Throw the bums out
September 16, 2008
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A Jamaican religion editor says the Anglican Communion is a fellowship of wimps and it is high time to throw out the Americans.
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Who would Jesus torture?
September 16, 2008
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A new Faith in Public Life poll released on September 11 says that more than half of Southern Evangelicals believe torture is justified, but their views change when they are reminded of the Golden Rule.
Creationism in British schools? Not!
September 15, 2008
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Will American-style science curriculum wars commence in Great Britain? Not so fast, says Dr. Michael Reiss.
That other covenant
September 15, 2008
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Bonnie Anderson, President of the House of Deputies, reminds us that there is another Covenant within the Anglican Communion that speaks to mission but that
Speaking hope to exiles
September 15, 2008
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The Savannah Morning News describes a visit to Christ Church Episcopal, the congregation of Episcopalians who are exiled from their parish while others attempt to take the congregation and the church buildings out of the Episcopal Church and the Diocese of Georgia.
On Anglican Disunion
September 15, 2008
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Jack Miles writes in Commonweal about the essential nature of Anglican Communion, reflecting on his life in the pew of an Episcopal Church and learning about the strange evolution of the Lambeth Conference since it’s inception.
Legal wrangling, spin and misunderstandings
September 15, 2008
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This week the House of Bishops meets in Salt Lake City. In addition to reflecting on Lambeth, the Bishops will discuss whether or not Bishop Bob Duncan has abandoned the Episcopal Church and, if so, what to do about it.
Remembering Charles Darwin
September 15, 2008
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As the bicentennial of the birth of Charles Darwin in 1809 and the 150th year since the publication of On the Origin of Species approaches, the Church of England has added a section to its web site commemorating Charles Darwin, naturalist and deacon.
Democrats and evangelicals
September 14, 2008
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As Barack Obama and John McCain move into the final two months of this longest of elections, white evangelical or “born again” Christian voters are being fought over more fiercely than at any time in modern history. Both parties employ evangelical outreach specialists. Both are spending a lot of time courting evangelical leaders. And both are holding meetings with “values voters” to try to reassure them.
Evangelicals and torture
September 14, 2008
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The poll of 600 Southern white evangelicals was released Sept. 11 in Atlanta in connection with a national religious summit on torture. It shows not only are white evangelical Southerners more likely than the general populace to believe torture is sometimes or often justified, but also that they are far more likely—to tweak a phrase from Proverbs—to “lean on their own understanding” regarding the subject.
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