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Dr Rowan Williams hezz got his knickers in a twist again
2008-03-24 13:16:00 Courtesy Libertarian Blog Alliance: Dr Rowan Williams hezz got his knickers in a twist againThe poor confused old Marxist-leaning Archbishop has apparently delivered a sermon, preaching about how “….. modern “comforts and luxuries” were unsustainable and would one day bring about the collapse of civilisation. He added that Christians must prepare by striving constantly to let go of “selfish, controlling, greedy habits”……”The report and the comment-thread in particular are worth a read: majority opinion seems to be against the fellow, but this the Telegraph is not the Guardian.So here’s a more constructive Christian Message for Easter, which the sad old wierdie-beardie would do well to read out in his (agreeably wonderful) Cathedral sometime.”Western Greed” is a theoretical construction, reflecting the mindset of those anti-Western philosphers who live in a fictitious neopastoral idyll, which is unobtainable and not desirable for humans to be in.The rest.Comme...
By: BlazingCatFur
Melanie Phillips on ?Imam? Rowan Williams
2008-02-14 15:49:00 A brilliant editorial by Londonistan author Melanie Phillips on the Sharia-loving head of the Church of England. But Dr Williams doesn?t even seem to have the courage of his lack of convictions. A statement on his website attempting to defend himself is disingenuous to the point of being downright misleading in trying to ...
By: Webloggin
Hitchens: To Hell With The Archbishop of Canterbury
2008-02-12 01:26:00 Christopher Hitchens has a great piece in Slate about the ridiculous endorsement of Sharia law by the archbishop of Canterbury. The worldwide criticism of the archbishop’s comments has now turned to calls for his resignation, which frankly are more than justified considering the stupidity of his comments. Picture the life of a young Urdu-speaking woman brought ...
By: The Hot Joints
Rowan Williams faces backlash over sharia
2008-02-10 13:29:00 What are the consequences of Rowan Williams?s foray into the Islamic legal system?
Archbishop Rowan Williams Backs Sharia Law in the UK
2008-02-09 09:19:00 Rowan Williams, the Archbishop of Canterbury, has come out in support of the introduction of sharia law in the UK. He claims that adopting aspects of sharia appears "unavoidable".Williams contends that since some Muslims don't relate to the British legal system, giving recognition to sharia would help to achieve 'social cohesion'.This shouldn't be a surprise coming from Williams. If any Archbishop of Canterbury of recent years fits the Monty Python mold it is Rowan Williams. He comes across as an eccentric and intellectually detached individual, who bends over backwards to be accommodating if he decides it's the 'Christian thing to do'.In this case it is absolutely the wrong thing to do.When Muslims made the decision to emigrate to the UK, they were fully aware that they were going to be making a new life in a Western nation where law, developed through parliament and the courts, reflects the secular and progressive tendencies of the society at large. When they become citizen...
By: Aidan Maconachy
Archbishop calls some aspects of nativity story a legend
2007-12-23 15:05:00 The Archbishop of Canterbury said yesterday that the Christmas story of the Three Wise Men was nothing but a 'legend'.
Rowan Williams hits out at atheist Richard Dawkins
2007-10-15 03:07:00 The Archbishop of Canterbury responded to critics of religion by arguing that atheists had missed the point and failed to understand what Christians really believe in.
Speaking of angels
2007-07-19 09:45:00 ?We don?t get to the end of being baffled and amazed [by the universe]. I sometimes think that this is the importance of talking about angels in Christian teaching. Odd as it may sound, thinking about these mysterious agents of God?s purpose, who belong to a different order of being, can be at least a powerful symbol for all those dimensions of the universe about which we have no real idea?. We?re so used to trivializing angels ? they are often reduced to Christmas decorations, fairy godmothers almost?. But in the Bible angels are often rather terrifying beings occasionally sweeping across the field of our vision?. Now whether or not you feel inclined to believe literally in angels ? and a lot of modern Christians have a few problems with them ? it?s worth thinking of them as at the very least a sort of shorthand description of everything that?s ?round the corner? of our perception and understanding in the universe ? including the universal song of praise that surrounds us always.??...
A lecture by Rowan Williams
2007-04-22 11:13:00 A few days ago, Rowan Williams was in Toronto, and he gave a lecture on ?The Bible: Reading and Hearing.? The full text is available online ? it?s a profound and brilliant theological meditation on the place of biblical interpretation within the eucharistic life of the church. Here?s an excerpt:?[T]he ?time? in which we hear Scripture is not like ordinary time. We are contemporary with events remote in history; we are caught up in the time of recitation, when we are to reimagine ourselves. For this moment, we exist simply as listeners, suspending our questions while the question is put to us of how we are to speak afresh about ourselves.?
Archbishop Rowan Williams on Hearing the Bible in Community
2007-04-20 18:24:00 Rowan Williams, the Archbishop of Canterbury, gave a lecture this week in Toronto entitled "The Bible Today: Hearing and Reading" which argues convincingly that Biblical interpretation must be reconnected to the church's communal life. This was also the dominant theme of the Wheaton conference on the ancient church fathers that I attended last week. As in the Archbishop's lecture, the speakers there, who belonged to Catholic, Orthodox, and a variety of Protestant denominations, agreed that modern Christianity (especially Protestantism) has developed an overly rationalist and individualist approach to the Bible, isolating theological arguments from their real-world proving ground, namely the church's sacramental worship, mutual care and service to the community. I'll be blogging about their specific insights over the next few days. Meanwhile, here is the Archbishop, displaying the intellectual sophistication and generosity of vision that I associate with ...
By: Reiter's Block
Failed humanity
2007-04-16 22:53:00 ?If salvation is for any, it is for all?. The ?return? to the lost, the excluded, the failed or destroyed, is not an option for the saint, but the very heart of saintliness. And we might think not only of Jesus?s parable of the shepherd, but of the great theological myth of the Descent into Hell, in which God?s presence in the world in Jesus is seen as his journey into the furthest deserts of despair and alienation. It is the supreme image of his freedom, to go where he is denied and forgotten?. He comes to his new and risen life, his universal kingship, by searching out all the forgotten and failed members of the human family.??Rowan Williams, The Truce of God (2nd ed.; Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2005), p. 30. |
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