Category - fear or freedom

Desmond Tutu will speak at Kirk's General Assembly

staff writers — Sun, 17 May 2009 09:05:05 +0100

Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu will address the Church of Scotland's General Assembly in Edinburgh this week. The peace and justice activist will attend the last day of the Kirk's annual gathering as a special guest.

Anglican wars prove a media snooze

Simon Barrow — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 05:57:55 +0100

Just one journalist turned up for the recent GACON press conference of hard-line Anglicans. Is the long-running ecclesiastical war becoming a media snore?

The Gospel accorded to Antoni

Glynn Cardy — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 22:53:42 +0100

In a thoughtful, passionate and challenging reflection on homosexuality
and the Christian church, Glynn Cardy's focus is not on an 'issue' but
on the people who are most affected by prejudice, and their need for
justice, dignity and human rights.

Lambeth attendees invited to discover Christ in human rights

Savi Hensman — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 01:30:37 +0100

One of its centres of attraction in the Lambeth Conference marketplace has been the stall "Seeing Christ in Human Rights", which shows gay Christians and the Gospel in a different light.

Anglicans can 'win' by not fighting

agency reporter — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 10:45:01 +0100

Author and evangelical thinker Brian McLaren wants to shift the argument within Christianity away from "culture wars" and towards a rediscovery of the Gosple message free of the overbearing impact of Christendom culture.

Division harms Christian credibility, Anglicans are warned

staff writers — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 09:07:50 +0100

Cardinal Ivan Dias has told Anglican bishops that division hinders the reception of the Gospel message in a sceptical world. US evangelical Brian McLaren has called for a culture shift in Christianity.

Faith leaders out of touch with adherents on the gay issue, says report

staff writers — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 10:34:20 +0100

Claimed tension and hostility between religion and gay people is considerably over-emphasised by out-of-touch faith leaders, suggests new research from the campaigning equalities group Stonewall.

Media discovers that Anglican divisions are not that new

Ecumenical News International — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 09:55:15 +0100

When the first Lambeth Conference opened in 1867, only 76 of the Anglican Communion's 144 bishops accepted an invitation by the Archbishop of Canterbury to attend because of disagreement about the church in British colonies.

Lambeth facing West and South

Savi Hensman — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 07:26:41 +0100

Media coverage of the 2008 Lambeth Conference has focused attention on divisions among Anglicans by portraying them as straightforward conflicts between ‘liberal’ Westerners and ‘traditionalists’ from other parts of the world. But the divisions are not so neat: ‘evangelicals’ and ‘Southerners’ can be found on both ‘sides’. Indeed, attempts by supposedly ‘conservative’ reformers to rid the Anglican Communion of what they regard as wrong ideas and practices hamper the quest for biblical faithfulness and undermine respect for the spiritual insights emerging from the South. This paper included a constructive critique of recent propositions from Canon Gregory Cameron, Deputy Secretary General of the Anglican Communion.

This paper, one of a series, complements the author’s contributions to the new book Fear or Freedom? Why a warring church must change, edited by Simon Barrow (Shoving Leopard / Ekklesia, 2008) – available in the UK from Metanoia Book Service, and elsewhere via Amazon.

Savi Hensman

Hospitality and prayer sought as the tone for Lambeth Conference

agency reporter — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 09:56:29 +0100

Bishops from the worldwide Anglican Communion have been experiencing hospitality visits and prayer retreats in advance of the formal element of the Lambeth Conference, which is meeting on the campus of the University of Kent.