The Archive

Day: May 31, 2007

Plurality and Diversity Rich Source for Growth

May 31, 2007 No Comments

“It has been proven in our relations that we greatly represent the plurality and diversity that are universal characteristics of Anglicanism and that we hold different positions on the themes that are presently discussed in the Communion. However, we have also experienced that the plurality and diversity we represent has become a rich source for growth, rather than a cause for controversy and division.”

Read More »

Conservative Revisionism?

May 31, 2007 1 Comment

Scott Gunn at Inclusive Church blog has done his history homework on former Archbishop of Canterbury George Carey. Comparing “then” with “now” he finds “there

Read More »

Thursday Daily Office

May 31, 2007 No Comments

Do not fret yourself because of evildoers; *do not be jealous of those who do wrong.For they shall soon wither like the grass, *and like

Read More »

Religious Conflict in Nigeria

May 31, 2007 No Comments

A wide angle view of Nigeria and religion emerges from religious scholars and Nigeria experts gathered in a symposium to discuss the current religious climate.

Read More »

Name It and Claim It

May 31, 2007 1 Comment

Episcopalians in The Falls Church, VA, who did not vote to leave the Episcopal denomination last December have stepped in to claim the historic name

Read More »

A Great Time to Be an Episcopalian

May 31, 2007 No Comments

… the struggle makes it a great time to be an Episcopalian. You can’t avoid tough questions, you have to know what you believe, you have to delve into God’s embracing heart of love and justice. We are trying to find ourselves in ubuntu theology–the theology expressed by Archbishop Desmond Tutu–that “I am a person insofar as you are a person.” In mutual humanity, we find wonder, love, and God.

Read More »

Bias in Media

May 31, 2007 6 Comments

Despite the fact most religious Americans are moderate or progressive, in the news media it is overwhelmingly conservative leaders who are presented as the voice of religion. This represents a particularly meaningful distortion since progressive religious leaders tend to focus on different issues and offer an entirely different perspective than their conservative counterparts.

Read More »

Measuring Success

May 31, 2007 8 Comments

What is important for Episcopalians is what the arc of the Methodist trajectory tells us about ourselves. Once the Methodists became so much like Episcopalians in terms of organization, methods, demands of membership, and a professional seminary-trained clergy they became just as unsuccessful as we’ve always been in terms of evangelism.

Read More »
Archives
Categories
©2006-2025 | Episcopal Cafe