Church of England

What are our cathedrals for?

Changes to the management of cathedrals have obscured the very point of their existence

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Dumbing down the priesthood

Unless the Church reinstates rigorous college-based training for clerics, it will wither away

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Preaching to a dwindling choir

Once the default denomination of tycoons and the WASP elite, America’s Episcopal Church is struggling

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Common prayer

Britain, and her monarchy, have a language fitted for times of joy and sorrow alike — so why does the Church of England make such poor use of our traditional liturgy?

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The deep wisdom of rootedness

Society has lost touch with the people and places who helped to shape it in the first place

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The failure of Anglican managerialism

The decline in church attendance is a symptom of deeper problems than poor management

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Gutless humanism

In their war on all things religious, Humanists UK likes to pick soft targets

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The road to Wigan’s tears

The Church’s drive to remake itself has been a pastoral and financial catastrophe

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Concern trolling the clergy

The Church of England should reject The Times’ advice

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Blessed are the poor? Really?

Why won’t the wealthy C of E help impoverished parishes?

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