Blog Profile / Faith Based
| URL : | http://www.spectator.co.uk/faithbased/ | |
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| Filed Under: | Religion | |
| Posts on Regator: | 13 | |
| Posts / Week: | 0.1 | |
| Archived Since: | June 27, 2011 | |
Blog Post Archive
Rick's religious concerns
Everyone knows about Mitt Romney's Mormonism — and that his religion might freak voters out — but what about Rick Santorum's connection to Opus Dei? Santorum is not, he says, a member of ‘the work’. But he is close to it. His parishShow More Summary
Catholics and minority rights
Charles Moore insists that the definition of marriage should not be decided by appeals to minority rights, for it is a public matter. When the law restricts the meaning of marriage, ‘it is seeking the best cultural reconciliation between personal desires and our general wellbeing. Show More Summary
The case against gay marriage
Last night, we posted Douglas Murray's conservative argument in favour of same-sex marriage. Here's the opposite view: Consultations are, for the prudent, an exercise you only engage in when you’re quite sure of the outcome. I’m notShow More Summary
The defence of Christianity needs a little more nuance
Our Christian tradition is complicated. Very complicated. If you know of anything more complicated on the face of the planet, please let me know. In fact, please don’t. We have to face this complexity — even if this means discussing the history of ideas to some extent. Show More Summary
Abbott couldn't be grandstanding, could she?
For anyone who doesn’t think of abortion as an unqualified good for humankind, today’s Diane Abbott row is quite sad. Abbott has walked out of the cross-party talks on abortion counseling, calling them a ‘front for driving through the anti-choice lobbyists' preferred option.’ ‘I entered into the meetings in good faith,’ she huffs. Show More Summary
Anti-Catholic Times?
Today’s Times has a sensational follow-up to the horrible story about a paedophile monk at Downside school. Sean O’Neill reports that – following the scandal of Fr Richard White, who last week was jailed for five years for gross indecency...Show More Summary
An ecclesiastical attack on the government?
Last week, Archbishop Nichols of Westminster, the spiritual leader of Catholics in England and Wales, said that the government’s cuts ‘are already being felt disproportionally by the most vulnerable.’ This, The Catholic Herald reported, is the closest any Catholic bishop has come to attacking the austerity agenda. Show More Summary
Why is Rome keeping schtum about Pastor Nadarkhani?
The blogger Archbishop Cranmer has done some excellent work drawing attention to the case of Pastor Nadarkhani, who is to be executed in Iran because he refuses to recant his Christian faith. One doesn’t have to be a martyrologist, or even a Christian, to recognise the Pastor’s courage. Show More Summary
A Catholic-Lutheran rapprochement?
Ecumenism doesn’t excite the media, as a rule. The quest for Christian unity usually involves beardy men drinking tea together, making safe and unfunny jokes about themselves, and agreeing to disagree. It doesn¹t make headlines. Tomorrow,...Show More Summary
Is the Pope a Lutheran?
Ecumenism doesn’t excite the media, as a rule. The quest for Christian unity usually involves beardy men drinking tea together, making safe and unfunny jokes about themselves, and agreeing to disagree. It doesn¹t make headlines. Tomorrow,...Show More Summary
Gripped by 'Dominion'
What on earth is ‘Dominionism’? Lots of Americans who first heard the word just a few weeks ago are suddenly feeling very angry about it. Liberals say that the US constitution is facing a ‘Dominionist threat’ in the form of Michele Bachman and Rick Perry, two Republicans running for president in 2012. Show More Summary
Rod, God and secularists
Thank heavens for Rod Liddle. Last night’s Spectator debate – "Secularism is a greater threat to Christianity than Islam" – was a feisty affair, as Kate Maltby suggests. At times, it teetered on outright nastiness. But Rod the Moderator was all coolness and balm. Show More Summary
Williams skirts around the issue
Rowan Williams is compensating for his part in the royal wedding. Having shown off the Tory traditionalist side of the Church on the world stage with such aplomb, he feels an acute need to go the other way, and revive the Church's leftish radicalism. Show More Summary