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Assisted dying

results from a survey of Anglican views

Features

Surprised by faith

Lamorna Ash’s ‘Christian road trip’

Faith

Sing to the lord

why hymns matter — part of our season on music

NEWS

Bishops join other faith leaders in urging Prime Minister to ‘reconsider’ migration rhetoric

FIFTEEN bishops have joined Jewish, Muslim and other Christian leaders in calling on the Prime Minister to reconsider his words on migration

16 May 2025

What will the General Synod debate in July?

CHURCH finances, redress for survivors of abuse, and a bid to remove Issues in Human Sexuality from the vocations process are among the items on the agenda for the meeting of the General Synod in July

16 May 2025

Pope Leo pledges to speak out against global inequalities in his first meeting with diplomats

POPE LEO XIV has urged all governments to work for “truth, justice, and peace”, while also reaffirming the Roman Catholic Church’s traditional teaching on family relationships and human dignity

16 May 2025

Strategic mission funding ‘means more worshippers’ for Church of England

16 May 2025

Cycling cellist sets out on pilgrimage to 42 cathedrals

16 May 2025

Church attendance ‘moving closer’ to pre-pandemic numbers, early figures for 2024 suggest

16 May 2025

Comment

If Labour will not tackle child poverty, who will?

16 May 2025

Anglicans say no to assisted dying, but why?

16 May 2025

Common factor in grooming gangs

16 May 2025

Features

Interview with Lamorna Ash: Surprised by faith

16 May 2025

TikTok evangelism: Demystifying the fuddy-duddy old Church of England

09 May 2025

VE Day 80: ‘The crowd lost all control’

08 May 2025

BOOKS REVIEWED THIS WEEK

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Book review: Unmaking Mary: Shattering the myth of perfect motherhood by Chine McDonald
Melanie Marshall reads reflections on Mary and motherhood pressures
Book review: Theology and the Mythic Sensibility: Human myth-making and divine creativity by Andrew Shamel
John Saxbee considers the implications of this cultural phenomenon
Book review: J. R. R. Tolkien: A very short introduction by Matthew Townend
Alexander Faludy looks at a Tolkien introduction
Book review: The Bible and Farm Animal Welfare by David Grumett
Here is expert opinion in the light of scripture, says Dominic Walker

Faith

6th Sunday of Easter

16 May 2025

Why congregations should have hymn books

16 May 2025

In the parish: How to run a successful hymnathon

16 May 2025

Regulars

Dave Walker

16 May 2025

Crossword No. 1721

16 May 2025

Notebook: Peter Stanford

16 May 2025

Gazette

Obituary: The Revd Ronald Corp

16 May 2025

Appointments

16 May 2025

Deaths

16 May 2025

Audio & Video

Podcast: Who will choose the next Archbishop of Canterbury?

16 May 2025

Podcast: Paul Vallely reflects on the life of Pope Francis

25 Apr 2025

Podcast: Sam Wells on Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s Ethics

09 Apr 2025

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