People died in a religion-fired massacre in a Nigerian town named Yelwa in 2004. Bishop Akinola may have sanctioned it, approved it, condoned it, or lent some measure of support – or may have known nothing at all about it until after the fact. Which is it? He has no comment. Which is a strangely defensive response, if you ask me. And this is the gentleman who would save world Anglicanism from the evils of American inclusivity: Father Jake Stops the World: Abp. Akinola; What Was Your Involvement in the Massacre of Yelwa? ……Two months after the church was razed,…
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If you know someone in divinity school, or in discernment for Holy Orders (as I do), they might enjoy the discovery that Sarah made at Dylan’s Grace Notes: isn’t technology amazing?
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Archbishop Jensen of Sydney was probably frothing at the mouth when the Sydney Gay Pride rolled by, as he’s a prominent ultra-rejectionist Anglican leader, who’ll be attending the Gang of GAFCON’s pre-Lambeth shindig. This is the meeting where he’ll probably be struggling to hang on to the gavel and run the show, but will have his hands full as Bishop Akinola thinks he’s the rightful Anglican Pope of the Alexandrite Purple Communion NGOGA. BBC NEWS | Asia-Pacific | Sydney gay pride event turns 30 The event has become one of the largest gay pride festivals in the world and generates…
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Audio: Confessions: Online Only: The New Yorker This week in the magazine, in an excerpt from her book “The Bishop’s Daughter,†Honor Moore writes about her father, the Episcopal bishop Paul Moore, his faith, and his secret. Here Moore talks about her father’s public service and private life. As noted at Preludium and The Lead. Moore’s voice is warm and calm, except when she talks about her disappointment at not being able to discuss something she had in common with her father; her private life was more open, but he was a man of his generation, and not able to…
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My friend Ellen’s husband runs a blog about archeology, and today it had an item about the Church of England’s current upheaval… no, not that upheaval, the one about the fancy bishop’s palaces going on the market because they’re perceived as an extravagance in an era when ordinary parish priests have trouble making ends meet. Archaeology in Europe: 02/01/2008 – 03/01/2008 Resplendent with moats, gatehouses and banqueting halls, bishops’ palaces are among some of the grandest buildings in the country.Now, however, the historic homes, which have belonged to the Church of England for centuries, could be sold off in a…
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Has the Anglican Split Begun? | Liveblog | Christianity Today Meanwhile, in the western suburbs of Chicago, I attended a Wednesday lunch meeting witha senior American Anglican leader who said in essence that the time may soon come for orthodox Anglicans to create some kind of new global structure because of repeated failures of ABC Williams to hold “revisionists” accountable for proceeding with gay ordinations and same-sex rites and for advocating a host of other non-orthodox revisionist teachings.This leader who spoke at aninvitation-only event anticipates creation of anew Anglican Province in North America thatorthdox Anglican leaders would recognize. These leaders…
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Mike Huckabee seems like a great guy; funny, talented, self-deprecating, and refreshingly moderate in some of his actions as governor of Arkansas. It’s easy to discount his “former Baptist minister” label, but some of his strongest supporters hold some mighty scary views. Mike Huckabee’s radical religious friends | Salon News
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Credo – Google Book Search “Christ came to take away our sins, not our minds.” – William Sloan Coffin
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 Is it a problem if creationists have their own academic journal, giving them a forum for publishing their theories in a “peer-reviewed,” theologically literalist setting for a Bible-believing readership? Well, it is if they are permitted to lie about their identities in order to hide their association with said journal, and said “peers,” at least until they get a little more academic seniority in their fields. And it is if they publish under their own names but use the fact of publication in a journal with rigorous biblical standards but not-so-rigorous scientific standards to pad their resumes or make them…