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tree_and_leafI am not a fan of the anti-gay Anglican crowd at GAFCON, but I trust that some of them are at least slightly embarrassed to have Mugabe vocally agreeing with them.
Also, a link to a thoughtful article by Savitri Hensman on the divisions within Anglicanism. The point that the homosexuality issue (and, indeed, the ordination of women) isn't really about traditionalists v radicals, because both camps contain people who are very conservative in some ways and liberal and others. The point is, of course, deciding what part of the tradition you think is really important - and Anglicanism is so diverse that there is really a continuum of traditions, or at least the tradition involves not only diversity but contradictions. Actually I think this is, or ought to be, one of the better things about Anglicanism - if nothing else, it ought to serve as a reminder that no one human understanding of God or indeed of the church is adequate - but it complicates matters considerably. (IAMC, as![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
oursin would say). But then, as someone who would have to answer the question 'Are you a liberal or a conservative Anglican' with 'Yes', I suppose I would say that....
Also, a link to a thoughtful article by Savitri Hensman on the divisions within Anglicanism. The point that the homosexuality issue (and, indeed, the ordination of women) isn't really about traditionalists v radicals, because both camps contain people who are very conservative in some ways and liberal and others. The point is, of course, deciding what part of the tradition you think is really important - and Anglicanism is so diverse that there is really a continuum of traditions, or at least the tradition involves not only diversity but contradictions. Actually I think this is, or ought to be, one of the better things about Anglicanism - if nothing else, it ought to serve as a reminder that no one human understanding of God or indeed of the church is adequate - but it complicates matters considerably. (IAMC, as
oursin would say). But then, as someone who would have to answer the question 'Are you a liberal or a conservative Anglican' with 'Yes', I suppose I would say that....