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Giles Fraser: Too much religion is bad for your faith Last Sunday morning, I took my daughter swimming. Subscriber only	Don’t lose your pastoral heart I overheard a clerical colleague: “Visiting — parish visiting? That’s old hat these days.” Subscriber only	Paul Vallely: Spread the money and power Do not get between the hippos and the water, the sign said. It was the only danger around. Subscriber only

Leader: A light that can lighten Lent This is going to be an extraordinary year for all who enter into the rhythm of the Church’s calendar. Subscriber only	100 Years Ago ‘Bible teaching’ in schools Subscriber only	Why the English are no longer C of E by default ‘This was the atheistic Trojan horse. Religion was assumed to be a private choice’ Subscriber only

Simon Parke: Manipulating the latent tribal fears IT WAS in a holy place that we learned that Satan can often be a label. Subscriber only	Making the most of our talents TURMOIL in global financial markets caused by the widespread failure of sub-prime loans in the United States leaves one wondering. Subscriber only	What draws clerics to railways? The Revd Wilbert Vere Awdry became Vicar of Emneth in the diocese of Ely in 1953. Subscriber only

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