Entries Tagged as “Sexuality”

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The Disfiguration of the Christian Social Imagination
By:  Craig Uffman on August 31, 2009
Excerpt:  I will always cherish Dr. Willie Jennings because he is the one I went to for counsel in my first great theological crisis - the one that led me ultimately…   Read full post >>

Diocese of Niagra Authorizes “Rite of Blessing of Civil Marriage”
By:  Craig Uffman on July 08, 2009 Excerpt: The Diocese of Niagra (The Anglican Church of Canada) has authorized a "Rite of Blessing of Civil Marriage." From their website: The Niagara Rite is intended for the voluntary use…   Read full post >>

Tract 7: Blessing - A Scriptural and Theological Reflection (Pt 2)
By:  Ephraim Radner on June 23, 2009
Excerpt:  In Part 1, we considered the Old Testament teaching on the meaning of blessing. In Part 2, we consider what it means to bless God and other things, before considering,…   Read full post >>

Anglican Consultative Council to meet in Jamaica
Channel: Anglican Communion News Service
By:  Craig Uffman on April 04, 2009 Excerpt: The Anglican Consultative Council, made up of lay people, clergy and bishops from the 38 Anglican Provinces of the Communion, meets in Kingston Jamaica May 1 - 13, to consider…   Read full post >>

Design Group readies Anglican Covenant revision
Channel: Episcopal Life  Author: Matthew Davies
By:  Craig Uffman on April 04, 2009 Excerpt: [Episcopal News Service] The group charged with "designing" a covenant that could be used as a unifying set of principles among the provinces of the Anglican Communion met March 30-April…   Read full post >>

Akinola’s hysterical homophobia
Channel: Guardian  Author: Andrew Brown
By:  Craig Uffman on March 13, 2009 Excerpt: If ever you think the Anglican church of Nigeria cannot get more incoherently bigoted about gay people, you're wrong. The latest proof comes in a position paper (pdf) submitted by…   Read full post >>

Of Communion Partner Rectors, Primates and the Covenant
By:  Bruce Robison on March 06, 2009
Excerpt:  What is the Communion Partners (CP) fellowship? What is being done now? Who is involved? How can you get involved? In this column, we'll be doing our best to introduce…   Read full post >>

Conservative welcome of gays growing?
Channel: Guardian  Author: Simon Barrow
By:  Craig Uffman on February 25, 2009 Excerpt: In the long battle against slavery in the 19th century, it was the voices of evangelical Christians such as William Wilberforce, John Wesley and Bishop of London Beilby Porteus who…   Read full post >>

The Velvet Reformation
Channel: Atlantic  Author: Paul Elie
By:  Douglas LeBlanc on February 11, 2009 Excerpt: Paul Elie, an editor at Farrar, Straus and Giroux, has written a lengthy and mostly well-informed profile of Rowan Williams for the March issue of The Atlantic. He makes some…   Read full post >>

A New Realism About Sex and Schism
Channel: Times (UK)  Author: Ruth Gledhill
By:  Craig Uffman on February 08, 2009 Excerpt: All the provinces, including the Church of England, see that the three mantras of the Windsor Report, the initial report intended to resolve the crisis, are being disregarded. Same-sex blessings…   Read full post >>

Rowan Williams on Sex and Marriage
By:  Craig Uffman on February 05, 2009
Excerpt:  In response to pastoral questions with which several Covenant authors are wrestling pertaining to marriage and human sexuality, Canon Dr. Graham Kings, pull this radio interview with Rowan Williams out…   Read full post >>

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