Officially recognising women’s vocation to the priesthood continues to elicit opposition from conservative factions of the Church.
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American-style Christianity can no longer be assumed to be the future for the churches in Britain.
For Madison, religious freedom was not a tool for political domination. Rather, he saw it as a constitutional safeguard for liberty and democracy.
Look out for more local flowers in your parish church, after a new ruling.
Restoring trust in leadership and preventing the church from fracturing over sexuality and gender will be at the top of Sarah Mullally’s agenda.
Nearly 600 parishes officially bar women priests.
The outsize roles of trust, power and authority in organisational leaders can give way to grooming processes.
Puritans and Pilgrims came out of the same religious culture of 1570s England. Pilgrims hosted the first American Thanksgiving, and Puritans arrived later.
The church is an extremely hierarchical organisation, which appears to have prevented people from speaking out about John Smyth’s violent abuse of boys.
The institution is every bit as responsible for the long-term psychological harm as the original abuser.
This 18th-century Tory preacher and Oxford don preached an incendiary political sermon in 1709 and became England’s first celebrity.
With over 80 million believers in 160 countries, the Anglican Communion has been grappling with LGBTQ+ issues since the 1970s.
On several counts, England is now on its way to becoming a secularist society. Nevertheless, there remain cultural differences that prevent it from embracing the French principle of “laïcité”.
The coronation is a Church of England service, expanded for the contemporary age.
In previous generations, a divorcee becoming king would have been unpalatable to many. But Charles embodies the modern character of monarchy and the liberal values of wider society.
Despite the diverse images used for God in Scripture and Christian tradition, male language and images predominate in contemporary Christian worship.
This is far from the first time alternative words for God have been discussed.
King Charles inherits a multi-faith Britain. An expert explains the monarch’s complicated relationship with religion.
A scholar of British history explains how the ornate church and its significance to the monarchy have changed over centuries.
Queen Elizabeth II encouraged tolerance in a multifaith United Kingdom. To appreciate the significance of her efforts, it is important to understand the country’s complicated religious history.
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