News for August 4
August 4, 2008 by Barbara
Filed under News and Analysis
Lambeth Conference
BBC America | “The Archbishop of Canterbury said the “pieces are on the board” to resolve the row over homosexuality which threatens to split the Anglican Church. The announcement came on the last day of the Lambeth Conference, which has been overshadowed by the issue of gay clergy and same-sex unions”
New York Times | The New York Times offers a Lambeth profile of Bishop Gene Robinson, “the only Anglican bishop anywhere, except those disgraced for disputed legitimacy, malfeasance or criminality, to be told — in his case, by the Most Rev. Rowan Williams, the archbishop of Canterbury — that there was no seat for him at the Lambeth table.”
Episcopal Life Online | Keep up with coverage of the Lambeth Conference at Episcopal Life Online.
In India, Nearly 150 Die in Stampede at Temple | New York Times
Nearly 150 pilgrims, many of them children, were trampled to death at a Hindu temple in northern India on Sunday, after rumors of a landslide set off a stampede, local officials said.
Finding Sincerity in Cross-Religious Dialogue | AltMuslim
These were religious people; they weren’t interested in diluting their faiths. And in that, a type of sincerity emerged that was perhaps the greatest benefit of the initiative. That was combined with a healthy respect for each other as people who believed in a loving God and loving one’s neighbour.
Wounded Knoxville Church Redidicates | Articles of Faith
The Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church, where church usher Greg McKendry and visitor Linda Kraeger were shot to death and six others were wounded by a gunman July 27, held its first post-shooting worship service yesterday.
Almost Getting Humane Vitae | Get Religion
Get Religion’s Mark Stricherz deconstructs media coverage of the 40th anniversary of Humane Vitae, the papal encyclical that upheld the Roman Catholic Church’s prohibition against artificial birth control and contraception.
Barbara Schwartz is the editorial director at the Xenia Institute. She lives in Oklahoma City, Okla., and currently is pursuing a Master of Divinity degree at Phillips Theological Seminary in Tulsa.
