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The next bishop of Hereford will be Richard Jackson. Bishop Richard, who is currently Suffragan Bishop of Lewes in East Sussex, will take up his role in the New Year and will be the 106th Bishop of Hereford, a church position that dates back to 676.

Hereford Diocese website. 3 September 2019

The Ecumenical Adviser to the Archbishop of Canterbury is to be the new Director of Unity, Faith and Order for the Anglican Communion.

El Consejero Ecuménico del Arzobispo de Canterbury será el nuevo Director para la Unidad, Fe y Orden para la Comunión Anglicana.

O Assessor para Assuntos Ecumênicos do Arcebispo de Cantuária será o novo Diretor para a Unidade, Fé e Ordem da Comunhão Anglicana.

The Church of England has published its Ministry statistics for 2018; a copy of its Press Relase, link to the statistics  and the commentary are reproduced below.

David Pocklington, "Church of England ministry statistics – 2018" in Law & Religion UK, 2 September 2019,

How we think about economic suffering matters for our actions, both individually and through policy processes. Is poverty natural and hence inevitable? Is it an inevitable consequence of modern market arrangements? Where is individual responsibility for economic choices? Our answers to these sorts of questions determine how much effort we put into alleviating economic suffering and how this effort is directed.

Paul Oslington. ABC Religion & Ethics. 28 August 2019

Remainers must stop 'whingeing' and accept the verdict of the referendum, the Archbishop of Canterbury has warned. Justin Welby said he was a 'democrat' and the focus should be on reuniting the country rather than reversing the outcome of the vote.  

James Tapsfield. Mailonline. 1 September 2019

The Archbishop of Canterbury has spoken of the need to ensure that minority groups in India are respected as he embarks on a 10-day pilgrimage to the country.

Christian Today 1 September 2019

Evangelist Franklin Graham has announced plans for an eight city UK tour in 2020.

Marcus Jones. Premier. 30 August 2019

Nick Spencer reviews ‘Science and the Good: The Tragic Quest for the Foundations of Morality’ by James Davison Hunter and Paul Nedelsky.

Theos 12/08/2019

The Church of Scotland has strongly criticised Boris Johnson's plans to suspend Parliament in a bid to force through a no deal Brexit.

Christian Today. 29 August 2019

Churchgoers will be donning their wellies this autumn as they do their bit to boost biodiversity in their local communities and help protect the natural world.

Christian Today 29 August 2019

Evidence from 1.5 million page-reads: On 29 August 2019, the number of “readers’ views” of our posts on L&RUK  exceeded 1.5 million. It seemed only a short time since we passed the one million mark last year, but now seems an appropriate time to reflect on those posts which have attracted the greatest number of readers, and tentatively to speculate on the reasons for their popularity.

David Pocklington, "Recent interest in law and religion in the UK" in Law & Religion UK, 30 August 2019,

Accompanied by the crunch of joggers’ footsteps on the gravel path circling the narrow strip of green in the city’s trendy Logan Square neighborhood and the rumbling of a passing El train, one of the picnickers took a piece of pita bread and broke it in half. “This is our body,” he said, passing it to the person sitting next to him. Each person repeated the gesture before digging into a spread of food from a nearby restaurant.

Emily McFarlan Miller. Religion News Service.  29 August 2019

Only a minority of people now want a traditional religious funeral, with most preferring friends and family to have a get-together, or not wanting a fuss made at all, a new study suggests.

Press Association on Premier. 29 August 2019

The Archbishop of Canterbury emphasized the need for Christian unity on Thursday as he paid tribute to the victims of the Easter Sunday bomb attacks at a Roman Catholic church in Sri Lanka.

Associated Press in Mailonline. 29 August 2019

Where did religion first come from, and how can we explain why humans seem so drawn to religious ideas? In this guest blog Mark Vernon explores an emerging theory of the origin of religion, the trance hypothesis.

Theos. 19 August 2019

This year’s ‘fantasy football’ fever seems to have infected the political realm, writes Ben Ryan.

Theos. 28 August 2019