It’s cool to be Christian again

I’ve seen various comments along the lines of “It’s cool to be Christian again”, pointing to recent statements by the Roman Pope and retired Anglican Archbishop Desmond Tutu.

There seemed to be something missing there, however, because the Anglican Archbishop of Canterbury made some statements that were just as newsworthy, and just as widely reported, it seems, but were not, apparently, seen to be cool by the current arbiters of “cool”.

Here, for the record, are some of the blog posts and comments on the Archbishop of Canterbury’s statements.

• Justin Welby pleases both left and right with clever Wonga comments (blogs.spectator.co.uk)
• The Separation of Church and State (politicsfromthemiddle.com)
• British government asks church to take over thousands of state schools (religionnews.com)
• On the Claim that Separation Strengthens Religion (clrforum.org)
• Does “Separation of Church and State” mean “Separation of God and Government?” (christianlibertynews.wordpress.com)
• Wonga-bashing won’t save the Church of England (oup.com)
• The Archbishop, loansharks, and the media (khanya.wordpress.com)
• Archbishop of Canterbury, Wonga and Credit Unions (jochamberlain.wordpress.com)
• Condescension to Church shows sad state of Independent | Notepad on Life: Condescension to Church shows sad state of Independent
• Religion and politics | Nick Baines’s Blog
• Word changes | Nick Baines’s Blog

I suppose it depends on how you define “cool”.

Journeys In Between: Archbishop Jensen on Sharia Law

According to an Australian blogger, the Anglican Archbishop of Sydney finds the arguments of Archbishop Rowan Williams about Sharia law “compelling”: Journeys In Between: Archbishop Jensen on Sharia Law:

Anglican Archbishop of Sydney, Peter Jensen, said yesterday that he found Rowan William’s argument for introducing Sharia Law in the UK ‘quite compelling’ and will be seeking the same for Australia.

Dr Peter Jensen confirmed the move after the flurry of negative press Rowan William’s comments attracted earlier this week. When questioned whether capital punnishment for homosexuals, as mandated by Sharia Law, was a motivating factor in any way, Jensen replied, ‘What’s good for Rowan is good for me.’

This report has not been confirmed from other sources, however.

Backtracking on secularisation? Archbishop of Canterbury and Sharia law

Father David MacGregor has linked together a number of reports in his Contact Online blog about the Archbishop of Canterbury’s views on introducing Sharia law into Britain, which has set a herd of cats among the pigeons.

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Moved to WordPress blog because of Blogger bugs

This post was actually posted at 6:00 pm, and should have appeared above the post above this, instead of below it. But Blogger has a bug that only allows it to post in the mornibng, and an ything posted after noon is moved 12 hours back.

Maybe they will fix this bug next year, or the year after, but until they do, read the rest of this post here.

US imperialism has created the worst of all worlds

US imperialism has created the worst of all worlds, says the Anglican Archbishop of Canterbury.

clipped from timesonline.co.uk THE Archbishop of Canterbury has said that the United States wields its power in a way that is worse than Britain during its imperial heyday. Rowan Williams claimed that America’s attempt to intervene overseas by “clearing the decks” with a “quick burst of violent action” had led to “the worst of all worlds”. He said the crisis was caused not just by America’s actions but also by its misguided sense of its own mission. He poured scorn on the “chosen nation myth of America, meaning that what happens in America is very much at the heart of God’s purpose for humanity”.