Monthly Archives: February 2007

A small thought about Rowan Williams

Posted on February 27, 2007 by acb

The first conversation I ever had with him, he seemed nostalgic for the Orthodox church. He was, as a young man, attracted to Catholicism. Now he believes in the Anglican Communion: he has told the synod that he cannot give … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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That Gledhill sensation

Posted on February 26, 2007 by acb

Monday morning and the _Times_ hasn’t splashed with the news that Jesus’ body has been found in Israel. So perhaps they have learned something. It is, on the other hand, the lead item in Ruth Gledhill’s blog. I see also … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Small news item

Posted on February 25, 2007 by acb

Tom Butler calls for the dissolution of the Anglican Communion (and I am rude about sundry primates) [“in this World Service programme.”:http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/check/worldservice/meta/tx/reportingreligion?nbram=1&nbwm=1&size=au&lang=en-ws&bgc=003399] Bloody Realplayer, I’m afraid. Shortwave listeners can probably get it on their real radios some time today, but … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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A drive-by

Posted on February 23, 2007 by acb

I know haven’t been blogging much. I’ve been busy, and will be at least until Easter, with bookish things, earning a living, and so forth. I’ll try to manage little bursts of entertaining procrastination from time to time. Here’s one. … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Since the Reformation

Posted on February 15, 2007 by acb

I have always suspected that the number of stories Ruth Gledhill has covered which involve something being the first, or greatest, of its sort since the Reformation was remarkable and this morning, being in need of distraction, I did some … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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I’m glad I’m not the Holy Ghost

Posted on February 14, 2007 by acb

Because, to judge from the reports emerging from Dar-es-Salaam, the Holy Spirit has told Rowan Williams to recognise two Anglican churches in the USA; -it- He has told Katherine Jefferts Schori that one is quite enough. So what -it- She … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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marriage and markets.

Posted on February 7, 2007 by acb

When Rowan Williams [“praises marriage,”:http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/02/06/nmarry06.xml] everyone assumes that this is because he is the Archbishop of Canterbury, and it’s the Christian thing to do. Well, it is _a_ Christian thing to do, but no one could claim that it was … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Shorter Nick Cohen

Posted on February 4, 2007 by acb

%(loony)We should invade their countries, kill their leaders, and convert them to feminism.[1]% Not being as ambitious as Nick, I’d settle for being able to convert “the more backward parts of Birmingham,”:http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/story/0,,2005691,00.html which has the advantage that we don’t need … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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