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About Theo Hobson

Theo Hobson is a theologian and writer. His books include Against Establishment: An Anglican Polemic (Darton, Longman & Todd, 2004); Anarchy, Church and Utopia: Rowan Williams on the Church (Darton, Longman & Todd, 2005); and Milton's Vision: The Birth of Christian Liberty (Continuum, 2008). His website is here

Articles by Theo Hobson

Wednesday 23rd November

An arch-visionary of Canterbury

Theo Hobson, 23 November 2011
The leading religious authority of the Church of England has disappointed many of the hopes invested in him. Rowan Williams has indeed failed to address the challenges facing the Church and the Anglican Communion, not least its historic entanglement with state power. This is the project that his successor must understand, says Theo Hobson.
Wednesday 26th January

The religious crisis of American liberalism

Theo Hobson, 26 January 2011
The extraordinary arc of Barack Obama’s popular appeal tells a deeper story of America: of how the relationship between liberalism and religion was forged, then frayed and broken, and how the president’s rhetoric offered the mirage of healing. Theo Hobson asks what, if anything, can be recovered from the ashes of a once-potent compact.
Tuesday 9th December

John Milton’s vision

Theo Hobson, 9 December 2008
The ideas of a great 17th-century English Christian radical can still subvert power  
Monday 4th August

The Anglican vision after Lambeth

Theo Hobson, 4 August 2008
The Church of England has survived a test. But the arc of history still poses it a larger challenge
Wednesday 13th February

Rowan Williams: sharia furore, Anglican future

Theo Hobson, 13 February 2008
England's leading churchman exposes a larger national-identity crisis
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