Yarom Hazony, leading conservative thinker and author of The Virtue of Nationalism, has recently been at large promoting a form of conservatism that appears to embrace relativism. Dubbing his view Conservative Democracy, Hazony characterises this conservatism as rejecting the following three ‘liberal axioms’: Universally valid human reason, such that ’by reasoning, [human individuals] are able to... Continue Reading →

What happens when bishops start telling their clergy to act contrary to the teaching of the Bible? We’re about to find out, as more than 100 serving clergy in the Diocese of Oxford have written to their four bishops registering their concern. The cause of their disquiet is recent ‘guidance’ issued by the bishops to their clergy on the... Continue Reading →

Conservative political philosopher Roger Scruton tells in Conservatism: An Invitation to The Great Tradition, published last June, how modern conservatism arose during the Enlightenment as a ‘qualification’ of classical liberalism, accepting the freedom-oriented state but stressing the importance of inherited culture and customs in forging the conditions of freedom. In the book (which incidentally is a... Continue Reading →

The Church of England has responded to criticism about its controversial new guidance on using affirmation of baptism services to mark gender transition. William Nye, writing on behalf of the House of Bishops as its secretary, explains that: ‘The guidance makes no change to the Church’s teaching.’ He adds that the guidance ‘commends and encourages... Continue Reading →

To see the zeal with which Tory Remainers are doing their utmost to thwart Brexit puts one in mind of covert communists during the Cold War. Or is it religious zealots in pursuit of a higher cause? Perhaps these are really the same thing. One useful way of understanding religion is in terms of the deep human... Continue Reading →