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How a ‘biblically illiterate’ generation can discover Christian art
The new Holy Smoke episode is a significant departure from our usual formula. It’s a discussion about the profound and neglected meaning of Christian…
5 years, 11 months ago
The woke new Archbishop of York
Archbishop Stephen Cottrell made the headlines even before he was enthroned last week, when he ‘revealed’ that Jesus was black. This came as news to …
6 years ago
Who will be the next Pope?
Damian speaks to Edward Pentin, a veteran Rome correspondent whose upcoming book, The Next Pope, runs the rule over the runners and riders for Franci…
6 years ago
The creepy doctrines of Black Lives Matter
With Professor Richard Landes, an expert on millennial or apocalyptic movements.
Presented by Damian Thompson.
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6 years ago
Suicide by secularisation: how the churches are dying
Today’s episode of Holy Smoke exposes the extent to which ordinary Christians have been betrayed by their own bishops. This is a process that began d…
6 years, 1 month ago
American Christianity will recover from the virus, but English churches are in big trouble
When the shadow of the coronavirus is finally lifted, the British public will have a long list of people to thank: doctors, nurses, cleaners, shop as…
6 years, 2 months ago
Is this the dawn of a new totalitarianism?
This week’s Holy Smoke podcast is about the strange and unstable world created by digital technology: one in which distinguishing between truth and f…
6 years, 2 months ago
Have the churches been betrayed by their bishops?
Last week I was sent a copy of a devastating 7,000-word letter accusing the Catholic bishops of England and Wales of grossly mishandling the coronavi…
6 years, 2 months ago
Cancer and life in lockdown
In this week’s episode of Holy Smoke, I get to interview my personal heroine – my younger sister, Carmel Thompson. She was diagnosed with stage four …
6 years, 3 months ago
Unlock the churches!
Harry Mount, the editor of The Oldie, is appalled that thanks to the coronavirus regulations, he can't seek spiritual comfort in any of Britain's glo…
6 years, 3 months ago