Guest Author by Dr Cathy Ross CMS Mission Interchange Advisor A paper given at the Australian Missiology Conference Whitley College, Melbourne September 2005 The notes in the text are hyperlinked into the end notes; to return to the text, click on the end note number Introduction “In light of recent events” – in Australia this might refer … Continue Reading
by Philip King General Secretary of the Church of England Board of Mission 1989-2000 45 years ago, as a newly ordained curate, I attended my first meeting of the Southwark Diocesan Evangelical Union (DEU). It was an extraordinary meeting in the presence of the Diocesan Bishop, Mervyn Stockwood. The main purpose of the meeting was … Continue Reading
by The Revd Prof Daniel W Hardy a sermon preached at Great St Mary’s Church, Cambridge 2 October 2005 Readings: Exodus 20:1-4, 7-9, Philippians 3:4-14, Matthew 21:12-16 The danger which confronts Anglicanism today seems to be twofold. On the one hand, there is a laudable attempt to appeal to everyone in a world which often … Continue Reading
by Dr Douglas Knight ‘Future directions in systematic theology’ is a title that invites a big answer. But I am going to start by giving you a modest account of what is being done by working theologians, and then we can see what there is to look forward to. I am going to give my … Continue Reading
Lecture given at the British Institute on Human Rights by Maeve Sherlock, Chief Executive of The Refugee Council 8 December 2005 ‘The fact of the matter is that the industrialised states of Western Europe and North America – those states which played a leading role in the establishment and development of the international refugee regime – … Continue Reading
BBC Radio 5 Live, 6 December 2005 Fulcrum Transcript Note: The transcript has been made by Fulcrum with BBC permission and section headings have been added. The headings, on this page, are hyperlinked into their sections. Introduction C S Lewis and Narnia True Spirit of Christmas Leadership as Archbishop of Canterbury Central Values and Priorities … Continue Reading
Address to the Church Action on Poverty conference by Maeve Sherlock, Chief Executive of The Refugee Council 3 December 2005 ABDULLAH CASE Last year one of our project workers in the Refugee Council’s Leeds office – a woman called Kate – saw a client whose name was Abdullah. He was an Iraqi asylum seeker whose application … Continue Reading
Reading the St. Andrew’s Day Statement Oliver O’Donovan The St. Andrew’s Day Statement (named from the date of its publication in 1995) is a contribution to a heated debate in the Church of England about “how we should respond to those, including clergy, seeking to live in quasi-marital relations with a person of the same … Continue Reading
The Revd Dr Colin Craston, served 15 years on the Anglican Consultative Council including six years as Chair. He was in parish ministry in the Church of England for 50 years and in retirement lives near Bolton. In 1993 the Anglican Consultative Council, of which I was then Chairman, met in Cape Town. Encouraged by … Continue Reading
Dear Fulcrum friends, In three lectures delivered in the United States earlier this month, Archbishop Robin Eames offered his reflections on the Anglican Communion at the present time.[1] As the chair of the Lambeth Commission which produced the Windsor Report, his thoughts must be taken seriously. Aside from the Archbishop of Canterbury, Archbishop Eames probably … Continue Reading