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17 Feb 2008

Church voice should be authentic, not privileged
17 Feb 2008

Disestablishment may be back on the agenda as church feels pressure

Pressures from several directions may put disestablishment of the Church of England back on the agenda, say reports following the General Synod and concerns about the long term impact of the Archbishop of Canterbury's Sharia speech.
16 Feb 2008

Radio 4 on disestablishment

Ekklesia co-director Jonathan Bartley will be on BBC Radio 4's Sunday programme tomorrow, some time after 07.45 we believe. The archbishop, the future of the C of E and sharia are in the frame.
16 Feb 2008

Solving a problem like Sharia?

Though the headlines have receded, the blogopshere is still buzzing with the fall out of the Rowan Williams / Sharia 'debate'. More thoughtful material is now emerging.
12 Feb 2008

Mixed views and disestablishment calls greet Archbishop's speech

Rowan Williams clarified the nub of his thinking and showed contrition for clumsiness, but he declined to apologise and is not off the hook, say commentators and other public figures today, amid calls for disestablishment.
11 Feb 2008

Williams, Sharia and global justice issues
11 Feb 2008

Williams says there is no dispute about a common civil law

"There is no dispute about our common allegiance to the law of the land" Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Rowan Williams told the General Synod of the Church of England - and a watching world on TV and the internet - this afternoon.
11 Feb 2008

Christian Socialist MP denounces 'hysterical response' to Williams

A priminent Labour MP, speaking on behalf of the Christian Socialist Movement, has condemned the "hysterical and largely uninformed media response" to Archbishop Rowan Williams' lecture on civil and religious law in Britain.
10 Feb 2008

Best of the blizzard over Rowan’s sharia brainstorm, Tom Heneghan of Reuters, 10 February 2008
10 Feb 2008

Don’t panic over religion and law row, archbishop advised

Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Rowan Williams is panicking over the demise of organised Christianity’s power and influence in society and seeking a multi-faith settlement to address these concerns, a TV discussion programme heard today.

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