Terry Philpot writes about Catholic care homes in the Guardian’s Face to Faith column.
Usama Hasan writes in The Times about What is Sharia?
Giles Fraser writes in the Church Times that the Democrats now do God.
Christopher Howse following the archbishop’s lead tells more Ronald Knox jokes in When Islam and the C of E unite.
Craig Brown tries to be amusing in Dr Rowan Williams’ ‘Cat Sat On The Mat’.
And for a real contrast to that, try the sermon given by Rowan Williams at the memorial service for Charlie Moule last weekend.
In his prolonged and protracted assessment and evaluation of the ligual capablenesses of the Archbishop, Craig Brown does tend to obnubilate the precise form and nature of the issue of communicatability regarding this primate among equals of the Anglicans, and it would have been more illustrative had he chosen a richness of back and forth terminology by which to express the matter.
A lovely sermon on Charlie Moule – NB Moule was I think very particular that his book be titled ‘Origin’ not ‘Origins’ [of Christology] since he believed in a unitary origin.
what about the excellent piece by rod liddle in the spectator?
http://www.spectator.co.uk/the-magazine/features/503041/the-archbishop-is-little-more-than-a-posh-john-prescott-in-a-black-dress.thtml
people (men) of my generation who were taught by moule used to tell affectionately the story of how would always walk into a lecture room, peopled by more women undergraduates than men, look around and begin, ‘Gentlemen’. i never really saw the reason for the affection.
Thanks to Ron Liddle, Quote: Clearly, he (RW) is absolutely incapable, intellectually and morally, of confronting inhumanity perpetrated in the name of religious belief,…Unquote. I am not yet so angry – Canterbury after all has considerable importance to me as an Anglican believer, but not yet so great a power to force me to do anything big or small against my pilgrim’s conscience in daily life, ethics, or theologies. I do feel worried. After all, when Canterbury ceases to light our paths, a good lamp of Anglican church life has gone dim. But, since Lord Carey before Rowan Williams blazed… Read more »
Disgusted that legitimate opponents of ARCIC “agreements” were again stifled by the Bishops.
Disgusted at the two faced actions of the Vatican, allowing IARCUM to be run by liberal Catholics, whilst on a doctrinal level reasserting hard line Romanism.