an edited version is published in The Church of England Newspaper, 13 June 2008 Dear Fulcrum friends, There is a story of a bishop visiting a care home for the elderly. He bends down in his cassock and asks a lady, ‘Do you know who I am?’ She replies, ‘No. But if you ask the … Continue Reading
Ending the Cycle of Vengeance by Graham Kings The Church of England Newspaper, 2 May 2008 Part of an address, ‘Faith and Fellowship in Crisis’, published in full on Fulcrum, given at the Pre-Lambeth Conference of the Diocese of Lichfield University of Stafford, 26 April 2008 A friend and I were trying to meet up … Continue Reading
an edited version is published in The Church of England Newspaper, 2 May 2008 Dear Fulcrum friends, A friend and I were trying to meet up at Spring Harvest. We hadn’t seen each other yet, although we both knew we were there. We arranged to meet at the front of the main white pavilion. ‘I … Continue Reading
Developing Evangelical Women as Leaders: CPAS and AWESOME by Elisabeth Goddard Rosie Ward is Leadership Development Advisor at the Church Pastoral Aid Society (CPAS). CPAS had noticed that there were relatively few women applying for the Arrow Leadership Programme developed and spearheaded by James Laurence and which Rosie now co-leads. Their department also saw that … Continue Reading
Andrew Goddard "Goddard 2 Goddard" contents page 8th March 2008 Dear Giles, Sorry that once again – in part due to more ‘little local difficulties’ – I’ve taken a while to respond to your last letter. It was really good to spend a few days together along with others last month talking about many of … Continue Reading
The Centre for the Study of Christianity in Asia, Singapore The notes in the text are hyperlinked into the end notes; to return to the text, click on the end note number Abstract: This essay examines the rise and development of “Global South Anglican”, and explores its ramifications for the Anglican Communion. The exploration sets … Continue Reading
New Westminster, J I Packer and The Anglican Church of Canada by Andrew Goddard The Diocese of New Westminster, which in many ways initiated the current crisis in the Communion by approving and then permitting the blessing of same-sex unions, is once again back in the news. This is due to its treatment of one … Continue Reading
Uncharitable readers might call this piece a rant rather than a polemic. I would reply that there is much to rant about. But I chose the word ‘polemic’ deliberately. What I really want to do is to set a hare running and would be delighted to see this issue widely discussed in the Fulcrum forums: … Continue Reading
Islamic Law and the Anglican Communion: Is there a Common Vision? by Andrew Goddard The heart of Archbishop Rowan’s now infamous lecture on Islam and the law is a vision of how to enable order, cohesion and belonging in a single political society which seeks to embrace multiple religious and other communities under the rule … Continue Reading
co-published, with permission, from The Church Times, 25 January 2008 St Paul, facing shipwreck off Malta, spotted the soldiers getting into a small boat to rescue themselves. “Unless these men stay in the ship,” he said to the centurion, “you cannot be saved.” A similar urgent plea must now be addressed to those who, envisaging … Continue Reading