A comment on the most controversial funeral of the century.......
Dr Jonathan Chaplin is a Fellow of Wesley House, Cambridge where he contributes to the Centre for Faith in Public Life. An Anglican, he is author of Beyond Establishment: Resetting Church-State Relations in England (SCM 2022). He writes here in a personal capacity.
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Egypt: What chance for the Copts now their champion is dead? copublished with Lapido Media By Jayson Casper Thousands of Coptic Christians swarmed the Orthodox Cathedral in Cairo last Tuesday, bidding farewell to the man who presided over a church of 11 million members. Pope Shenouda’s body, in clerical garb, was set in state upon … Continue Reading
Can the State 'Redefine' Social Institutions? by Jonathan Chaplin As the argument over gay marriage begins to generate heat if not yet light it is evident that a fundamental question in the debate is going to be whether it is within the moral authority of the state to “redefine” something like marriage at all. While … Continue Reading
Baroness Warsi, secularism and putting faith ‘in the mixer’ by Jon Kuhrt First published on Resistance and Renewal Baroness Warsi’s article on faith and secularism in the Daily Telegraph this morning has created an Almighty debate. After the controversies over the banning of prayers at Bideford Council meetings, it’s yet another example of how issues … Continue Reading
How Christian was David Cameron’s Speech? Does it matter, and if so, what, if anything does it signify in terms of society and secularization? By Dr Jenny Taylor Director Lapido Media Secularization is in retreat. One of the surprising aspects of David Cameron’s de-secularizing speech at Christ Church, Oxford to commemorate the end of the … Continue Reading
Three Reasons why everyone should watch Its a Wonderful Life this Christmas By Jon Kuhrt first published on Resistance and Renewal In my view, It’s a Wonderful Life is not the best Christmas film ever. It is simply the best film ever, full stop. Released in 1946, the film focuses on the life of a … Continue Reading
smaller god by Jody Stowell (crowning: mary giving birth to jesus – sara star) gentle Jesus, meek and mild who is this one, who is this child? I do not know him, he did not come in muck and mess in rend of womb little lord Jesus, no crying he makes but the one I … Continue Reading
John 1:14 by Pete Broadbent In the contradiction of the gods of Mammon and the lords of Misrule In the pavement legalities of occupation and assertion, injunction and counterclaim At the interface of tourist and worshipper, occupier and passer-by He pitched his tent among us. In another place and time, where the Eagle standard spreads … Continue Reading
