Archivo etiqueta «Iglesia Anglicana»
By Theo Hobson, the author of Against Establishment: An Anglican Polemic (THE TIMES, 26/12/06):
You have, if you are an Anglican, probably just attended your first church service of the year. You go to the dentist as often. But that’s all right: this is the Church of England. You don’t have to wear God on your sleeve in this country. We enjoy a subtle, restrained, understated form of religiosity that is compatible with staying at home on Sunday mornings and quietly cringing at dinner parties when cruder souls raise the subject of God.
Does this sketch still ring true? … Seguir leyendo
By Roy Hattersley (THE GUARDIAN, 02/10/06):
Tomorrow I speak at the launch of the Canterbury Cathedral Restoration Appeal. A more superstitious man would fear that, before the performance was finished, he would be struck down by a thunderbolt – punishment for the presumption that emboldens an atheist to answer the call to rescue a place of worship. But it is the rejection of superstition that stands between me and belief. Nothing would give me greater pleasure than to join my father one day, on a big white cloud. But I cannot accept the idea of the resurrection, or any of … Seguir leyendo
By Andrew Brown, secretary to the Church Commissioners (THE GUARDIAN, 10/05/06):
In her article on the Church Commissioners’ annual report, Catherine Boyle suggests that the major challenge facing the Church of England is to get the thousands of Sunday shoppers who visit Gateshead’s MetroCentre, in which the commissioners hold a 10% interest, into church (How much land does the Church of England own?, April 28). This is an admirable goal, but we also see our task as taking the church to where people are to be found.
In the thriving environment of the MetroCentre itself, for instance, the Church … Seguir leyendo
By Madeleine Bunting (THE GUARDIAN, 21/04/06):
There have been the official 80th photographs, the 80 facts for an 80-year-old monarch issued by Buckingham Palace, a respectful television programme on her extraordinary life and long reign. There will be plenty more celebrations come the official birthday in June, but as the Queen finally celebrates her landmark day, there’s a thought that, however inappropriate, can’t but rear its head: what happens to a monarchy that has become so profoundly associated with one particular person? Is the institution robust enough to survive its passage to a new incumbent?
So much of our understanding … Seguir leyendo
By Polly Toynbee (THE GUARDIAN, 14/04/06):
The DJ wasn’t joking when he burbled: “Happy Good Friday!” His audience probably didn’t wince, since a recent poll showed that 43% of the population have no idea what Easter celebrates, with the young most clueless. Eggs, bunnies, lambs?Even an old atheist like me sees no good in this ignorance of basic Christian myths. How do you make any sense of history, art or literature without knowing the stories and iconography of your own culture and all the world’s main religions? Total ignorance of religion and its history could make people more susceptible to … Seguir leyendo
By Dr Giles Fraser, the vicar of Putney and a lecturer in philosophy at Wadham College, Oxford (THE GUARDIAN, 13/04/06):
There was a time when the country vicar was a staple of the English dramatis personae. This tea-drinking, gentle eccentric, with his polished shoes and kindly manners, represented a type of religion that didn’t make nonreligious people uncomfortable. He wouldn’t break into an existential sweat or press you against a wall to ask if you were saved, still less launch crusades from the pulpit or plant roadside bombs in the name of some higher power.
Safe though he was, … Seguir leyendo