David Torrance House of Commons Library What is the Ecclesiastical Committee?
Colin Coward Unadulterated Love The Evolution or Regression of the Church of England
Scarlet Cassock “All the money’s gone — must be the choir’s fault”
[This is part 2; part 1 was published in July.]
Bishop of Oxford An Open Letter to Nigel Farage
I live at St Margaret’s Bay, which is between Deal and Dover. It is the only place where migrant craft can land between Dover Beach (where few do land) and Walmer Beach (where a number do land). As such RNLI and other helicopters frequently fly over and – very occasionally – it is possible to see what may or may not be ‘boats’ coming across. This is a body of water with a very tragic history: the sea between the Downs, the Goodwin Sands and South Foreland is riddled with wrecks. I tend to see Reform as a symptom of… Read more »
In response to Colin Coward’s support for “Enlightenment values” I’d suggest that although such values are inimical to right wing populism they are equally inimical to the basis of the Church of England’s theology in creedal doctrines and divine “revelation” in Scripture ?
Is Enlightenment thinking not most closely aligned to “Sea of Faith” style non-realist theology and the understanding of all religion as an entirely man-made creation?
The Bangor debacle just keeps on getting worse. The article was written before the choir staged a polite walk-out during a service, which put grievances right out in public. Reminds me that when I came out of the navy & went to work for a charity I was advised to join the relevant union. This turned out to be very good advice indeed, as charities tend to have a high & mighty attitude to the rights of those that they employ, and really hate it when you have the effrontery to call in your union rep. The CofE is every… Read more »