Anglicanism nevertheless survives as the state religion in what is now a multicultural, multi-faith, but mostly faithless society. So, is it any longer relevant to the mass of its citizens?

Bishop Welby acknowledged on Friday he was taking over at “a time of spiritual hunger.”

Summing up the challenge that had confronted Rowan Williams, the departing Archbishop, Fraser Nelson wrote in the Daily Telegraph that, “Dr. Williams has had to keep the Church alive in one of the least religious countries on earth.”

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1. MichaelA wrote: “According to the Church of England’s own figures, Sunday attendance at its 16,000 parish churches has fallen to less than one million.” I would call that a serious problem. On the other hand, 85 million Anglicans in the world is very encouraging to hear. November 10, 6:53 am | [comment link]

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