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Category: archbishops of Canterbury

  • Michael Ramsey and Cantuar’s predicament

    Though my book on Michael Ramsey, archbishop of Canterbury is hard to regard now as recent, I note a late-appearing review of it, which I had missed until now. It comes from Benjamin Thomas, Episcopalian priest and New Testament scholar, and appeared in Anglican and Episcopal History, 87:2 (2018). Dr Thomas in general has little…

  • The pandemic and the idea of a national church

    Has the Church of England had a good crisis? Well, it rather depends on what you think the CofE is for. Just as was the case in the wake of the death of Princess Diana, the salience of parish churches in local communities has made them a focus for many without a habit of churchgoing,…

  • At home in the King’s Cottage

    In a spacious part of west London, tucked into one of the bends of the Thames, is the open space of Kew Green. Along the south side is a row of handsome eighteenth and early nineteenth century town houses. One of them, Cambridge Cottage – a residence of the Duke of Cambridge – is now…

  • Michael Ramsey and national days of prayer

    The idea of national prayer has been at a discount for decades in the UK. As the leaders of the churches call for a National Day of Prayer and Action on March 22nd in response to the coronavirus crisis, I take a look back. This extract from my 2015 book on Michael Ramsey looks at…

  • Sobornost: the story of a journal

    [A review for the journal British Catholic History.] Aidan Nichols, OP, Alban and Sergius. The Story of a Journal. Leominster: Gracewing, 2019, pp.xii + 514, £25, ISBN: 978-0-85244-937-0 Rare in the scholarly literature are what one might call ‘biographies’ of periodicals, but Sobornost, the subject of this useful and important study, is no ordinary academic…