The Benedict Option: A Strategy for Christians in a Post-Christian Nation by Rod Dreher I have possibly come late to The Benedict Option conversation. I am not sure that I’ve been missing as much as some might have implied. Rod Dreher calls for a “strategic withdrawal” from mainstream society, and terms this “the Benedict Option”.
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[Updated 11 January below in italics] There is no Archbishop of Canterbury. No, it’s not a loss of faith (like: there is no {spoiler alert} Tooth Fairy!). No, it’s not a denial of the validity of Anglican orders (as in: Rowan Williams cannot have been an archbishop because he is actually just a lay person
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New Zealand’s Archbishop David Moxon has accepted the position of the Archbishop of Canterbury’s Representative to the Vatican, and Director of the Anglican Centre in Rome. David Moxon has been a friend of mine for decades. He is a warm person with true depth of spirituality, a deep bicultural and multicultural understanding, and a catholic
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At a time when state and church are often involved in heated controversy about redefining words and concepts, England and its Church have redefined “news” and “announcement” by announcing the news that Justin Welby is to be the next Archbishop of Canterbury.* I think my friend and colleague, Rev Dr Peter Carrell, may have been
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Yesterday I spent a majority of the day at events with the Archbishop of Canterbury. He was visiting Christchurch (in NZ’s province of Canterbury) in a break during the meeting of the Anglican Consultative Council. The day began with a cathedral service at which he presided and preached. The cathedral community are guests at Christ’s
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The Crown Nominations Commission (CNC), after meeting for three days has failed to agree to a name to present through David Cameron, the British Prime Minister, to the Queen for her appointment. The official media release is: This week’s meeting of the Crown Nominations Commission (CNC) has been accompanied by much speculation about possible candidates
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It is not normally my practice to post more than once a day, and I, hence, hope that my earlier post today on Lent 4 confusion is not lost to regulars here, but I’ve decided that the announcement of the resignation of the Archbishop of Canterbury cannot be left for a day or two. On
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Do as I say – not as I do. I’m squandering precious time and energy on the “Anglican Covenant”. Don’t. I have regularly joked: what would happen if the CofE didn’t sign up to the “Anglican Covenant”? Clearly the drafters of the “Anglican Covenant” were so cocksure of CofE support that such an option isn’t
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