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  • 21 Nov 2012
    Women bishops: time for some C of E self-examination

    General Synod’s rejection of a motion allowing women to be bishops has badly damaged the Church of England’s credibility. It's time for some wider reflection and self-examination.

  • 21 Nov 2012
    The Church of England and women: a rare moment of clarity?

    The recent decision of the Church of England not to admit women as bishops is a moment of clarity. It is a lifting of a veil, an opportunity to see things as they really are, suggests Dr Fran Porter. For what has been – and continues to be – at the heart of the disagreement, is the Church of England’s attitude to women. And not just to its own female members, but to all women.

  • 21 Nov 2012
    Southern African Anglicans elect first woman bishop

    While the Church of England's General Synod failed to endorse women bishops, its South African sister church has just consecrated its first woman.

  • 21 Nov 2012
    Vote against women bishops keeps church on wrong path
  • 12 Nov 2012
    Justin Welby and the chances for change

    Like millions of other people, I'm praying for Justin Welby as he prepares to take up his new job at Canterbury. I wish him all the best. As the media go over every detail of his life and beliefs, there is a danger that we put our trust in a new archbishop to save the Church. This would be a problem whoever had got the job.

  • 10 Nov 2012
    Saying 'yes' to women bishops

    'YES 2 women bishops' (http://yes2womenbishops.blogspot.co.uk) is a website promoting a 'yes' vote in favour of women bishops in the November 2012 meeting of the General Synod of the Church of England, which takes place in ten days time.

  • 9 Nov 2012
    No place for homophobia in church, says Archbishop-elect

    There can be no place at all for homophobia in the church, the Archbishop of Canterbury elect, the Rt Rev Justin Welby, has said in his first major statement.

  • 8 Nov 2012
    Economy, shifting values and demographics drove Obama victory

    The Public Religion Research Institute, which looks at religion, values and public life, will be releasing a new report in the aftermath of the US presidential election.

  • 6 Nov 2012
    Chinese women’s rights activist sent to labour camp

    A prominent Chinese women’s rights activist, Mao Hengfeng, has been sentenced to one-and-a-half years in a labour camp, amid protests.

  • 6 Nov 2012
    Launch of Rachel Mann's 'Dazzling Darkness'

    Rachel Mann's passionate and thoughtful new book Dazzling Darkness: gender, sexuality and God, published by the Iona Community's Wild Goose imprint, is being launched at Manchester Cathedral, in the Nave, today (6 November 2012) at 7pm. The bookshop will be provided by St Denys' Manchester, and the launch price is £9.50. Ekklesia sends warmest wishes for the launch.