Rowan Williams

Christina Patterson: Ancient words clash with living cultures

independent.co.uk     25-Jun-2008          

The trouble with targets, as headteachers, hospitals and Gordon Brown could tell you, is that they're quite hard to hit. For the truly determined, however, there's always a way. Don't register patients until you're sure you can...                    

MPs fed on bread and water at poverty event

ekklesia.co.uk     25-Jun-2008   5 related          

The status of some of Britain’s MPs and pers was determined by a roll of the dice on Monday night, at a Micah Challenge event highlighting global poverty. Lords and MPs were joined by church leaders who all rolled the dice to...                    

Obama Disses Bible and Constitution

atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com     25-Jun-2008   339 related          

Dobson on Obama's "fruitcake interpretation of the constitution" and Biblical distortions Posted by Pamela Geller on Tuesday, June 24, 2008 at 06:46 PM in TrackBack URL for this entry: Listed below are links to weblogs that...                    

Muslim Polygamy in Australia

billmuehlenberg.com     25-Jun-2008   47 related          

An Australian Islamic leader has announced that polygamous marriages should be recognised by the Australian government. Keysar Trad from the Islamic Friendship Association of Australia said that polygamous relationships in the...                    

National Review's take on Anglicans and Episcopalians

northernplainsanglicans.blogspot.com     24-Jun-2008   10 related          

Travis Kavulla at NRO:National Review, June 24, 2008, 4:00 a.m.Remaking AnglicanismIn Jerusalem, conservatives stage an ecclesiastical coup.Jerusalem — The future of the Anglican Communion, the third largest Christian church in...                    

Flock prays for Bishop after stroke

gazetteandherald.co.uk     24-Jun-2008   4 related          

The 77th Bishop of Salisbury, the Right Rev David Stancliffe has suffered a stroke. The Reverend, 65, who was born in Devizes, took ill last weekend and went to Bournemouth Hospital where he is undergoing tests. His engagements...                    

Equatorial Guinea: Archbishop of Cantebury welcomes release of pastor from five-year detention

amnesty.org.uk     24-Jun-2008          

Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Rowan Williams has welcomed the release of a pastor who had been detained for five years without charge or trial in Equatorial Guinea. Protestant pastor Reverend Bienvenido Samba Momesori was...                    

Baby Blue: An Analysis of Rowan Williams’s “expectations of the Lambeth Conference”

standfirminfaith.com     24-Jun-2008          

Years of experience with TEC make Baby Blue an unwilling expert on manipulated and controlled meetings. Baby Blue has fisked the Archbishop of Canterbury's explanations of "indaba groups" and how Lambeth will work -- and has...                    

Archbishop leads mourners

oxfordmail.net     23-Jun-2008          

The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, led hundreds of mourners in paying their respects to the wife of an Oxford vicar. The funeral of 82-year-old Joan Margaret Cocke, known as Margaret, was held today at All Saints'...                    

Henry Chadwick (1920-2008)

theologica.blogspot.com     23-Jun-2008   3 related          

Carl Trueman points out that church historian Henry Chadwick died last week. The Guardian published an obituary by Rowan Williams. The NYT obit includes this memorable quote:His most quoted line, spoken during a debate at the...