From today’s Guardian: America’s evangelical Christians are anti-gay, pro-gun, keen on capital punishment and obsessed with lower taxes. And, of course, they all vote Republican. At least, that’s what vicar Giles Fraser thought – until he went to meet them
There have been many articles and posts over the evening on Rowan Williams’ suggestion that some form of British accomadation for Muslim Sharia law was inevitable. We’ve tried to collect a number of those here.
A careful comparison of the new draft of the Covenant with the previous ones serves to highlight the changes that were made to in response to comments from around the Communion. The role of the Primate’s meeting is made less central and an explicit format for conflict resolution is now introduced.
Given that they have been marrying people for centuries, the clergy ought to know a thing or two about weddings. So it may come as a surprise to learn the Scottish Episcopal Church will be represented for the first time at the country’s biggest wedding show.
Writing in City Journal, conservative thinker James Q. Wilson examines why Jews mistrust Evangelical Christians, who are perhaps the strongest supporters of Israel next to Jews themselves.
The Archbishop of Canterbury said today sharia law should be introduced in the UK for Muslims.
Rowan Williams told BBC Radio 4’s World at One the introduction of the controversial system of Islamic justice in the UK was “unavoidable.” Read the interview.
The mainstream media greeted the release of the St. Andrew’s Draft of the proposed Anglican Covenant with a yawn. Coverage in the United Kingdom was light, coverage in the United States nonexistant. The media’s lack of interest in the ongoing struggle for control of the Anglican Communion has both an upside and a downside for the Episcopal Church.
Please visit our multimedia meditations and scroll down to the Stations of the Cross. Or explore the offerings at Anglicans Online and elsewhere.
The first media reports have appeared that interpret the St. Andrew’s draft of an Anglican Covenant. Jonathan Petre, religious correspondent for The Telegraph writes, ‘An international “court of appeal”, with the Archbishop of Canterbury at its centre, is to be created to avert the collapse of worldwide Anglicanism, it has been announced.’
From the Global South Anglican website: The Global South Anglican Theological Formation and Education Task Force submitted their Interim Report to the Global South Primates