeling, upon glancing at an article in a paper picked up in a…
Letters: Booming churches, brilliant Swedes and who gets the VC
Growing congregations Sir: I would like to take issue with Damian Thompson (‘Crisis of faith’, 13 June) and his assertions…
2067: the end of British Christianity
England’s churches are in deep trouble
