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title: "Stephen Bates"
date: "2007-11-05T00:00:00+00:00"
modified: "2007-11-05T00:00:00+00:00"
url: "https://newhumanist.org.uk/contributors/stephen-bates/"
post_id: 3568
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# Stephen Bates

Stephen Bates is a staff writer at the Guardian, where he was formerly religious affairs and royal correspondent. His books include A Church at War: Anglicans and Homosexuality (I. B. Tauris, 2004), and God’s Own Country: Religion and Politics in the USA (Hodder & Stoughton, 2007).