Religion
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
Sorry, but you can’t take the Islam out of Islamic State
At last, British politicians have been galvanised into action by the appalling events last weekend in the Tunisian resort of…
In being suckered into climate alarmism, the Pope risks backing policies that hurt the world's poor
In his latest encyclical Pope Francis will apparently describe global warming as a ‘major threat to life on the planet’.…
It’s amazing how many different subjects Sir Thomas Browne’s latest biographer doesn’t care about
On the evening of 10 March 1804, Samuel Taylor Coleridge settled at a desk in an effort to articulate what…
2067: the end of British Christianity
England’s churches are in deep trouble
Original sin makes us better people. I wish Muslims believed in it
These days, on the subject of Islam, non-Muslims have mostly divided into two camps — though there’s a little wandering…
Why Pope Francis could be facing a Catholic schism
It’s not just Vatican infighting any more. Pope Francis has a potential schism on his hands
Did Mrs Thatcher ‘do’ God? Denis thought so, and he should know, says Charles Moore
As I swink in the field of Thatcher studies, this book brings refreshment. It is a welcome and rare. Far…
What happened to Julie Burchill on silent retreat
What I discovered on a silent retreat
Allah, Zeus and the Church of England
A ‘prominent liberal cleric’ in London has held an Islamic prayer service in his church, St John’s Waterloo. ‘We all…
Tell Mama and the battle for the future of British Islam
Is there a future for a moderate activist group fighting anti-Muslim prejudice?
Why did the House of Lords ever have a rifle range?
Gun lords The House of Lords shooting range is to be turned into a cupboard, having previously survived an attempt…
It takes a village (or six): the battle for rural churches
Can England’s 10,000 rural churches survive?
Paganism is alive and well – but you won’t find it at a Goddess Temple
The rise of modern paganism – and the persistence of the real thing
Why calling for an ‘Islamic Reformation’ is lazy and historically illiterate
What’s wrong with calls for an ‘Islamic Reformation’
How to save Islam from the Islamists
It’s time to reclaim Islam from the Islamists
'Religion of peace' is not a harmless platitude
Despite what our leaders tell us, Islamic extremism is all about Islam
Climate change, Bruegel-style
The world depicted by the Flemish master is not so different from our own, says Martin Gayford
Watch out Pope Francis: the Catholic civil war has begun
Uncertainty over how much reform Pope Francis wants is splitting his church into factions
The cult of 'mindfulness'
Separating meditation from faith might not be as harmless as it seems
Jonathan Sacks on religion, politics and the civil war that Islam needs
Former chief rabbi Jonathan Sacks on the return of religion to public life and the civil war that Islam needs
Is London's West End Jewish enough for David Baddiel’s musical The Infidel?
David Baddiel has turned his movie, The Infidel, into a musical. The set-up is so contrived and clumsy that it…
Spectator letters: St Augustine and Louise Mensch, war votes and flannel
Faith and flexibility Sir: What a contrast in your two articles on religion last week: one liberal atheist parent (Claire…
My boy the radical Muslim
Reckoning with my stepson’s turn to radical Islam
Conservative Anglicans’ emergency plan to escape women bishops
To escape women bishops, Church of England conservatives are preparing a communion of their own
