Rochester Cathedral in Kent opened its nine-hole crazy golf course to the public last month and Peterborough Cathedral is having a gin and prosecco festival – all as part of a bid to continue the success of Cathedral attendance in England, with their numbers growing in comparison to parish churches.
However, Norwich Cathedral has received accusations of being ‘preoccupied with the demands of society’ by building a 55ft helter skelter next to their impressive stained glass window.
Rt Dr Gavin Ashenden, former Chaplain to the Queen, told The Telegraph: “There’s a sliding scale between mockery and blasphemy. It’s a mockery because it’s treating God like a tourist attraction, instead of as the creator of the universe who is going to hold us accountable for our ethical failures.
“It becomes blasphemy at the point where the cathedrals represent a long line of belief – much of which is martyred belief – people have paid with their lives to believe in Christ and a cathedral is the corporeal embodiment of Christ.”
Canon librarian at Norwich Cathedral, Doctor Peter Doll told Premier before it was open: “Over the centuries they (cathedrals) have always rebuilt and adapted and use different means to reach out to new audiences so that they remain relevant to the life of the world around them.
“We’re not doing it just as a gimmick to get people into the cathedral. We want to…
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