http://www.thinkinganglicans.org.uk/ en-us editors@thinkinganglicans.org.uk 2009-07-02T17:41:54+00:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://www.thinkinganglicans.org.uk/archives/003852.html The Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church, Bishop David Chillingworth has been interviewed by Mad Priest, who describes him as “quite intelligent for a bishop”. Judge for yourself by reading the interview in full here. Bishop David’s own blog is... 3852@http://www.thinkinganglicans.org.uk/ Scottish Episcopal Church 2009-07-02T17:41:54+00:00 http://www.thinkinganglicans.org.uk/archives/003851.html Dave Walker has collected some weird items in a posting at the Church Times blog titled The Church Society on ‘strange vestments and ceremonies’. And something even weirder crops up in an article for the Washington Times by Julia Duin... 3851@http://www.thinkinganglicans.org.uk/ Church of England 2009-07-02T14:28:02+00:00 http://www.thinkinganglicans.org.uk/archives/003850.html ENS has this report: Private meeting with Williams at convention will address sexuality, ministry Eight members of the Episcopal Church’s House of Deputies are scheduled meet privately with Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams at General Convention in a session that... 3850@http://www.thinkinganglicans.org.uk/ ECUSA 2009-07-01T22:53:44+00:00 http://www.thinkinganglicans.org.uk/archives/003849.html Lisa Fox has published all but two of the names of the group studying same-sex relationships. For background here is the early June report. See The Formerly Secret Panel (go to original source for live links) So here are eight... 3849@http://www.thinkinganglicans.org.uk/ ECUSA 2009-07-01T22:11:16+00:00 http://www.thinkinganglicans.org.uk/archives/003848.html The Church of England has published a press release Update published on Clergy Pensions Scheme. The Church of England has today published a second and more detailed report on the impact of the credit crunch and recession on the financial... 3848@http://www.thinkinganglicans.org.uk/ Church of England 2009-07-01T06:13:03+00:00 http://www.thinkinganglicans.org.uk/archives/003847.html Bishop Jack Iker has today issued a Memo to All Diocesan Clergy. In recent days I understand that all of you have received two threatening letters from representatives of the rump diocese. The first is a letter from The Rt.... 3847@http://www.thinkinganglicans.org.uk/ ECUSA 2009-06-30T22:14:57+00:00 http://www.thinkinganglicans.org.uk/archives/003846.html Episcopal Café has published two important articles relating to The Episcopal Church. Only the first one is, at present, scheduled for discussion at the triennal General Convention which starts on 8 July. GC and B033: a preview and an analysis... 3846@http://www.thinkinganglicans.org.uk/ ECUSA 2009-06-30T09:13:32+00:00 http://www.thinkinganglicans.org.uk/archives/003845.html Here is what Bishop Paul Richardson, Assistant Bishop of Newcastle, wrote in the Sunday Telegraph: Britain is no longer a Christian nation …The church is being hit by a double whammy: on the one hand it confronts the challenge of... 3845@http://www.thinkinganglicans.org.uk/ Church of England 2009-06-30T08:54:36+00:00 http://www.thinkinganglicans.org.uk/archives/003844.html In a press release headed CANA Celebrates Launch of New Anglican Province, Bishop Martyn Minns is quoted as follows: “…Since day one, CANA has been and will continue to be a full participant in the life of the new province,... 3844@http://www.thinkinganglicans.org.uk/ Anglican Communion 2009-06-30T08:18:00+00:00 http://www.thinkinganglicans.org.uk/archives/003843.html Updated Tuesday morning The following letter has been published in the Telegraph newspaper: Sir Three years ago a move to legalise physician assisted suicide, by way of a Private Members Bill, was defeated in the House of Lords. The debate... 3843@http://www.thinkinganglicans.org.uk/ Church of England 2009-06-29T14:48:10+00:00 http://www.thinkinganglicans.org.uk/archives/003842.html 3842@http://www.thinkinganglicans.org.uk/ Church in Wales 2009-06-29T14:38:42+00:00 http://www.thinkinganglicans.org.uk/archives/003841.html The Times reports today on a new survey of public attitudes in Britain to homosexuality. See Church ‘out of touch’ as public supports equal rights for homosexuals. And also Sizeable minority remains hostile to same-sex relationships. A PDF file containing... 3841@http://www.thinkinganglicans.org.uk/ equality legislation 2009-06-27T07:23:45+00:00 http://www.thinkinganglicans.org.uk/archives/003840.html Jonathan Sacks writes in The Times that Without a shared moral code there can be no freedom in our society. Robin Gill wrote in last week’s Church Times about Synthetics — the new moral playing-field. This week, Giles Fraser writes... 3840@http://www.thinkinganglicans.org.uk/ Opinion 2009-06-27T07:07:39+00:00 http://www.thinkinganglicans.org.uk/archives/003838.html The House of Commons committee stage continues, you can read the transcripts of all the sessions via this page, or via this page. The discussion of Clause 12 can be found here. The discussion on Schedule 9 starts here. See... 3838@http://www.thinkinganglicans.org.uk/ equality legislation 2009-06-26T12:02:01+00:00 http://www.thinkinganglicans.org.uk/archives/003836.html There is now a section of the Church of England website that contains information on the current procedures for the selection of diocesan bishops, suffragan bishops, deans, archdeacons, and residentiary canons. See Senior Appointments, and follow the links from there... 3836@http://www.thinkinganglicans.org.uk/ Church of England 2009-06-26T11:00:00+00:00