As Margaret Thatcher now retires from the public arena due to ill health, I still remember well the scene as she assumed the pulpit as Prime Minister to deliver her address on “Christianity and Wealth” to the 1988 General Assembly of the Church of Scotland. What was also memorable for other reasons was the sight of various ministers of Scotland’s largest presbyterian denomination queuing up to register their formal protests before she began her famous “Sermon on the Mound” (the Mound being the site of the General Assembly building). One may wonder what their protests were about. Was it because … Continue reading The Church of Socialism