Thinking Anglicans

Opinion – 1 October 2025

Ian Paul in conversation with Andrew Atherstone Psephizo History, law, and individual cups at Communion

Colin Coward Unadulterated Love What if we just weren’t made for these things?

Durham University Church of England must do more to recognise dangers of spiritual authority

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Opinion – 24 September 2025

Colin Coward Unadulterated Love Ken Leech Doing Theology in Altab Ali Park

Theo Hobson American theocracy?

Ian Paul Psephizo The demographic crisis in Church of England ministry

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Opinion – 20 September 2025

Kelvin Holdsworth What is in Kelvin’s Head? We are not stewards

Ian Paul Psephizo Money, sex, and power: Will the next archbishop save the Church of England?

Francis Martin Church Times What are the most pressing issues facing the next Archbishop of Canterbury?

Madeleine Davies Church Times Church of England is in need of a structural survey

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Opinion – 17 September 2025

Colin Coward Unadulterated Love Eighty years on – living creatively and optimistically in decadent times

Anon Surviving Church “As though they were gods…..”

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Opinion – 13 September 2025

Rosalind Rutherford Women and the Church Bread and Stones

Colin Coward Unadulterated Love Tricksters versus magicians The state of the House of Bishops and worship in local churches

Kelvin Holdsworth What is in Kelvin’s Head? Listening to the Quiet Revival

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Opinion – 6 September 2025

Tim Wyatt The Critical Friend Make or break
“Is the upcoming appointment of a new Archbishop of Canterbury the last chance saloon for the C of E to save itself?”

Stephen Parsons Surviving Church Learning Lessons from the Rise and Fall of the Nine O’Clock Service

Helen King sharedconversations Is there a quorum in the House of Bishops?

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Opinion – 3 September 2025

David Torrance House of Commons Library What is the Ecclesiastical Committee?

Colin Coward Unadulterated Love The Evolution or Regression of the Church of England

Scarlet Cassock “All the money’s gone — must be the choir’s fault”
[This is part 2; part 1 was published in July.]

Bishop of Oxford An Open Letter to Nigel Farage

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Opinion – 30 August 2025

Colin Coward Unadulterated Love Are Charismatic Evangelical Anglican churches becoming more welcoming and open to LGBTQIA+ people?

Jonathan Surviving Church Three Years On after a NDA: Lessons Learnt

Archdruid Eileen The Beaker Folk of Husborne Crawley Re-envisioning the Midsomer Benefice

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Opinion – 27 August 2025

Ian Gomersall A Retired Rector’s Reflections Church of England’s major data breach

The Church Mouse The Quiet Revival under the microscope

Chine McDonald Theos Is this the end of Theology in Higher Education?

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Opinion – 23 August 2025

Stephen Parsons Surviving Church False Allegations, Rumours and Assumptions

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Opinion – 20 August 2025

Augustine Tanner-Ihm ViaMedia.News Bleeding While Leading: A Theological and Leadership Reflection

Martin Sewell Surviving Church Parting Shots

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Opinion – 16 August 2025

Martin Sewell Surviving Church Resigning from General Synod

Colin Coward Unadulterated Love The Church of England’s absurd position on sex and marriage

Martyn Percy Meander Barnaclization in the Church of England

Helen King ViaMedia.News In the Beginning: Sex, AIDS, Judgment and the Church of England, 1986-1991

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Opinion – 13 August 2025

Jarel Robinson-Brown Modern Church Theologians in Real Life

Colin Coward Unadulterated Love Russell T. Davies says Trump and Reform UK threaten gay rights

Marcus Walker The Critic First signs of an Anglican spring

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Opinion – 9 August 2025

Sarah Coakley Church Times Bring theology back to the parishes

Colin Coward Unadulterated Love Full equality in ministry and relationships for LGBTQIA+ people — Unadulterated Love

Stephen Parsons Surviving Church Gratification and Power – A Problem for the Church

Helen King Premier Christianity I’m celebrating the UK’s first female archbishop. I don’t care that she is in a civil partnership

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Opinion – 6 August 2025

Colin Coward Unadulterated Love Questions for Christianity and the Church of England

Savitri (Savi) Hensman ViaVedia.News Sexuality Issues and the Church’s Theology Problem

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Opinion – 2 August 2025

Tim Wyatt The Critical Friend Made in Sheffield
Also in this week’s newsletter is a piece on the Church in Wales and its new archbishop: Cleaning House

Theo Hobson What do liberal Anglicans want?

Ian Gomersall A Retired Rector’s Reflections Division at ordination

David Torrance House of Commons Library The relationship between church and state in the United Kingdom
A briefing paper on the relationship between church and state in the United Kingdom

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Opinion – 30 July 2025

David Voas The Conversation Is there really a religious revival in England? Why I’m sceptical of a new report

Mark Clavier Well-Tempered What the Heck Are Bishops For?

Michael Hampson ViaMedia.News No First Reading – Four Circumcisions Instead

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Opinion – 26 July 2025

Francis Young Election of the 12th Bishop of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich

Colin Coward Unadulterated Love The Pearl of Great Price

Archdruid Eileen The Beaker Folk of Husborne Crawley Archdruid Eileen’s Sermon on AI

Anon Surviving Church Who is my Neighbour?

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Opinion – 23 July 2025

Helen King ViaMedia.News Jagged Edges: Where Safeguarding Overlaps with the Trust Deficit

Martin Gorick The Observer By reforming its position on sexuality of clergy, Church of England welcomes everyone

Richard Scorer Surviving Church The Matt Drapper Settlement. Damages awarded to plaintiff in ‘exorcism’ case.

Helen King ViaMedia.News July 2025 General Synod: money talks

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Opinion – 19 July 2025

Martin Sewell and Linda Billenness Surviving Church Synod ignores Audit Warnings

Martine Oborne Women and the Church The Church of England’s fifty-year journey from open sexism to concealed sexism

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