Church of England and race

May 4, 2021 by Andrew Symes

Just before Easter, we received media notification that the Church of England was about to release a report from an anti-racism taskforce, which would identify examples of extensive racism within the church, and outline potential solutions such as quotas for numbers of BAME clergy and senior leaders.

Trailing the report’s release was a BBC Panorama programme, reviewed here:

BBC Panorama smears the Church of England as ‘racist’, by Archbishop Cranmer

and then the report itself came out: ‘From Lament to Action’ (read here). A selection of analysis and comment follows:

From Lament To Action: the report of the Archbishops’ Anti-Racism Taskforce, by Archbishop Cranmer

The C of E has fallen for anti-Christian theories of race, by Michael Nazir-Ali, Spectator

How should the Church respond to race? by Ian Paul, Psephizo

Racism in the Church of England: what’s the answer? by David Robertson, Christian Today

The C of E’s misguided obsession with statues, by Daniel French, Spectator

If ‘contested’ monuments, statues and memorials must fall, who shall stand? by Archbishop Cranmer

Church of England reviews thousands of monuments with links to slavery and colonialism in churches in wake of BLM movement – with some to be axed, by Katie Feehan, Mailonline

Why Christianity And Critical Race Theory Cannot Coexist, by Delano Squires, The Federalist

Being Critical of Critical Race Theory, by Deacon Gerard-Marie Anthony, Crisis Magazine