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Reviews: Henry VIII: King and Court by Alison Weir, and The Pilgrimage of...
Diarmaid MacCulloch examines resistance to the 'Tudor Stalin', in Henry VIII: King and Court by Alison Weir, and The Pilgrimage of Grace and the Politics of the 1530s by R W Hoyle Henry VIII: King and...
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Review: The First Crusade and The Fourth Crusade and the Sack of Constantinople
Diarmaid MacCulloch finds the shabby reality of the Crusades in accounts from Thomas Asbridge and Jonathan Phillips The First Crusade: A New Historyby Thomas Asbridge 408pp, Free Press, £20The Fourth...
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Diarmaid MacCulloch: The end of days: a self-fulfilling prophecy
Why should anyone apart from scholars pay any attention to Europe's 16th-century Reformation? I wrote a large book, Reformation: Europe's House Divided 1490-1700, to show that these ancient upheavals...
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Review: Earthly Powers by Michael Burleigh
Diarmaid MacCulloch is fascinated by Michael Burleigh's study of the secularisation of European politics, Earthly PowersEarthly Powers: The Conflict Between Religion and Politics From the French...
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Review: The Great Transformation by Karen Armstrong
Karen Armstrong continues her expanding project of explaining religion to the modern world with The Great Transformation, says Diarmaid MacCullochThe Great Transformation: The World in the Time of...
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Review: Rome and Jerusalem by Martin Goodman
Diarmaid MacCulloch lauds Martin Goodman's compelling account of two crucial centuries in Jewish history, Rome and JerusalemRome and Jerusalem: The Clash of Ancient Civilisations by Martin...
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Pope Benedict opens new front in battle for the soul of two churches
The pope's offer to Church of England members to switch to the Vatican was ill thought-out and could signal a struggle for the soul of both churchesOver the centuries, the great church councils of...
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Why we should be thankful for Rowan Williams and his church of common sense
The Church of England has taken a pounding from critics, but Rowan Williams has reasons to be cheerful as Christmas approaches, says a leading Anglican historian and commentatorDear Archbishop...
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Bishops act the bully in parliament | Diarmaid MacCulloch
In denying the right of smaller groups to decide whom they marry, some C of E bishops look rather like hypocritesIt is more than 170 years since the Church of England was last able to dictate as to who...
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Vatican II: Benedict rewrites history | Diarmaid MacCulloch
At a speech in Portugal Pope Benedict gave us a rare insight into his feelings about the second Vatican councilOn 12 May Pope Benedict XVI spoke about truth, history and the church. His backdrop was...
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The Popes: A History by John Julius Norwich – review
This stylish and enjoyable history of the heads of the Roman Catholic church begs some serious questionsOne of Agatha Christie's novels has always caused heart-searching among her devotees. I will not...
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Compulsory celibacy is wrong and damaging for all clergy – straight or gay |...
Not everyone called to the priesthood is also called to celibacyChristians outside the Roman Catholic church, and very many inside, can see what a nonsense compulsory clerical celibacy is. Its effect...
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The Anglican church can start afresh | Diarmaid MacCulloch
The recent vote against the Anglican Covenant is hugely significant. But are the bishops ready to listen?Something very significant in the history of the Church of England happened on Saturday. An...
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Women bishops: Jesus was happy with female apostles. What is the CofE's problem?
The Anglican church is embroiled in another debate over the role of women in its hierarchy. If the general synod refuses to back female bishops, it will be taking the wrong lessons from historyFor...
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Saints, Sacrilege & Sedition by Eamon Duffy - review
How Protestant was Tudor England? By Diarmaid MacCullochEamon Duffy secured his historical reputation with a great and eloquent book, The Stripping of the Altars, listening to voices that others had...
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Who is the antichrist? Not Obama. Not even Satan, exactly | Diarmaid MacCulloch
He's a shape-shifter, and the shape-shifting is the reason he has been so useful for conspiracy theorists down the agesPhew. Only one in four Americans suspect Barack Obama might be the antichrist,...
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Our Church by Roger Scruton – review
What makes the C of E special? This account of Anglicanism is full of cliches and misrepresentationsI begin this review with a declaration of interest. Roger Scruton and I are rather alike. When very...
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Diarmaid MacCulloch: The end of days: a self-fulfilling prophecy
Why should anyone apart from scholars pay any attention to Europe's 16th-century Reformation? I wrote a large book, Reformation: Europe's House Divided 1490-1700, to show that these ancient upheavals...
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Review: Earthly Powers by Michael Burleigh
Diarmaid MacCulloch is fascinated by Michael Burleigh's study of the secularisation of European politics, Earthly PowersEarthly Powers: The Conflict Between Religion and Politics From the French...
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Review: The Great Transformation by Karen Armstrong
Karen Armstrong continues her expanding project of explaining religion to the modern world with The Great Transformation, says Diarmaid MacCullochThe Great Transformation: The World in the Time of...
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