Category Archives: God

one good man

is unhappy about the choice of Rowan Williams for Canterbury: my freind Angus, who is as decent an honourable as anyone I know. But his wife is on holiday this week, and it disconcerts him to hear the radio going … Continue reading Continue reading

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more global fame

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under god

Salon is consumed with discussions about the pledge of alliegance. I also saw a rumour that it’s dying. I hope it lasts at least until I get to SFO in July for a weekend. I like those people. There’s a … Continue reading Continue reading

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dna and souls

I have long suspected that John Polkinghorne is a bit of a windbag. He was the subject of a truly elegant demolition by Freeman Dyson in the NYRB a couple of months ago. But listening to him trying to explain … Continue reading Continue reading

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too sick to print

a rumour that Nigel McCullough is the second name on the shortlist for Archbishop of Canterbury that has gone to Tony Blair. Continue reading

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she jumped

Times Online “THE Church of England has chosen the Archbishop of Wales, Dr Rowan Williams, to be the next Archbishop of Canterbury.” — well, that’s what the story says. Continue reading

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Missionary activity

There was a perfect fundie story in today’s Guardian, at the end of the World cup section. Not online, so I shall type in the par I loved. It came from an interview with the 22 missionaries of the Northwest … Continue reading Continue reading

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news on the brink

A friend of mine rang up about half an hour ago, from one of the papers. They had had a tip — well, a suggestive silence — from a member of the Crown Appointments Commission, the committee that shortlists the … Continue reading Continue reading

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rowan williams

Yet another article praising Rowan Williams in this morning’s Times. He is the outstanding candidate to become Archbishop of Canterbury. No journalist has seriously argued otherwise, no matter what bias they started with. The more closely he has been examined, … Continue reading Continue reading

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