The Feast of St. Benedict
July 11, 2006
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Today is the feast of St. Benedict of Nursia, one of my two favorite saints. I am drawn to Benedictine spirituality because it is so
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FEB (Female English Bishops) Watch
July 11, 2006
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As those of you following its General Synod know, the Church of England is heading with gathering momentum toward allowing women to become bishops. Matthew
The Archbishop of Cape Town on the “Heartlands of Anglicanism”
July 11, 2006
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The Archbishop of Cape Town has written to the Primates of the Anglican Communion issuing a strong call to uphold the ‘ broad rich heartlands
An Evangelical’s Lament
July 10, 2006
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Randall Balmer surveys the religious right, and doesn’t like what he sees: “Evangelicals have come a long way since … 1972. We have moved from
The Stem Cell Debate
July 10, 2006
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Today on Slate, Michael Kinsley argues that stem cell research raises fewer moral and ethical questions than the everyday conduct of a fertility clinic. He
Bishop Jefferts Schori answers 10 Questions for Time
July 10, 2006
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Rough waters aren’t new to Katharine Jefferts Schori, 52, a former oceanographer who is the Presiding Bishop-elect of the Episcopal Church of the U.S.A. Bishop
Time to re-think?
July 8, 2006
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Theo Hobson has written perhaps the most penetrating analysis tht I have read of the intellectual impasse at which liberals in the Anglican Communion find
Saturday cartoons
July 8, 2006
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I am resisting the temptation to to atttempt instant commentary on the Archbishop of Canterbury’s speech yesterday to the General Synod. Instead, I offer these
The Archbishop of Canterbury: Further thoughts on the Communion
July 7, 2006
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Here is the address that Archbishop Rowan Williams gave to the Churchof England’s General Synod today. A few excerpts: When I said, as I did
Is the Communion too much bother?
July 7, 2006
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The Church Times asks this question in its lead editorial, and suggests that the answer may be: Yes. “The key benefit of belonging to an
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