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  • 9 Oct 2012
    Anglicans, archbishops and presidential confusions

    If a future Archbishop of Canterbury were outspoken in defence of church privilege or the right to discriminate or exploit, this could do more harm than good, writes Savi Hensman. It is also important not to expect one man, whatever his gifts and office, to substitute for the wider church community.

  • 12 Jul 2012
    Further setbacks for floundering Anglican Covenant

    The Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand & Polynesia has become the latest part of the global Communion to reject the Anglican Covenant.

  • 9 Jun 2012
    Scottish dissent from Anglican Covenant politics

    The rejection of the Anglican Covenant by the Scottish Episcopal Church is another serious body blow for a measure which proponents say is about proper ecclesiastical order, but which detractors argue will impose narrow conformity on a denomination historically based on self-governance within its provinces. Simon Barrow looks to the background, history and significance of the latest manoeuvres.

  • 2 Apr 2012
    An Archbishop's resignation: issues of power and responsibility

    What seems to have crystallised as the key to Archbishop Rowan Williams’ recent (somewhat early) resignation from his job, and as head of the global Anglican Communion, is the issue of sexuality. But, Alison Jasper suggests, this is part of a wider matrix of power and position connected to the deployment of the discursive category ‘religion’ and to the secular state acquiring a normative status.

  • 1 Apr 2012
    Anglican Covenant defeated in majority of Church of England dioceses

    A majority of dioceses in the Church of England have voted down the proposed Anglican Covenant, a supposedly binding set of principles.

  • 11 Feb 2012
    African Anglicans appeal to Muslims for inter-faith peace

    Anglican leaders from across Africa have made an emotional plea to Muslim faith leaders to stand with them in opposition to the "tragic violence that is destroying our communities."

  • 16 Jan 2012
    Ugandan Anglican leader has drawn both praise and criticism

    Anglican Archbishop Henry Orombi, who will be leaving office this year, has received both praise and criticism within the worldwide church and beyond.

  • 2 Dec 2011
    Anglicans challenged to change how society thinks about gender-based violence

    Churches across the Anglican Communion have been told they are uniquely placed to change how society thinks about gender-based violence.

  • 15 Nov 2011
    A clearer, less divisive Anglican Covenant?

    Perhaps it is time to abandon the current divisive and confusing Anglican Covenant process and build on the foundations laid six years ago by the Anglican Consultative Council, when it agreed a very different Covenant for Communion in Mission, says Savi Hensman.

  • 12 Oct 2011
    Williams asks Mugabe to halt attacks on Anglicans

    Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams has met Zimbabwe's president Robert Mugabe and asked him to intervene to stop attacks on Anglicans.