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AM on Advent Letter - 3rd Critique
12/01/2008 22:40
AM also express a concern that “the Archbishop accepts that TEC should remain part of the Anglican Communion fellowship”. The obvious problem here is that there is currently no mechanism by which TEC can be removed from the Anglican Communion – hence again the importance of the covenant.
The...
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AM on Advent Letter - 4th Critique
12/01/2008 22:39
AM believes that the Archbishop - in maintaining that “genuine ministry and mission can survive even where the reading of Scripture is so defective that other parts of the Communion find it to be no longer recognisably ‘Christian’” – does not make sense.
I share AM’s concern here about allowing...
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AM on Advent Letter - 5th Critique
12/01/2008 22:38
Finally, AM protest that
instead of calling the Primates, who are representative leaders of their provinces to meet to consider TEC’s response to Dar-es-Salaam, the Archbishop has himself decided not to meet them and has substituted a hand-picked team of supposed specialists to determine the...
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AM on Advent Letter - Conclusion
12/01/2008 22:37
Finally, AM protest that
instead of calling the Primates, who are representative leaders of their provinces to meet to consider TEC’s response to Dar-es-Salaam, the Archbishop has himself decided not to meet them and has substituted a hand-picked team of supposed specialists to determine the...
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Who knows what about the Christmas story?
08/12/2007 22:46
A survey carried out by the public theology think tank, Theos, has been getting quite a bit of publicity with reports in the Telegraph, the Times, and on the BBC website which has an extensive discussion about the results.
The survey presented 4 multiple choice questions to a sample of 1015...
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Revisiting the Anglican Communion map
05/12/2007 23:18
The Fulcrum Newsletter I wrote and noted on the blog last week - entitled "The Anglican Communion: Mapping the Terrain" - led to a fascinating level of response, much of it critical.
As a result I’ve written two further pieces trying to engage with some of the issues raised. As they are rather too...
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T.F. Torrance (1913-2007)
03/12/2007 07:37
Awoke this morning to find an email with the sad news that Professor T.F. Torrance died yesterday, Sunday, 2nd December 2007.
The first of doubtless many tributes to this theological giant is by George Hunsinger.
For those unaware of the greatness and significance of the man and his life and...
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Mapping the Anglican Communion
30/11/2007 23:19
Fulcrum have just published a piece I’ve written on the current state of play in the Anglican Communion as their November newsletter (also available as PDF)
In summary, I develop my earlier ’four quadrant’ view of different stances and suggest that the spectrum of views on homosexuality can be...
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Some interesting articles relating to war
30/11/2007 23:09
Just discovered some interesting articles from recent journals - relating to war, law and terrorism - that are good online resources and you don’t need to subscribe to the journal to read them in full -
From the Journal of Political Philosophy -
Is Terrorism Morally Distinctive? by Samuel...
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Inclusive Church - Drenched in Grace
23/11/2007 23:05
Inclusive Church have had their first conference ("Drenched in Grace") this week. Thankfully those unable to attend can share in some of what happened as addresses are being posted - both audio and in some cases texts - online at the IC blog. Thanks to those making these available more widely.
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