The Easter edition of the Spectator took a refreshingly upbeat stance on the State of Christendom, with Justin Brierley setting out his argument that we are seeing a Christian revival in England.
Drawing on the much-reported religious experiecne of historian Tom Holland, he said that he could “see signs that he [God] is moving in the minds and hearts of secular intellectuals”. Brierley ended his piece on an optimistic note, quoting G.K. Chesterton’s observation that “Christianity has died many times and risen again; for it had a God who knew the way out of the grave”.
Perhaps the most unexpected intellectual to have recently expressed positive rumblings on the value of Christianity to society was none other than the scientist Richard Dawkins, going so far as to even describe himself on LBC as a “cultural Christian”. Perhaps Brierley is onto something?
On Easter morning, it was a great pleasure to open X (formerly Twitter) to see ecstatic posts from newly baptised Catholics expressing their joy at having been received into the Church at the Easter Vigil. Moving images of Tammy Peterson, wife of the famous and controversial public intellectual Dr. Jordan Peterson, being received at…
