by Sean Reilly | Jul 25, 2008
Since the marketplace at the Lambeth Conference, offering a range of items from ecclesiastical clothing to theological literature, was opened four days ago, one of its centres of attraction has been the stall “Seeing Christ in Human Rights”. It is an...
by Sean Reilly | Jul 24, 2008
“I grew up in the Vietnam War era. In the end people lost interest in that war, they said this is not a war worth fighting. Sometimes winning is to say we don’t want to fight that war any more.” Brian McLaren is one of the leading US figures in...
by Sean Reilly | Jul 24, 2008
Catholic Cardinal Ivan Dias has told Anglican bishops meeting in the worldwide Lambeth Conference that division and acrimony hinders the reception of the Gospel message in a sceptical world. He also called for greater ecumenical cooperation in Christian action and...
by Sean Reilly | Jul 22, 2008
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. The findings are published as the Lamebth Conference of Anglican Bishops...
by Sean Reilly | Jul 22, 2008
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 among them about the way the church was shaping-up in British colonies...
