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Actually, Christopher Hill seems quite moderate in retrospect

Carl Trueman
Apr 9, 2013
Having mocked Christopher Hill for his reaction to Mrs Thatcher's resignation, I find that he was actually moderate compared to some responses today. Reports on the blog of that right-on source of all world truth, The Guardian , describe scenes of widespread celebration at the death of a frail old...

Actually, Christopher Hill seems quite moderate in retrospect

Carl Trueman
Apr 9, 2013
Having mocked Christopher Hill for his reaction to Mrs Thatcher's resignation, I find that he was actually moderate compared to some responses today. Reports on the blog of that right-on source of all world truth, The Guardian , describe scenes of widespread celebration at the death of a frail old...

All that is iron comes to rust

Carl Trueman
Apr 8, 2013
"She is fallen! She is fallen! Babylon the Great is fallen!" These were the words shouted by historian, Christopher Hill, as he ran across the quad of his Oxford college in 1990, on hearing that Mrs. Thatcher had resigned. His studies of religious radicalism and his dialectical materialism exploded...

All that is iron comes to rust

Carl Trueman
Apr 8, 2013
"She is fallen! She is fallen! Babylon the Great is fallen!" These were the words shouted by historian, Christopher Hill, as he ran across the quad of his Oxford college in 1990, on hearing that Mrs. Thatcher had resigned. His studies of religious radicalism and his dialectical materialism exploded...

On Priests, Diversity and Insanitary Bears

Carl Trueman
Apr 5, 2013
It is reported that a campaign is underway to remove from the campus of George Washington University a Roman Catholic priest who has had the temerity to..... uphold his church's teaching on homosexuality and abortion. The saga is recounted here . It would be relatively easy at this point to...

On Priests, Diversity and Insanitary Bears

Carl Trueman
Apr 5, 2013
It is reported that a campaign is underway to remove from the campus of George Washington University a Roman Catholic priest who has had the temerity to..... uphold his church's teaching on homosexuality and abortion. The saga is recounted here . It would be relatively easy at this point to...

Thank goodness for that!

Carl Trueman
Apr 5, 2013
Manchester police have decided to categorise attacks on punks and goths as hate crimes . For anyone who thinks that identity politics has gone mad over recent years, this should come as a strong piece of counter-evidence. It is good to see the law once again recognising the need to support more...

Thank goodness for that!

Carl Trueman
Apr 5, 2013
Manchester police have decided to categorise attacks on punks and goths as hate crimes . For anyone who thinks that identity politics has gone mad over recent years, this should come as a strong piece of counter-evidence. It is good to see the law once again recognising the need to support more...

An Interview with Diarmaid MacCulloch

Carl Trueman
Apr 4, 2013
This week's Spectator carries an interview with the distinguished Reformation scholar, Diarmaid MacCulloch. Professor MacCulloch is perhaps the greatest living historian of the English Reformation, if not Christianity as a whole ( pace the article, he is head and shoulders above David Starkey) and...

An Interview with Diarmaid MacCulloch

Carl Trueman
Apr 4, 2013
This week's Spectator carries an interview with the distinguished Reformation scholar, Diarmaid MacCulloch. Professor MacCulloch is perhaps the greatest living historian of the English Reformation, if not Christianity as a whole ( pace the article, he is head and shoulders above David Starkey) and...