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  • 1 Sep
    2009
    Gene Robinson given standing ovation at Greenbelt festival

    The Anglican Communion's first openly gay bishop has received a standing ovation at the Greenbelt festival in Cheltenham. Gene Robinson's call for a sexual ethic based on integrity and trust was greeted with prolonged applause.

  • 5 Aug
    2009
    On the Archbishop’s Anglican reflections

    A joint statement from groups working together in the Church of England

  • 14 Jul
    2009
    US Anglicans forty years after Stonewall

    The Stonewall riots in June 1969 in New York helped to transform society in the USA and beyond, says Savi Hensman. The General Convention of the Episcopal Church in July 2009 is far more sedate, but the issues facing Christians of all traditions are profound.

  • 9 Jun
    2009
    Anglican bishop seeks crisis aid for Sri Lanka war refugees

    The Anglican Bishop of Kurunagala in Sri Lanka, the Rt Revd Kumara lllangasinghe, has written to Anglican churches throughout the world to appeal for crisis aid for refugee casualties following the bloody end to the war there.

  • 21 Apr
    2009
    Anglican wars prove a media snooze

    Just one journalist turned up for the recent GACON press conference of hard-line Anglicans. Is the long-running ecclesiastical war becoming a media snore?

  • 4 Feb
    2009
    Epistles from Alexandria

    As global Anglican leaders meet in Egypt, the Rev Colin Coward of Changing Attitude is blogging daily on developments.

  • 4 Feb
    2009
    Anglican Primates seek solidarity and action on Zimbabwe

    The Primates of the Anglican Communion, meeting in Alexandria, Egypt, have called for solidarity and practical support for the people of Zimbabwe, having heard first-hand accounts of the crisis there.

  • 2 Feb
    2009
    Anglican leaders meet in Egypt to address rift and world issues

    The proposed Anglican covenant and global issues such as Zimbabwe and the world financial crisis are being addressed by the 38 Anglican primates meeting from 1-5 February 2009 in Alexandria, Egypt.

  • 1 Feb
    2009
    Contrasting church attitudes on human rights for all

    Many faith communities are officially committed to human rights for all. Yet in practice, some of their leaders may be strongly opposed. Since 1948 Christians have played a significant role in extending personal and societal respect for human dignity. At the same time, church leaders have also questioned and denied rights-based precepts and practices in a number of instances. In this paper, Savitri Hensman traces these discontinuities while pointing to the substantial traditional theological and spiritual resources that can be deployed in producing and developing shared commitments to freedom and justice. The publication of this document coincides with the Primates of the Anglican Communion meeting in Egypt from 1-4 February 2009, the upcoming Church of England General Synod discussion on the Human Rights Act, the Convention on Modern Liberty in the UK, and recent comments on human rights from the Vatican, from Evangelicals and from the new Patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church, Metropolitan Kyrill of Smolensk and Kaliningrad. In a church contexts, arguments about sexuality are significant because they highlight the extent to which protagonists are, or are not, willing to extend equal recognition and rights to those who are 'other', or with whose lifestyle they disagree.

    Savi Hensman
  • 22 Oct
    2008
    The Gospel accorded to Antoni

    In a thoughtful, passionate and challenging reflection on homosexuality
    and the Christian church, Glynn Cardy's focus is not on an 'issue' but
    on the people who are most affected by prejudice, and their need for
    justice, dignity and human rights.

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