​Richard Dawkins is a Christian? Sort of. Here’s the problem with cultural Christianity

Richard Dawkins shocked many by declaring himself a “cultural Christian” over the Easter weekend. Chine McDonald explains what it might mean

I’m sure there are prayer groups around the world who have been praying for Richard Dawkins’ soul for decades. Some of them might have thought their prayers had finally be answered, when over the weekend the evolutionary biologist said he was a Christian. Perhaps Professor Dawkins had in fact finally turned to the Lord after encountering God at Greenbelt 18 months ago?

Maybe – some may have thought – we’ll be hearing his testimony at other Christian festivals or in interviews soon.

Or maybe not. Because it turns out that Dawkins isn’t actually a fully paid-up follower of Jesus.

Well, what kind of Christian is he, then? A Methodist, an Anglican, a Pentecostal, an evangelical?