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Williams gazes down deep well;
sees own face

December 19, 2009 2 Comments

Updated: Does the dispersed nature of Anglicanism and its autonomy, its cultural connections and sensitivity, really wish to take on something that would be impossible – wide and unending talk before anything was done in a geographical area? This process may be Rowan Williams looking down a deep well and seeing his own face, but it is not Anglicanism in its decentralised nature.

Breaking: Final Text of Anglican Covenant

December 18, 2009 19 Comments

The final text of the proposed Anglican Covenant has been posted along with a video message from the Archbishop of Canterbury.

The Ugandan repression in historical context

December 16, 2009 4 Comments

There is much LGBT blood on the hands of the Church of England. Uganda is merely keeping alive those ancient uncouths, with help from the silence of Rowan Williams. Rowan Williams is no Michael Ramsey.

Rowan Williams sorta kinda speaks on the Ugandan bill

December 12, 2009 4 Comments

In an interview with the Rev. George Pitcher of The Telegraph, Rowan Williams, the Archbishop of Canterbury, sorta kinda opposes the ugly anti-gay bill now

The ABC and the POTUS: two of a kind?

December 10, 2009 1 Comment

Question of the day: Does a public figure eventually need to draw a line in the sand, even though a lot of people will end up on the other side of the line?

Rowan Williams, Jon Bruno on Glasspool consent process

December 6, 2009 16 Comments

Anticipating the canonical consent process for Mary Douglas Glasspool, the Archbishop of Canterbury and Bishop Jon Bruno have spoken to some degree. For Bruno, withholding consent because of Glasspool’s sexuality would be tantamount to “a violation of the canons of this church.” For Williams, consent “raises very serious questions … for the Communion as a whole.”

PB interviewed on NPR in Atlanta

December 3, 2009 No Comments

Episcopal Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori is interviewed by WABE’s Denis O’Hayer.

Inclusive Church critiques ABC’s covenant

December 3, 2009 No Comments

These responses express grave concern about the content and implications of “Our Anglican Future”.

The silence of the shepherds

December 1, 2009 7 Comments

We also have an Archbishop of York, John Sentamu, a Ugandan himself, who doesn’t mind a bit of publicity now and again, in jumping out of aeroplanes and refusing to wear his white collar until Robert Mugabe leaves office – but when it comes to Uganda and gay people, and that Anglican Church’s intense homophobia, he suddenly has his mouth all zipped up.

No good reason for silence

November 28, 2009 5 Comments

Andrew Brown of the Guardian rejects the arguments of church officials, American and English, who think they should keep silent about the anti-gay legislation currently before the Ugandan parliament.

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