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30 June 2008 - web link: Rowan Williams, the Archbishop of Canterbury, sidelined by new global Anglican movement
By Joanna Corrigan and Martin Beckford, The Daily Telegraph, 30 June 2008
30 June 2008 - web link: Meet the Focas
by Andrew Brown, Comment is Free, The Guardian online, 30 June 2008
30 June 2008 - web link: Summer of Schism: Cantuar slams Gafcon
including statements by both Rowan Williams and Tom Wright, by Ruth Gledhill, Articles of Faith, The Times online, 30 June 2008
30 June 2008 - web link: Breakaway move puts Jensen in a bind
THE decisive role of the Archbishop of Sydney, Dr Peter Jensen, in the creation of a new power bloc in the Anglican communion is likely to spill over into tensions in the Australian church about female bishops. By Linda Morris, Sydney Morning Herald, 1 July 2008
30 June 2008 - web link: Archbishop of Canterbury responds to GAFCON statement
Archbishop of Canterbury's site, 30 June 2008
30 June 2008 - web link: Church court convicts Bennison
A church court has unanimously found the Episcopal bishop of Philadelphia, Charles E. Bennison, guilty of not responding appropriately to his brother's sexual abuse of a teenage girl. By Elizabeth Eisenstadt Evans, Religious News Service
30 June 2008 - web link: My other Gafcon
by Anne Atkins, Comment is Free, The Guardian site, 29 June 2008
29 June 2008 - web link: Anglicans Face Wider Split Over Policy Toward Gays
By Dina Kraft and Laurie Goodstein, The New York Times, 30 June 2008
29 June 2008 - web link: Conservative Anglicans form breakaway church in revolution led from the south
by Riazat Butt and Toni O'Loughlin, The Guardian, 30 June 2008
29 June 2008 - web link: On the GAFCON Final Statement: Encouragements and Serious Questions
by Graham Kings, Covenant site, 29 June 2008
29 June 2008 - web link: Jerusalem declaration thoughts
by Paul Handley, The Church Times blog, 29 June 2008
29 June 2008 - web link: Delegates endorse GAFCON final statement
by Paul Handley, The Church Times blog, 29 June 2008
29 June 2008 - web link: Is it a split?
by Paul Handley, The Church Times blog, 29 June 2008
29 June 2008 - web link: A first look at the GAFCON statement
by Paul Handley, The Church Times blog, 29 June 2008
29 June 2008 - web link: Conservatives to split - but only from Episcopal Church
by George Conger, Religious Intelligence, 29 June 2008
29 June 2008 - web link: Gafcon plans a future distant from the Archbishop of Canterbury
By Nick Mackenzie, Religious Intelligence, 29 June 2008
29 June 2008 - web link: GAFCON Final Statement
GAFCON site, 29 June 2008
29 June 2008 - web link: Anglicans poised to split from church
'Move on gays short of schism', by George Conger, The Washington Times, 29 June 2008
29 June 2008 - web link: Anglicans form 'new church' in gay clergy row
by Ruth Gledhill, The Sunday Times, 29 June 2008
29 June 2008 - web link: Anglican Church offshoot founded by traditionalists in Jerusalem
By Martin Beckford, The Sunday Telegraph, 29 June 2008
29 June 2008 - web link: The miracle of GAFCON
by Paul Handley, The Church Times blog, 28 June 2008
29 June 2008 - web link: GAFCON: Galilee
by Paul Handley, The Church Times blog, 28 June 2008
28 June 2008 - web link: GAFCON Final Statement
Stand Firm site, 28 June 2008 [this article has now been taken down, after a few minutes, and seems to have been put up by mistake: to see the contents, see Fulcrum forum thread on GAFCON]
28 June 2008 - web link: Anglicans face split
by Ruth Gledhill, The Sunday Times, 29 June 2008
28 June 2008 - web link: Rowan Williams: Remarks on Primacy at the meeting of the Fellowship of St. Alban and St. Sergius
by Jody Howard, Covenant site, 27 June 2008
28 June 2008 - web link: Akinola: Lambeth betrayed us
by Paul Handley, The Church Times, 27 June 2008
28 June 2008 - web link: GAFCON report including live interview with Peter Jensen for BBC Today programme
interview by Robert Pigott of Rod Thomas and Peter Jensen, BBC site, 28 June 2008
28 June 2008 - web link: Full Transcript of Bishop Michael Nazir-Ali's GAFCON Talk
TitusOneNine site, 28 June 2008
28 June 2008 - web link: Genuine conversion unveils our hidden depths
by Roderick Strange, The Times, 28 June 2008
28 June 2008 - web link: Do we need a global Anglican communion?
by Robert O'Neill, Comment is Free, The Guardian online, 25 June 2008
28 June 2008 - web link: Gafcon: a longer look
by Ruth Gledhill, Articles of Faith, The Times online, 27 June 2008
28 June 2008 - web link: At Gafcon, who calls the shots?
'White conservative Anglican clergy are beginning to pull the strings, squeezing their African brothers out of the picture', by Riazat Butt, Comment is Free, The Guardian online, 27 June 2008
28 June 2008 - web link: GAFCON: Keeping the final communique under wraps
by Paul Handley, The Church Times blog, 27 June 2008
28 June 2008 - web link: Dr Nazir-Ali is being exploited at Gafcon
by George Pitcher, The Daily Telegraph online, 27 June 2008
28 June 2008 - web link: There is no Anglican schism
by Damian Thompson, The Daily Telegraph online, 27 June 2008
28 June 2008 - web link: Archbishop Gregory Venables on the Lambeth Conference
GAFCON site, 27 June 2008
28 June 2008 - web link: Court backs Anglican parishes [in Virginia]
by Julia Duin, The Washington Times, 28 June 2008
27 June 2008 - web link: Anglican traditionalists set to form a 'church within a church'
by George Conger, The Church of England Newspaper, 27 June 2008, Religious Intelligence site
27 June 2008 - web link: It's conscience, say Lambeth absentees
by Paul Handley, The Church Times, 27 June 2008
27 June 2008 - web link: GAFCON Churches 'will stay in the fold'
by Paul Handley, The Church Times, 27 June 2008
27 June 2008 - web link: Will a new structure emerge from GAFCON?
by Paul Handley, Church Times blog, 26 June 2008
27 June 2008 - web link: Leader: The GAFCON Reformation
Leading article, The Church Times, 27 June 2008
27 June 2008 - web link: Dr Nazir-Ali: 'Inculturation has limits'
by Paul Handley, The Church Times, 27 June 2008
27 June 2008 - web link: Anglican rift: Conservative v Liberal
Paul Eddy and Marc Andrus on the BBC site, 23 June 2008
26 June 2008 - web link: Formation of a 'church within a church' for conservative Anglicans
by Ruth Gledhill, The Times, 27 June 2008
26 June 2008 - web link: Gafcon: Orthodox Anglicans feel betrayed by church structure
By Martin Beckford, The Daily Telegraph online, 26 June 2008
26 June 2008 - web link: Anti-gay bishops are after power, not truth
by George Pitcher, The Daily Telegraph online, 26 June 2008
26 June 2008 - web link: GAFCON: just another meeting?
by Matt Kennedy, Stand Firm site, 26 June 2008
26 June 2008 - web link: Misunderstanding GAFCON
'This global gathering of Anglicans is proving impossible to characterize--at least for now' by Timothy C. Morgan, Christianity Today, 26 June 2008
26 June 2008 - web link: Anglican conservative accuses 'relic' Williams of colonial mindset
A longer report of Vinay Samuel's Gafcon talk. There are comments about ++John Sentamu as well as ++Rowan Williams. By Riazat Butt, Guardian, 25 June 2008
26 June 2008 - web link: Archbishop is a colonial relic, says Vinay Samuel
The Archbishop of Canterbury is a "relic" who is stuck in a colonial mindset and does not trust church leaders from developing countries, GAFCON was told yesterday. By Riazat Butt, Guardian, 26 June 2008
26 June 2008 - web link: Bennison trial concludes
The trial of the Bishop of Pennsylvania for conduct unbecoming a member of the clergy concluded this week. Verdict awaited. By George Conger, Religious Intelligence, 25 June 2008
26 June 2008 - web link: Canadian Bishop in 'trespassing' warning
The Bishop of New Westminster, Michael Ingham has warned Dr. JI Packer, the Rev. David Short and other Vancouver clergy who have quit the diocese for the Anglican Network in Canada (ANiC) that if they remain in their churches they would be guilty of trespassing. By George Conger, Religious Intelligence, 25 June 2008
26 June 2008 - web link: Reclaiming Orthodoxy
Archbishop Peter Jensen interviewed by Christianity Today magazine. By Tim Morgan, 25 June 2008
26 June 2008 - web link: Delegates will help craft GAFCON statement
There is no advance text of a final statement of the Global Anglican Future Conference (GAFCON), nor prepared plans for future organization and action. According to the GAFCON website, The final statement is going to emerge as the work of all the participants of GAFCON, said Archbishop Benjamin Nzimbi of the Anglican Church of Kenya and chair of the Statement Committee." GAFCON website, 25 June 2008
25 June 2008 - web link: Threat of Anglican Schism Fizzles
'The would-be Anglican rebels gathered with storm clouds brewing around them. But now, even though the conservative Global Anglican Future Conference (GAFcon) has not concluded its meeting in Jerusalem, the secession it threatened to bring to the 78 million-member Anglican Communion looks like a confused bust.' By David Van Biema, Time Magazine, 25 June 2008
25 June 2008 - web link: What's going on at Gafcon
by Ruth Gledhill, Articles of Faith, The Times online, 25 June 2008
25 June 2008 - web link: GAFCON: "It's the beginning of a movement"
by Paul Handley, The Church Times blog, 25 June 2008
25 June 2008 - web link: Gafcon: Hardline Anglicans to form new church over homosexual clergy
'Hardline Anglicans are threatening to form a "church within a church" following the row with the Archbishop of Canterbury over homosexual clergy', by Martin Beckford, The Daily Telegraph online, 25 June 2008
25 June 2008 - web link: Conservative Anglicans aim to avoid split
'A new organisation for traditionalists wishing to remain within the Anglican Church is being developed at a breakaway summit, religious leaders have said.' By Martin Beckford, The Daily Telegraph online, 25 June 2008
25 June 2008 - web link: Anglicans vow no schism over gays dogma
by George Conger, The Washington Times, 25 June 2008
25 June 2008 - web link: Is the Anglican Communion heading towards an inevitable split?
By Jerome Taylor, The Independent, 25 June 2008
25 June 2008 - web link: Christians must recover nerve, says Nazir-Ali
by Riazat Butt, The Guardian, 25 June 2008
25 June 2008 - web link: Tom Wright interviewed: 'Don't allow them to play the victim'
interview by Wim Houtman, Nederlands Dagblad site, 24 June 2008
25 June 2008 - web link: An Open Letter on Women in the Episcopate from the Bishop of Guildford
by Christopher Hill, Diocese of Guildford site, 24 June 2008
25 June 2008 - web link: Give trads their own diocese says Guildford bishop
by Ruth Gledhill, Articles of Faith, The Times online, 24 June 2008
24 June 2008 - web link: Video of Michael Nazir-Ali's GAFCON address and press conference on 24 June 2008
Anglican TV, GAFCON site, 24 June 2008
24 June 2008 - web link: Bishop Michael Nazir-Ali on authentic Anglicanism
GAFCON press release, 24 June 2008
24 June 2008 - web link: Limbering Up for Lambeth
Anglican World news and notes number 3, June 2008, Anglican Communion Office site, 24 June 2008
24 June 2008 - web link: Western world is losing Christian values, says leading bishop
By Martin Beckford, The Daily Telegraph online, 24 June 2008
24 June 2008 - web link: What will come out of GAFCON?
by Paul Handley, Church Times blog, 24 June 2008
24 June 2008 - web link: Church summit [GAFCON]: 'For them it's all about homosexuality'
audio report by Riazat Butt, The Guardian online, 24 June 2008
24 June 2008 - web link: Video of GAFCON press conference on Sunday 22 June 2008
38 minutes, Anglican TV site, 24 June 2008
24 June 2008 - web link: US elections: US evangelical leader attacks Obama
concerning James Dobson, by Suzanne Goldenberg, The Guardian online, 24 June 2008
24 June 2008 - web link: Michael Nazir-Ali: there must be development in terms of doctrine
concerning his address at GAFCON, by Ruth Gledhill, Articles of Faith, The Times online, 24 June 2008
24 June 2008 - web link: A short primer in defense of an Anglican Covenant
by Ephraim Radner, Covenant site, 23 June 2008
24 June 2008 - web link: GAFCON Pilgrims Face Questions on Communion's Future
concerning the leadership of Peter Jensen at GAFCON, by George Conger, The Living Church, 23 June 2008
24 June 2008 - web link: Anglican Church schism recedes over gay issue with African leaders
by Ruth Gledhill, Articles of Faith, The Times online, 24 June 2008
24 June 2008 - web link: Pittsburgh: Bishop gets state approval for new corporation
by Mary Frances Schjonberg, Episcopal News Service, 23 June 2008
24 June 2008 - web link: Cracks begin to show at summit discussing gay clergy rift
by Riazat Butt, The Guardian, 24 June 2008
24 June 2008 - web link: Clerical errors
Leader, The Guardian, 24 June 2008
24 June 2008 - web link: Vicious hot air currents
'Homosexuality is a useful unifier for the conservative flocks who agree on very little else', by Stephen Bates, The Guardian, 24 June 2008
24 June 2008 - web link: Paddy Ashdown: Military intervention in Zimbabwe 'could be justified'
by Michael Evans and Catherine Philip, The Times, 24 June 2008
24 June 2008 - web link: GAFCON gaffs and the need to keep awake
by Mark Harris, Preludium site, 23 June 2008
24 June 2008 - web link: GAFCON ban on infection
by Mark Harris, Preludium site, 23 June 2008
24 June 2008 - web link: The only gay at Gafcon
by Ruth Gledhill, Articles of Faith, The Times online, 23 June 2008
24 June 2008 - web link: Gafcon: Hardline Anglicans to split church over homosexual clergy
'Hardline Anglicans are threatening to form a "church within a church" following the row with the Archbishop of Canterbury over homosexual clergy,' by Martin Beckford, The Daily Telegraph, 23 June 2008
24 June 2008 - web link: The conservative Church's desperation to stop the liberal tide could be damaging
By Jonathan Wynne-Jones, The Daily Telegraph, 23 June 2008
24 June 2008 - web link: The Anglican culture wars
by Andrew Brown, Comment is Free, The Guardian online, 23 June 2008
23 June 2008 - web link: Transcript of GAFON press conference questions on homophobia
by Iain Baxter, Thinking Anglicans, 23 June 2008
23 June 2008 - web link: Archbishop of Canterbury on the forthcoming Lambeth Conference
Archbishop of Canterbury's site, 19 June 2008
23 June 2008 - web link: Dan Damon interviews Peter Jensen and Mouneer Anis about GAFCON
BBC World Service, Reporting Religion, 22 June 2008
23 June 2008 - web link: Gafcon: 'The Banned'
by Ruth Gledhill, Articles of Faith, The Times online, 23 June 2008
23 June 2008 - web link: An unheavenly silence on homophobia
'Clerics at the Global Anglican Futures Conference have been slow to condemn violence against gay people. It's incredible, and unchristian', by Riazat Butt, The Guardian, Comment is Free, 23 June 2008
23 June 2008 - web link: Archbishop Akinola on error and apostasy
by Ruth Gledhill, Articles of Faith, The Times online, 23 June 2008
23 June 2008 - web link: Williams accused of leading church into crisis
by Riazat Butt, The Guardian, 23 June 2008
23 June 2008 - web link: News Links to GAFCON
by Dave Walker, Church Times blog, 23 June 2008
23 June 2008 - web link: Rebel bishop accuses Dr Rowan Williams over 'apostasy'
by Ruth Gledhill, The Times, 23 June 2008
23 June 2008 - web link: Primate of Nigeria vows to rescue Anglican church from crisis over sexuality
By Martin Beckford, The Daily Telegraph, 23 June 2008
23 June 2008 - web link: Stand Firm report on GAFCON news conference
Stand Firm site, 22 June 2008
23 June 2008 - web link: We Have No Other Place to Go" - Akinola confims there is no break away
GAFCON newsconference, 22 June 2008
23 June 2008 - web link: "A Rescue Mission" - Archbishop Akinola's Opening Address at GAFCON
by Peter Akinola, GAFCON site, 22 June 2008
22 June 2008 - web link: Leading Anglican bishops to boycott Lambeth Conference over gay clergy
By Jonathan Wynne-Jones, The Sunday Telegraph, 22 June 2008
21 June 2008 - web link: Tom Wright interviewed on American TV about Surprised by Hope
The Colbert Report (comedy show), 19 June 2008 [scroll down to Thursday 19 June]
21 June 2008 - web link: Church Services after Civil Partnerships
press release, Inclusive Church site, 20 June 2008
21 June 2008 - web link: Synod urged in two different directions on women bishops
by Pat Ashworth, Church Times, 20 June 2008
21 June 2008 - web link: It's healthy for Christians to disagree, but we really must learn to 'quarrel peacefully'
by Chris Hardwick, The Guardian, 21 June 2008
21 June 2008 - web link: The bare and desolate SPCK bookshops
by Christopher Howse, The Daily Telegraph, 21 June 2008
21 June 2008 - web link: Christians read the handwritten word differently
'The Bible needs interpreters but reflects the common faith of the whole Church', by Geoffrey Rowell, The Times, 21 June 2008
21 June 2008 - web link: The Church of England starts at home
concerning St Bartholomew-the-Great, by Richard Haggis, The Times,
20 June 2008 - web link: Are the Anglicans About to Split?
including a quote 'the GAFcon conference itself has been a bit of a Keystone Kops affair', by David Van Biema, Time magazine, 20 June 2008
20 June 2008 - web link: Stephen Bates on GAFCON
The People column, The Guardian, 20 June 2008
20 June 2008 - web link: GAFCON: the end is not nigh
by Russell Powell, Sydney Anglicans site, 20 June 2008
20 June 2008 - web link: GAFCON and the parting of the ways
by Paul Handley, The Church Times, 20 June 2008
20 June 2008 - web link: Orthodox sect justified by gay clergy row, say Conservative Anglicans
By Tim Butcher and Martin Beckford, The Daily Telegraph, 20 June 2008
20 June 2008 - web link: Conservative Anglicans Plan Rival Conference as Split Over Homosexuality Grows
By Laurie Goodstein, New York Times, 20 June 2008
19 June 2008 - web link: Bob Duncan's Opening Address at GAFCON in Jordan
'Anglicanism Come of Age: A Post-Colonial and Global Communion for the 21st Century', Anglican Communion Network site, 18 June 2008
19 June 2008 - web link: The Anglican Church is divided, but not fatally
Leading article, The Daily Telegraph, 19 June 2008
19 June 2008 - web link: GAFCON embarrassment: Akinola denied entry to Jordan
by Jim Naughton, Episcopal Cafe, 18 June 2008
19 June 2008 - web link: Akinola denied access to Jordan for pre-GAFCON meeting
by Dave Walker, Church Times blog, 18 June 2008
19 June 2008 - web link: 'Alternative Lambeth' conference forced to move to Jerusalem
by Ruth Gledhill, The Times, 19 June 2008
19 June 2008 - web link: Akinola 'barred' from Jordan
by Ruth Gledhill, Articles of Faith, The Times online, 18 June 2008
19 June 2008 - web link: Obituary of Henry Chadwick by Rowan Williams
The Guardian, 19 June 2008
19 June 2008 - web link: Hardline archbishops declare Anglican split
Hardline Church leaders have formally declared the end of the worldwide Anglican Communion, saying they can no longer be associated with liberals who tolerate homosexual clergy. By Tim Butcher in Jordan and Martin Beckford, Telegraph, 19 June 2008
19 June 2008 - web link: Prospect of gay Lutheran bishop divides Germans
Germany could elect its first openly gay Lutheran bishop next month, a move conservatives say would alienate many Christians and open divisions in the Church. Report from Christian Today News Service, 18 June, 2008
19 June 2008 - web link: The Very Rev Professor Henry Chadwick: priest and scholar
Times Obituary, 19 June 2008
19 June 2008 - web link: Obituary: Revd Professor Kwame Bediako
the leading Evangelical African theologian, Zondervan site, 12 June 2008
18 June 2008 - web link: Gay 'wedding' row reveals Church's true source of conflict
by George Pitcher, The Daily Telegraph online, 18 June 2008
18 June 2008 - web link: Bishop of London Richard Chartres attacks gay priests' 'wedding'
by Ruth Gledhill, Articles of Faith, The Times online, 18 June 2008
18 June 2008 - web link: Gay blessing: 'Four bishops in the sanctuary'
including a legal opinion by Judge James Behrens, by Ruth Gledhill, Articles of Faith, The Times online, 18 June 2008
18 June 2008 - web link: Obituary: The Very Revd Professor Henry Chadwick
The Daily Telegraph online, 18 June 2008
18 June 2008 - web link: Amman: Pre-GAFCON Consultation Relocated
Anglican Maintream site, 18 June 2008
18 June 2008 - web link: Key Document Released as GAFCON moves to Jerusalem
concerning the relocation of the Amman meeting because Peter Akinonla could not get a visa for Jordan, GAFCON site, 18 June 2008
18 June 2008 - web link: Tom Wright interviewed about GAFCON
interview on with Andy Walton, Premier Christian Radio site, 18 June 2008
18 June 2008 - web link: Kingdom come
The public meaning of the Gospels. By N. T. Wright, Christian Century, 17 June 2008
18 June 2008 - web link: Evangelism and goal-setting
Reflections on the challenge of giving evangelism its proper place. By Charles Lawless, Baptist Press (USA), 18 June 2008
18 June 2008 - web link: Bishops tell government to heed fuel poverty figures
Bishops have called on government to take the numbers experiencing fuel poverty into account when setting policy on increasing renewable energy generation. Report from Christian Today, 18 June 2008
18 June 2008 - web link: Bishop of London writes to Rector of St Bartholomew-the-Great
by Richard Chartres, Thinking Anglicans site, 18 June 2008
18 June 2008 - web link: Zimbabwe's voters told: choose Mugabe or you face a bullet
by Chris McGreal, The Guardian, 18 June 2008
17 June 2008 - web link: Zimbabwe police raid Christian groups in Harare
By Ecumenical News International, Ekklesia site, 13 June 2008
17 June 2008 - web link: The Anglican 'gay wedding' and a distinctly turbulent priest
by David Cohen, Evening Standard, 17 June 2008
17 June 2008 - web link: Why I blessed gay clergymen's relationship
by Martin Dudley, New Statesman online, 17 June 2008
17 June 2008 - web link: Joint statement by the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Archbishop of York regarding St Bartholomew-the-Great
Archbishop of Canterbury's site, 17 June 2008
17 June 2008 - web link: Vicar wins 14,000 pounds over relationship with colleague
By Duncan Gardham, The Daily Telegraph, 17 June 2008
17 June 2008 - web link: Bishop's former 'spin doctor' David Johnston wins unfair dismissal case
Liverpool Echo, 16 June 2008
17 June 2008 - web link: Priests in civil partnership blessing were reckless, says bishop
by Riazat Butt, The Guardian, 17 June 2008
17 June 2008 - web link: Church leaders fear summer of strife over women and gay clergy
'Conservatives threaten to split from communion as decisive conference looms'. By Riazat Butt, The Guardian, 17 June 2008
17 June 2008 - web link: Gay men and heterosexual women have similarly shaped brains, research shows
'Lesbians and heterosexual men show same pattern.Findings may throw light on depression and autism'. By Ian Sample, The Guardian, 17 June 2008
16 June 2008 - web link: Vatican bans 'godless' Da Vinci Code sequel Angels & Demons from Rome churches
By Malcolm Moore, The Daily Telegraph, 17 June 2008
16 June 2008 - web link: Sacked vicar wins case and accuses Bishop of Liverpool of 'lying'
by Ruth Gledill, Articles of Faith, The Times online, 16 June 2008
16 June 2008 - web link: Islam stuck in the Middle Ages, says Professor Hans Kung
by Ruth Gledhill, The Times online, 16 June 2008
16 June 2008 - web link: Diocese worker unfairly dismissed
'A former press officer for the Diocese of Liverpool has won his case for unfair dismissal against his bishop', BBC site, 16 June 2008
16 June 2008 - web link: Canada's expression of sorrow
Toronto Globe and Mail editorial about the historic apology by the Canadian PM to indigenous people. Forcibly taking young people from their families not only fractured their communities. It led to horrific abuse too. Globe and Mail, 11 June 2008
16 June 2008 - web link: On the market: Burford Priory, Oxfordshire
This Oxfordshire mansion is home to an ascetic Benedictine community. Now they are moving on, and selling a remarkably preserved slice of history for ﾣ6.5m. By Emma Wells, Sunday Times, 15 June 2008
16 June 2008 - web link: Anglican church in meltdown over gays and women
by Ruth Gledhill, The Times, 16 June 2008
16 June 2008 - web link: Times Leader: A House Divided
'Will the Lambeth Conference lead to schism in the Anglican Communion?', The Times, 16 June 2008
16 June 2008 - web link: Traditionalists spurn Lambeth Conference in favour of Jordan
by Ruth Gledhill, The Times, 16 June 2008
16 June 2008 - web link: Gay priest resigns after furore over church blessing
'The Rev Dr David Lord, a New Zealander who tied the knot with English clergyman Peter Cowell on May 31, "felt it appropriate to lay down his clergy license", according to a statement released through the Anglican church in New Zealand.' By Riazat Butt, The Guardian, 16 June 2008
16 June 2008 - web link: Controversial vicar investigated after Anglican church's first gay 'wedding'
By Martin Beckford and Duncan Gardham, The Daily Telegraph, 16 June 1008
15 June 2008 - web link: Rector faces the sack after holding Britain's first gay 'wedding' in an Anglican church
By Tom Kelly, Paul Sims and Ben Clerkin, The Daily Mail online, 16 June 2008
15 June 2008 - web link: Anglican church in meltdown over gays and women
by Ruth Gledhill, The Times, 16 June 2008
15 June 2008 - web link: London bishop to investigate gay church ceremony
Associated Press, International Herald Tribune, 15 June 2008
15 June 2008 - web link: Rowan Williams Interview with GMTV Sunday Progamme
interviewed by Lord Chris Smith, Archbishop of Canterbury site, 15 June 2008
15 June 2008 - audio link: BBC Sunday Programme interviews about St Bartholomew-the-Great
interviews with Martin Dudley, Colin Slee, and David Banting, BBC Radio 4 Sunday programme site, 15 June 2008, move clip forward to 23 mins
15 June 2008 - web link: Comparison of Book of Common Prayer Marriage Service and St Bartholomew-the-Great Blessing Service
Peter Ould site, 15 June 2008
15 June 2008 - web link: Anger at Anglican gay 'wedding'
including a video interview with Martin Dudley, Rector of St Bartholomew-the-Great, London, BBC site, 15 June 2008
15 June 2008 - web link: Unapologetic Apologist
Jay Smith confronts Muslim fundamentalists with fundamentalist fervor. By Deann Alford, Christianity Today 13 June 2008
15 June 2008 - web link: Government needs Christians to help counter extremism - bishop
The Bishop of Rochester has attacked the mess of multiculturalism and urged the Government to utilise the UKs millions of Christians in building community cohesion. By Jennifer Gold, Christian Today, 15 June 2008
15 June 2008 - web link: Row as rector holds Britain's first gay 'wedding' in an Anglican church
By Jonathan Petre, The Mail on Sunday, 15 June 2008
15 June 2008 - web link: Complete Order of Service of Same-Sex Blessing Service in St Bartholomew the Great, London
The ceremony for the Rev. Peter Cowell, Priest Vicar at Westminster Abbey, and the Rev. Dr. David Lord was held at The Priory Church of St. Bartholomew the Great in London, 31 May 2008, the Feast of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Episcopal Cafe site, 14 June 2008
15 June 2008 - web link: First gay 'wedding': All eyes on Archbishop of Canterbury
By Jonathan Wynne-Jones, The Sunday Telegraph, 15 June 2008
15 June 2008 - web link: Male priests marry in Anglican church's first gay 'wedding'
By Jonathan Wynne-Jones, The Sunday Telegraph, 15 June 2008
14 June 2008 - web link: GAFCON future essay
Episcopal Cafe site, 13 June 2008
14 June 2008 - web link: Former vicar in tribunal battle over his sacking
by Luke Traynor, Liverpool Echo, 13 June 2008
13 June 2008 - web link: New Testament Scholarship and Christian Discipleship
by Tom Wright, The Moule Memorial Lecture, Ridley Hall, 5 June 2008, Ridley Hall site, June 2008
13 June 2008 - web link: Archbishop's Aide Appointed as Next Principal at Ridley Hall
concerning Andrew Norman, Ridley Hall site, June 2008
12 June 2008 - web link: Updated Quadrant Diagram for Reading the Anglican Communion
by Graham Kings (part of the Fulcrum Newsletter for June 2008)
12 June 2008 - web link: Reading and Reshaping the Anglican Communion
by Graham Kings, an edited version of the Fulcrum Newsletter for June, Church of England Newspaper, 13 June 2008, Religious Intelligence site, 12 June 2008
12 June 2008 - web link: Rowan Williams on Writing
a talk given at Heffers Bookshop, Cambridge, Archbishop of Canterbury's site, 21 February 2008
12 June 2008 - web link: Liberation from Forced Marriages Report
by Muslim Arbitration Tribunal, Articles of Faith [Ruth Gledhill] site, The Times online, 12 June 2008, see also www.matribunal.com
12 June 2008 - web link: Seven in ten marriages [involving an English Citizen and a spouse born in Asia] 'forced'
by Ruth Gledhill, Articles of Faith, The Times online, 12 June 2008
12 June 2008 - web link: West 'held hostage' by Islam says Rome
by Ruth Gledhill, Articles of Faith, The Times online 10 June 2008
12 June 2008 - web link: West risks obsession with Islam, warns Vatican
by Richard Owen, The Times, 10 June 2008
11 June 2008 - web link: The archbishop [of Sydney] says No
by David Marr, Syndney Morning Herald, 10 June 2008
10 June 2008 - web link: Jordan cave may be oldest church
By Matt McGrath, BBC science correspondent, 10 June 2008
10 June 2008 - web link: Moral, But No Compass Government, Church and the Future of Welfare
by Francis Davis, Elizabeth Paulhus and Andrew Bradstock, Von Hugel Institute, St Edmund's College, Cambridge, Von Hugel Institute site, June 2008
10 June 2008 - web link: Video of Martyn Minns interview on BBC Hardtalk
BBC site, 9 June 2008
10 June 2008 - web link: Pastoral Letter Regarding Same-sex Marriage
by Marc Handley Andrus, Bishop of California, Diocese of California site, 9 June 2008
10 June 2008 - web link: Controversy ahead at Lambeth 2008?
by Andrew Carey, The Church of England Newspaper, 9 May 2008, TitusOneNine site, 9 June 2008
10 June 2008 - web link: Archbishop of Canterbury warns: Do not ignore Christianity for Islam
by Martin Beckford, The Daily Telegraph, 9 June 2008
10 June 2008 - web link: Obituary: Professor David Kerr
Arabist and scholar of Islam, who was Director of the Centre for the Study of Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations at Selly Oak Colleges, The Times, 5 June 2008
08 June 2008 - web link: Gay Bishop vs. Straight Bishop
concerning Gene Robinson and Martyn Minns, By David Van Biema, Time magazine, 7 June 2008
08 June 2008 - web link: Tough financial times for 11 area churches [in Washington DC area]
by Julia Duin, The Washington Times, 8 June 2008
07 June 2008 - web link: Archbishop takes a leap of faith
When the time comes for action, he has never been afraid to jump in with both feet. By Martin Phillips at 13,000ft, The Sun, 7 June 2008
07 June 2008 - web link: For Obama, white evangelicals could be a key
The nomination of Barack Obama inspired a hallelujah chorus for many Americans. But it's evangelical voters who may prove vital in the race for the Presidency. By Chuck Raasch, USA Today
07 June 2008 - web link: Times Comment: Church and State
A new report on the Church of England's social role is right in demanding greater recognition but wrong to call for a Minister of Religion. Times, 7 June 2008
07 June 2008 - web link: Church attacks Labour for betraying Christians
Strongest criticism of Government in decades. By Ruth Gledhill, Times, 7 June 2008
07 June 2008 - web link: English bishops' worry over clergy quality
The Church of England has been thrown in to turmoil following the leak of a restricted Ministry Division report finding that clergy are not up to the job. By Toby Cohen, Religious Intelligence, 7 June 2008
06 June 2008 - web link: 107 Ugandan Anglicans going to [GAFCON in] Jerusalem
including 34 bishops, by Henry Orombi, GAFCON site, June 2008
06 June 2008 - web link: Communion Partners - A Means of Fellowship within the Anglican Communion
by Christopher Seitz, Covenant site, 2 June 2008
06 June 2008 - web link: Diocese of Pittsburgh Proposal to Join Southern Cone
Resolution 1 for 143rd Diocesan Convention, Diocese of Pittsburgh site, June 2008
05 June 2008 - web link: Screwed-up saints
book review by Iwan Russell-Jones of 'Crazy for God', by Frank Schaeffer, Ship of Fools site, June 2008
05 June 2008 - web link: Zimbabwean generals have 'taken Robert Mugabe's power'
by David Blair, The Daily Telegraph, 5 July 2008
05 June 2008 - web link: Pastoral Message issued by the Bishops of the Church of the Province of Central Africa
Anglican Communion Office site, 3 June 2008
05 June 2008 - web link: Rowan Williams: Christian-Muslim engagement 'for the sake of peace in our common home'
concerning 'A Common Word', Archbishop of Canterbury's site, 3 June 2008
05 June 2008 - web link: Episcopal Church diocese sues former bishop
Central Valley Business Times, 3 June 2008
05 June 2008 - web link: Merrill Lynch freezes disputed San Joaquin diocesan accounts pending court ruling
By Pat McCaughan, Episcopal Life online, 4 June 2008
05 June 2008 - web link: Episcopal Church, San Joaquin diocese amend property dispute
'Merrill Lynch, 'holding corporation' added as co-defendants', by Pat McCaughan, Episcopal Life online, 2 June 2008
03 June 2008 - web link: Synod motion call to convert Muslims
A Private members motion to General Synod calling for conversion of Muslims looks set to cause ripples. Religious Intelligence, 3 June 2008
03 June 2008 - web link: Bishop of Stafford issues 'Fritzl' clarification
Report from Christian Today, 3 June 2008.
03 June 2008 - web link: Listening Process: resource book published
The Anglican Communion and Homosexuality - A resource to enable listening and dialogue, edited by Philip Groves, is now published. Anglican Communion Press Release, 29 May 2008
03 June 2008 - web link: Faithbook launched on Facebook
The social networking tool Facebook is often used to organise drunken parties and while away boredom, but organisers of a multifaith initiative hope it will combat extremism and improve relations between religious communities. By Riazat Butt, Guardian, 3 June 2008
03 June 2008 - web link: Church of England tackles rise in bullying vicars
An increase in bullying in the Church of England has led to bishops being urged to introduce harassment advisers. By Tom Peterkin, Telegraph, 3 June 2008
02 June 2008 - web link: The evangelicals you don't know
Theyre intolerant, pushy, close-minded cultural warriors, right? Wrong. A liberal writers trip to Xenia, Ohio, reveals some surprising (to him) truths about conservative Christianity. By Tom Krattenmaker, USA Today, 2 June 2008
02 June 2008 - web link: Protestant groups join Episcopal fight over church properties
Sixteen Protestant denominations and regional districts have joined a friend-of-the-court brief supporting the Episcopal Diocese of Virginia in contesting a state law that governs church splits. Religious News Service report in The Christian Century, 1 June 2008
02 June 2008 - web link: Abuse victims attack bishop for comparing climate ignorance with Fritzl's incest crimes
The Bishop of Stafford has provoked an outcry with his analogy comparing ignorance of climate change with the crimes of Josef Fritzl. By Ruth Gledhill, Times Online, 2 June 2008
02 June 2008 - web link: Australian Church publishes Protocols on women bishops
The Anglican Church of Australia has published the text of its protocol on women bishops, offering an informal guarantee to opponents. By George Conger, Religious Intelligence, 2 June 2008
02 June 2008 - web link: Ecclesiastical touch in the Sydney secular stone
Michael Spence, the new vice-chancellor of Sydney University is an ordained priest. [So is his wife Beth] Sydney Morning Herald, 1 June 2008
01 June 2008 - web link: Rowan Williams and "the distinctive charism of bishops"
A statement by Bonnie Anderson, President of the House of Deputies of TEC, sheds light the differences in mindset between US Episcopalians and their Anglican cousins, Episcopal Cafe, 30 May 2008.
01 June 2008 - web link: Iran chided over human rights violations
The Bishop of Chelmsford in England has criticised the record of Iran in protecting the rights of religious minorities. By Adrian Hall, Religious Intelligence, 1 June 2008
01 June 2008 - web link: China crackdown hits house churches hard
House churches across China have been hit by a wave of arrests and detentions, says China Aid Association (CAA), the leading support group for Chinas persecuted Christians. By Daniel Blake, Christian Today, 31 May 2008
01 June 2008 - web link: Parishes lose ﾣ60m to pay for 2012 Olympics
Lottery fund leader condemns Government for plundering heritage funds to support sporting spectacle. By Jonathan Wynne-Jones, Sun Telegraph Online, 1 June 2008
01 June 2008 - web link: 'Poor quality' of vicars alarms Church leaders
Church of England bishops believe that thousands of vicars are not up to the job, according to a confidential report, By Jonathan Wynne-Jones, Sun Telegraph, 1 June 2008

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