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1+ day, 11+ hour ago (12+ words) Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople comes under further attack by Russia'The Church Times...
Oxford university rower has faith in Boat Race outcome
2+ day, 3+ hour ago (852+ words) Thursday 02 April 2026 "I am very grateful for all the opportunities that God has given to me" says'Sarah Marshall FOR the University of Oxford rower Sarah Marshall, her preparation for the annual Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race, which takes place on…...
Book review: Children of Abraham: The story of Jewish-Muslim relations by Marc David Baer
2+ day, 2+ hour ago (310+ words) Thursday 02 April 2026 Fitzroy Morrissey looks at relative levels of anti-Semitism in history These competing narratives emerged and developed in the wake of the almost total breakdown of Muslim-Jewish symbiosis in modern times. Baer lays the blame for this breakdown at…...
Book review: Archbishop Sarah Mullally: And ten urgent challenges for the Church of England by Tim Wyatt and others
2+ day, 3+ hour ago (348+ words) Thursday 02 April 2026 Graham James reviews a book seeking to bend Sarah Mullally's ear Mark Oakley (whose essay on spirituality offers the greatest breadth of perspective) warns against any longing for a superhero Archbishop who will rescue the Church of England…...
Film review: The Stranger
2+ day, 3+ hour ago (312+ words) Thursday 02 April 2026 Stephen Brown reviews the new screen version of Camus's L'tranger Benjamin Voisin as Meursault in The Stranger, a screen adaptation of Albert Camus's novel FRAN'OIS OZON has contributed reinterpretations of various genres. By The Grace Of God (Arts,…...
Alarm raised over fate of pipe organs in Britain
2+ day, 3+ hour ago (465+ words) Thursday 02 April 2026 They face extinction by 2070 unless their rapid decline is arrested, new research suggests The 1825 George Pike England organ of the redundant (Churches Conservation Trust) St John's Chapel, Chichester, recently restored by the organ builders Goetze and Gywnn PIPE…...
Book review: Exploring Spirit: Finding what matters in a broken world by Giles Goddard
2+ day, 2+ hour ago (207+ words) Thursday 02 April 2026 A lyrical and accessible read, says Lyle Dennen The Ven. Dr Lyle Dennen is Archdeacon Emeritus of Hackney, in east London. Save money on books reviewed or featured in the Church Times. To get your reader discount: > Click…...
Book review: The DARE Primer on Global Queer Theologies, edited by Lisa Isherwood and Hugo Córdova Quero
2+ day, 2+ hour ago (579+ words) Thursday 02 April 2026 Adrian Thatcher looks at a range of essays from around the world DARE is the Discernment and Radical Engagement Programme of the Council for World Mission, a worldwide partnership of 36 member Churches, which, since 1977, "has wrestled with how…...
Appointments
2+ day, 3+ hour ago (648+ words) Thursday 02 April 2026 ASHFORD-OKAI. The Revd Fred Ashford-Okai, NS Associate Priest of All Saints, Forest Gate, to be Priest-in-Charge of St Michael and All Angels, Walthamstow (Chelmsford). BENNETT. The Revd Milen Bennett, formerly Assistant Priest of All Saints, Forest Gate (Chelmsford),…...
Paul Vallely: Holy Week has its own geopolitics
2+ day, 3+ hour ago (423+ words) Thursday 02 April 2026 Paul Vallely contrasts the events of 2000 years ago with what happens today Roman Catholic worshipers carry their children on their shoulders as they march in a procession during a Palm Sunday Mass in Beirut, Lebanon, on Sunday AS…...