I have to admit that, while I am tempted to offer Conservatives platitudes about reaping what they sow, I really am a bit uncomfortable about the allegations being made against Ray Lewis. The fact that they are being made by an Anglican Bishop sets alarm bells going off instantly. But the fact that the woman… Continue reading Will another Tory suffer the curse of Quaequam Blog!?
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Throwing their bibles out of their prams
A very honest and perspicacious article by Giles Fraser in the Guardian on Monday about how organised religion has unedifyingly thrown itself out of the temple, or rather registry office. It puts new light on things like Islington’s Registra-Martyr. It all feels too much like the parable of the prodigal son. You sometimes get the… Continue reading Throwing their bibles out of their prams
Rowan Williams: still clinging onto exceptionalism
Blink and you might miss it, but someone at the BBC has finally spotted the real problem with Williams’ speech and his repeated clarifications: He made that clear to the Synod, too: “…as the assumptions of our society become more secular…Christians and people of other faiths ought to be doing some reflecting together.” That of… Continue reading Rowan Williams: still clinging onto exceptionalism