Entries Tagged as “Rowan Williams”

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Monarchy and Archiepiscopacy in England: A Working Thesis
By:  Fr. N.J.A. Humphrey on May 18, 2010
Excerpt:  In the constitutional arrangements of England, the Church and the State have the same cultural norms and expectations for their nominal heads, the Sovereign and the Archbishop of Canterbury. To…   Read full post >>

In Search of Edification: Anglican Bishops and the Abuse of the Internet
By:  Benjamin Guyer on April 18, 2010
Excerpt:  “The state of this present age wherein zeale hath drowned charitie…” — Richard Hooker, Of the Lawes of Ecclesiasticall Politie, IV.1.1 Introduction In the mid-late sixteenth century John Jewel, bishop…   Read full post >>

The Archbishop of Canterbury’s New Year Message
Channel: Archbishop of Canterbury  Author: Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury
By:  Benjamin Guyer on January 02, 2010 Excerpt: As we enter a new decade, the Archbishop reflects on The Millennium Development Goals, eight key objectives about tackling poverty and disease, agreed by over 200 nations and international bodies,…   Read full post >>

A message from the Archbishop of Canterbury on the Anglican Communion Covenant
Channel: Archbishop of Canterbury  Author: Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury
By:  Benjamin Guyer on December 18, 2009 Excerpt: After several years of work, the proposed covenant for the Anglican Communion has now reached its final form and is being distributed to the provinces for discussion, and I hope…   Read full post >>

And the Beat Goes On
By:  Fr. Dan Martins on December 07, 2009
Excerpt:  The news is barely more than a day old and I already feel like I'm Johnny-come-lately by weighing in even now. I'm not sure I have anything original to say…   Read full post >>

Federation Isn’t Enough
By:  Graham Kings on August 07, 2009
Excerpt:  Fulcrum Newsletter, August 2009 Copublished, with permission, with Comment is free belief, The Guardian online, 5 August 2009 Desmond Tutu has often talked of the crucial support of the Anglican…   Read full post >>

Goodbye, “Low” and “High.”  Hello, “Covenanted” and “Federated”
By:  Fr. N.J.A. Humphrey on August 06, 2009
Excerpt:  Granted, "covenanted" and "federated" are not as catchy as "low" and "high," nor as easy to discern from outward appearances, but I believe that these categories, even more than "reappraiser"…   Read full post >>

The Good Churchkeeping Seal of Approval
By:  Fr. N.J.A. Humphrey on July 30, 2009
Excerpt:  Will Rowan Williams' two-track proposal gain traction? And if it does, will this be a good thing for conservative and moderately conservative Episcopalians, particularly those who are minorities within more…   Read full post >>

The Archbishop’s Non-Euclidean Ecclesiology
By:  Fr. N.J.A. Humphrey on July 30, 2009
Excerpt:  As a freshman in college, I was taught that parallel lines never cross. This is the mathematical layman's way of summarizing the fifth postulate of Euclid's Elements of Geometry. Euclid's…   Read full post >>

This is about ecclesiology
Channel: America  Author: Austen Ivereigh
By:  Douglas LeBlanc on July 23, 2009 Excerpt: ... The point is, "schism" is not the right word for what is happening. A schism refers to a part of the Christian body separating from another. But the TEC…   Read full post >>

Presiding officers write +Rowan on same-sex blessings
Channel: Episcopal News Service  Author: Matthew Davies
By:  Douglas LeBlanc on July 21, 2009 Excerpt: The two presiding officers of General Convention have again written [PDF] to Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams, this time with an explanation of Resolution C056 that calls for the collection…   Read full post >>

Letter to Archbishop of Canterbury Defends D025 Adoption
Channel: Living Church
By:  Benjamin Guyer on July 17, 2009 Excerpt: In a letter dated July 16 and hand-delivered to Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams, the Most Rev. Katharine Jefferts Schori, Presiding Bishop, and Bonnie Anderson, president of the House of…   Read full post >>

The Great Interpretive Match: A Reflection on D025
By:  Mark Clavier on July 16, 2009
Excerpt:  It has now become customary within the Episcopal Church to parse ad infinitum every resolution or statement regarding the ordination of practicing homosexuals or the blessing of same-sex unions. According…   Read full post >>

Deputies to discuss LGBT concerns with Archbishop
Channel: Episcopal News Service  Author: Mary Frances Schjonberg
By:  Douglas LeBlanc on July 02, 2009 Excerpt: 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 is intended in part…   Read full post >>

Discovering Global Anglicanism (Part 2): Trevor Huddleston, CR
By:  Benjamin Guyer on June 12, 2009
Excerpt:  It is increasingly said today that the Anglican Communion is a global Christian church whose identity can no longer be restricted to a broadly Western, or more narrowly English, patrimony.…   Read full post >>

Richard Bauckham Receives Michael Ramsey Prize
Channel: Ramsey Prize
By:  Benjamin Guyer on June 04, 2009 Excerpt: The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, awarded the 2009 Michael Ramsey prize to Jesus and the Eyewitnesses by Richard Bauckham at the Guardian Hay festival on 28th May. The…   Read full post >>

Dostoevsky in Jamaica
By:  Fr. N.J.A. Humphrey on May 12, 2009
Excerpt:  The Archbishop of Canterbury is in Jamaica and I am in London. Soon he will be back in London and I will be back in North America. I am on…   Read full post >>

Listen to Presidential Address at ACC
Channel: Anglican Communion News Service  Author: Rowan Williams
By:  Craig Uffman on May 12, 2009 Excerpt: On the eve of the closing of the Anglican Consultative Council 14 meeting in Kingston, Jamaica the Archbishop Of Canterbury delivered his presidential address. The Council has a chair and…   Read full post >>

At ACC meeting, ++Rowan calls church to focus on mission
Channel: Episcopal Life  Author: Mary Frances Schjonberg
By:  Craig Uffman on May 04, 2009 Excerpt: The Anglican Church must challenge itself and challenge its neighbors to respond to the material and spiritual needs of the world, Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams told more than 6,000…   Read full post >>

Why We Should Not Proceed
By:  Matt Gunter on April 02, 2009
Excerpt:  On The Reverend Kevin Thew Forrester’s Theological Departure The Diocese of Northern Michigan has selected and put forward for the rest of the church’s consideration as its next bishop, the…   Read full post >>

Abp. Williams: Britain Not Secular
Channel: Irish Times
By:  Douglas LeBlanc on March 23, 2009 Excerpt: Britain is not a secular country but is "uncomfortably haunted by the memory of religion," the Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Rowan Williams said today. The archbishop made the comments during…   Read full post >>

Managing
By:   Fr. Tony Clavier on March 20, 2009 Excerpt: An old chap I knew long before I became an old chap, when asked how he was always replied “managing”. I’ve found that answer to be a splendid and brief…   Read full post >>

Rowan Williams to keynote at GENCON 09
Channel: Episcopal Life  Author: Matthew Davies
By:  Craig Uffman on February 23, 2009 Excerpt: [Episcopal News Service] Global concerns and Anglican Communion issues will be a major focus of the Episcopal Church's 76th General Convention when it meets July 8-17 in Anaheim, California. The…   Read full post >>

Williams: Anglican Covenant is relational and voluntary
Channel: Episcopal Life  Author: Matthew Davies
By:  Craig Uffman on February 13, 2009 Excerpt: [Episcopal News Service] Members of the Church of England's General Synod have signaled their overall support for an Anglican covenant but remain divided on how much authority or influence it…   Read full post >>

The Anglicans in Egypt: A Deeper Communion
By:  Jordan Hylden on February 11, 2009
Excerpt:  from First Things Online “Are we a global church, or are we a federation of local bodies?” At the close of last week’s meeting of the Anglican primates in Egypt,…   Read full post >>

When “the others” are not going away
Channel: Archbishop of Canterbury  Author: Rowan Williams
By:  Craig Uffman on February 10, 2009 Excerpt: Underlying this is something that dawned on me last week with a renewed force. We have not yet got to the point where we can no longer recognise one another…   Read full post >>

Rowan’s Rule
Channel: First Things  Author: Jordan Hylden
Link:  http://www.firstthings.com/onthesquare/?p=1279
Excerpt:  Rowan Williams is without doubt one of the most significant and learned theologians in the English-speaking world. Unfortunately, during his tenure at Canterbury, it has at times seemed that he…   More>>

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