The Bishop of Woolwich has said he is "deeply saddened and distressed" to hear of a fatal machete attack on a man in south-east London. Christian Today. 22 May 2013

Iran has launched a public crackdown on dissent before next month's presidential election, executing two men charged with espionage and waging war against God, arresting a group of activists, including Christians, and summoning campaigners for questioning. Political prisoners in some of the country's most notorious jails have had their parole or visiting rights withdrawn and some transferred to solitary confinement. Saeed Kamali Deghan Guardian 21 May 2013

Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby honoured at his fellow Primates installation. ACNS, 20 May 2013

John Martin reviews Andrew Goddard's timely memoire of the Archiepiscopate of Rowan Williams

Andrew Goddard offers a positive assessment of the recent FAOC document

A comment on the most controversial funeral of the century.......

I quite like Bowman's point that there is potential danger in bringing the women bishops issue into Ephesians 5 (if I can put it like that), which is about marriage. If we want to know 'how we should conduct [ourselves] in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pilla...

Bowman, you say that the only distinguishing quality of the relationships: Christ:man, man:woman, God:Christ, and Christ:church, husband:wife (I have added one there), is coinherence. Surely, there is a hierarchy of authority visible here. Jesus submits to the Father, the church submits to the Lo...

Sorry, DavidR, I'm just now seeing your question below. You may feel that my 23413 on the Civil Partnerships thread provisionally answers it. If not, let me know. # Many historians have written about the evolution of marriage, but on the recent past you may find Edwin Shorter interesting and Steph...