Fulcrum Response to Primates’ Statement
Fulcrum’s initial response to the Primates’ Statement
Fulcrum’s initial response to the Primates’ Statement
The official text of the statement from the Primates in relation to the Anglican Communion
A short summary of “Sexuality and Communion” in The Oxford Handbook of Anglican Studies (OUP, 2015)
In dialogue with Martyn Percy, Ian Paul addresses a key underlying issue in contemporary debates about Anglicanism and about sexuality.
Raising the stakes, grandstanding, ecclesiastical brinkmaship or prayer?
“Christians engaged in controversy have often dipped their pens in vitriol. To disagree graciously would be a major step forward”
Ian Paul’s guide to this week’s meeting, written when it was called last September.
“These contributions….clarify that good disagreement does not mean compromising on deeply held convictions, nor entering a neutral space where all opinions are relativized to be of equal value”.
“One of the most arresting studies of the Christian Church that I know of….Never has disunity been exposed to such a damning indictment as in this book. Rarely has the conciliar path to convergence been portrayed with such insight. But what to do when warring Christians will neither meet nor talk, is a further – and seemingly intractable – question”
[toggle title_open=”Close Summary” title_closed=”Open for Article Summary” hide=”yes” border=”yes” style=”default” excerpt_length=”0″ read_more_text=”Read More” read_less_text=”Read Less” include_excerpt_html=”no”]To understand where we are and what we need to do in the Communion it is helpful to step back and recognise that, on paper at least, there has been a remarkable Communion consensus despite the disputes of recent years. … Continue Reading