Anglicanism

Michael White's political briefing | David Cameron and the 'Red Tory' philosopher

The Guardian (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago

Never trust an insurance company, trade union or thinktank that resorts to a pretentious Latin name, political veterans warn. Yet David Cameron will tomorrow drop in on the launch of ResPublica, the new tank launched by Phillip Blond, the "Red Tory" poster boy whose pamphleteering skills have helped him raise millions. Every political leader on the edge of power needs a few respectable authors...

Healing the Fault Lines in Christianity - Introduction - Robert S. Munday

VirtueOnline (Free subscription) | yesterday

Healing the Fault Lines in Christianity - Introduction By Robert S. Munday http://toalltheworld.blogspot.com/2009/11/healing-fault-lines-in-christianity.html November 20, 2009 It has been my conviction (indeed, my passion) for quite some time that those of us who are serious about the unity of the Church for which our Lord prayed in John 17, and who are concerned for the contribution that a renewed,...

Primatial Silence on Uganda Part 2

The Changing Attitude Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday

If only Bishopthorpe and Lambeth Palace understood just how important it is at the moment to respond to the experience of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people as much as to young people and to communicate the Christian gospel of love and hope to us. A two hour conversation yesterday revealed why neither Bishopthorpe nor Lambeth Palace are likely to make a public statement about the Uganda...

Pope's bid to win over Anglicans bruised my ego, says Archbishop

VirtueOnline (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago

Pope's bid to win over Anglicans bruised my ego, says Archbishop http://clericalwhispers.blogspot.com/ November 25, 2009 The Archbishop of Canterbury has admitted that the Pope's offer for disaffected Anglicans to convert to Rome left him with a "sore ego" and put him in an "awkward position". But after meeting the Pope at the Vatican this weekend, Dr Rowan Williams insisted that...

• 'Pope's Invitation Will Not Have Effect On Anglican Following' - All Africa

Letter to the congregation

Sevenoaks, St John the Baptist (Free subscription) | yesterday

Following the recent events I have written to all members of our congregation. Here is the letter: A letter to all members of the Congregation of St John the Baptist in Sevenoaks. 18 th November 2009 My dear brothers and sisters, So many different things have been thrown about on the media in these last few weeks regarding Anglo-Catholics. This media speculation was mostly inaccurate and also caused...

Anglicans and Catholics attempt to bridge divide

VirtueOnline (Free subscription) | yesterday

Anglicans and Catholics attempt to bridge divide By Robert Pigott Religious Affairs Correspondent, BBC News November 24, 2009 The meeting between Pope Benedict and the Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams had been billed as something of a showdown. After all, it was the first since the Pope's invitation to disgruntled Anglicans to convert to Catholicism. Many Anglicans had spoken openly of their...

No true solidarity in unity at any cost

Ekklesia (Free subscription) | yesterday

Is Anglicanism in danger of upholding a false kind of unity, asks Savi Hensman. When this involves upholding injustice and cruelty, it can damage not only those on the receiving end but also the cause which is supposedly being championed.

For Cantuar, a Cross

Whispers in the Loggia (Free subscription) | yesterday

Rome's recent rollout of plans to welcome groups of disaffected Anglicans might've left him with what he termed a "sore ego," but at his Saturday audience with B16, the archbishop of Canterbury Dr Rowan Williams received a notable gift (above): a pectoral cross, set with an amethyst... the stone traditionally reserved for bishops. It wasn't the first time Williams received episcopal tribute...

Pope and Anglican Communion leader give dialogue a go ahead

VirtueOnline (Free subscription) | yesterday

Pope and Anglican Communion leader give dialogue a go ahead by Luigi Sandri Ecumenical News International http://tinyurl.com/ycg2fsz November 24, 2009 Pope Benedict XVI and the Archbishop of Canterbury have said relationships between the Roman Catholic Church and the Anglican Communion will not be obstructed by a recent Vatican offer to allow disaffected Anglicans to maintain some of their traditions...

Rowan Williams’ Ego Meets the Catholic Thing

Pope Benedict XVI Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday

On the Culture By Dr. Jeff Mirus November 24, 2009 6:04 PM The Archbishop of Canterbury was obviously deeply annoyed by the Pope’s unilateral announcement that the Church would welcome Anglican congregations under a new Ordinariate. It could hardly be otherwise. And while he has retained the proverbial stiff upper lip throughout, and has uniformly responded with characteristic British understatement,...

Fed up with a Church Times article...

the GATHERING and elsewhere (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009

...and no, it isn't Word from Wormingford this time. This week's centre page spread is taken from a new book A history of the Mothers Union: Women, Anglicanism and globalisation 1876-2008 by Dr. Cordelia Moyse. (Its about £50 from Amazon...

Daily Digest for 24 November 2009

Argie-Bargie (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009

Shared 16 links. Celtic fans heard singing pro-IRA songs at Dundee United (video) Once Mystery, Swiss Soccer Loss Starts to Add Up Second School Paper Gets Burned on Ad for White Supremacists Archbishop of Canterbury and Pope to meet head on in Large Hadron Collider Fifa to meet over play-off issues Beckham suffers cup final [...]

Brazil responds the Anglican Covenant: observations and doubts

The Lead (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009

We note that there has never been a normative statement of faith binding each of the national churches in the Anglican Communion, nor a central source of authority, but a dispersed authority according to the 1930 Lambeth Conference report and the encyclical signed by the bishops attending that Conference,...

ENGLAND: Protest at prelates shun attack on lesbian woman bishop

VirtueOnline (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009

ENGLAND: Protest at prelates shun attack on lesbian woman bishop by Ruth Gledhil The Times Online http://tinyurl.com/yjb8t3l November 24th, 2009 A new group calling itself The LGBT Anglican Coalition, network 'working for the full and equal inclusion of LGBT Christians within and beyond the Church of England', has sent an open letter to the Archbishop of Uppsala, the Most Rev Anders Wejryd and Archbishop...

Modernity – an end to male-run faiths and 'honour' crimes

Muslims Against Sharia (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009

by Joan Smith When demonstrators gathered in London yesterday to protest against sharia, the Archbishop of Canterbury was otherwise engaged with the Pope. It's almost two years since Rowan Williams caused an outcry when he suggested that recognising aspects of sharia would help social cohesion, and, every day, evidence accumulates to show how wrong he was. Women, girls and young men desperately need...