By Tom Holland2019-08-01T00:00:00
Best-selling historian and author Tom Holland responds to the latest British Social Attitudes survey which shows declining Christianity and rising atheism
The success of Christianity, the most influential framework for making sense of human existence that has ever existed, has always depended on people who tend not to feature in history books. It was not in churches, or monasteries, or universities that the mass of the Christian people were most influentially shaped. Rather, it was in the home that children were likeliest to absorb the revolutionary teachings that, over the course of 2,000 years, have come to be so taken for granted as almost to seem human nature.
Down the generations, down the centuries, down the millennia these teachings have been passed. Only Jews can lay claim to anything comparable: a living tradition that can be traced back along an unbroken line to the long-vanished civilisation of the Roman Empire.
2021-11-15T16:27:00Z By Alistair McKitterick
In re-defining Christian concepts of morality, the soul, free will and more, atheism is leaving our society hollow and directionless. By contrast, it is belief in the God of scripture which upholds and strengthens our understanding of meaning, truth and freedom, argues Alistair McKitterick
2025-09-12T13:21:00Z By Andy Kind
The public murder of the Christian and conservative activist Charlie Kirk has prompted a variety of depressing responses, says Andy Kind. Our words on social media reveal much about the state of our hearts, he says
2025-08-29T10:17:00Z By Bruce Miller
How do we find meaning beyond the mundane? In this new series, Bruce Miller attempts to answer some of the questions that people most often ask the internet about God
2025-09-15T15:54:00Z By Billy Hallowell
He may have been known as a conservative commentator and founder of Turning Point USA, but Charlie Kirk said his faith in Jesus was ”the most important thing”, notes Billy Hallowell
2025-09-15T14:13:00Z By James Mildred
The assisted dying bill is still making its way through Parliament. James Mildred explains how Peers have responded to it, and explains what’s likely to happen next
2025-09-12T08:20:00Z By Gemma Hunt
No amount of glitz and glamour can mask the realities of our life from God, says Gemma Hunt. He sees us just as we are – and he loves us anyway
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