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2004

29 December 2004 Thought for the Day by Elaine Storkey

Elaine Storkey's BBC Thought for the Day, 29 December 2004, on the Asian Tsunami and God

27 December 2004 Article by Elaine Storkey from The Independent

Meanings of Christmas: If the universe was designed, who was the designer? One atheist philosopher has made a tentative step towards belief. But does it make sense to have a minimalist God?

10 December 2004 Statement from the Bishop of Durham

Press release concerning misrepresentation of Robin Eames' comments

10 December 2004 Statement from the Chairman of the Lambeth Commission

From the Church of Ireland Press Office, distributed view the Anglican Communion News Service

10 December 2004 Lambeth Conference 2008

Lambeth Palace confirms next Lambeth Conference in 2008 to be held in Canterbury

8 December 2004 Critique of Mark Dyer's explanation of the Windsor Report

By Dr Andrew Goddard, Wycliffe Hall, Oxford

29 November 2004 Advent pastoral letter from the Archbishop of Canterbury

From the Anglican Communion web site, distributed view the Anglican Communion News Service

26 November 2004 Bishops vote for gay 'marriage'

Eight Bishops voted last week for the government's civil partnership bill, which critics claim amounts to the legalisation of gay 'marriage'. The Bill will now pass into the law with the support of the majority of the Bishops of the Church of England who were present at the debate in the House of Lords against the will of only two bishops, Chester and Southwell. The Bishops who voted in favour of civil partnerships were the Bishops of Chelmsford, Manchester, Norwich, Oxford, Peterborough, St Albans, St Edmundsbury and Ipswich and Truro.

9 November 2004 Canadian Bishops guarded welcome to Windsor Report

Bishops of the Anglican Church of Canada have given a positive but qualified initial response to the Windsor Report

9 November 2004 Pittsburg plans for UDI

The Convention of the Diocese of Pittsburg where Bob Duncan is bishop, has amended its constitution, the first stage in a move that would enable it to separate from the Episcopal Church USA.

9 November 2004 Canadian Bishops guarded welcome to Windsor Report

Bishops of the Anglican Church of Canada have given a positive but qualified initial response to the Windsor Report

9 November 2004 CAPA Asserts Itself

The Meeting of CAPA (Council of the Anglican Provinces of Africa) has received more media coverage than this body ever managed before.
> According to the BBC there is determination to be less dependent on Western resources, especially for theological education.
> The Church Times has a fuller account.
> Here is the text of the communiqué from the meeting.

9 November 2004 New Church of England Website

The new Church of England Website is surprisingly good.

9 November 2004 Sydney Backdown on Lay Presidency (for the moment)

Sydney Diocese likewise has an all-new website and its news pages include an account of Sydney Synod's response to global feedback on its stance on lay presidency.

25 October 2004

Comments on the Windsor Report by The Revd Prof Christopher Seitz, Professor of Old Testament at the University of St Andrew's, Scotland, and President of the Anglican Communion Institute

25 October 2004

The Eclectics Conference 1-4 November 2004 at Swanwick, Derbyshire, UK, will include a plenary on the Windsor Report, and has Dr Esther Mombo, a member of the Lambeth Commission, as one of the speakers. She is the first woman Dean of Studies at St Paul's United Theological College, Limuru, Kenya.

25 October 2004

The Windsor Report will be discussed at the World Mission Conference: Nov 23-25, 2004 organised by Partnership for World Mission, at Swanwick, Derbyshire, UK. Keynote speakers: Dr Rowan Williams, Dr Christopher Duraisingh, Dr Graham Kings; Bible Studies by Rev Gottfried Osei-Mensah.

24 October 2004

Tom Wright on Radio 4's Sunday programme - (BBC)

23 October 2004

Blindly embracing diversity will damage unity by Tom Wright - (The Guardian)

21 October 2004

Archbishop Peter Akinola (Nigeria) refuses to back down - (The Guardian)

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