Tag Archives: Rowan Williams

Jesus, Satan and Alain de Botton – why romantic religion is dangerous too

In recent posts here, I’ve been setting out where I am in the freethought community, or more precisely where I’m not – specifically, why I don’t call myself ‘A+’ or ‘humanist’, and why I don’t focus on secularism. I’m going to discuss romantic religion here – or, as it’s sometimes been called, atheist religion. By [...]

The Church of England’s tolerant new message: shut the fuck up

Suddenly, and despite having just announced he’ll resign this year, Rowan Williams has in recent weeks become a reactionary Archbishop of Canterbury. His predecessor George Carey is now leading the church’s charge for traditional marriage, so perhaps stepping down as ABC is politicising – though he’s joined by John Sentamu, the heir presumptive to Williams, [...]