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Welcome to the Anglican Mainstream website, featuring daily postings of news and articles from around the world (editorial policy here). We aim to inform and assist thinking about key issues facing church and society, from an orthodox Christian point of view.
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Some readers find that the Anglican Mainstream website does not automatically update to the latest page. If so, this can normally be resolved by pressing the ‘refresh’ button. The headline boxes above each contain collections of articles on recent important topics which have attracted much...
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by Tom Barnes, Independent: Coalition government says move is ‘just the beginning’ as Turkey brands policy Islamophobic. Austria plans to shut seven mosques and expel dozens of imams in what politicians have described as a crackdown on “political Islam”. The country’s coalition government, formed...
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by Alan J. Hawkins and Hal Boyd, Public Discourse: New research suggests that educational programs can strengthen or even save marriages. Government can and should play an important role in supporting marriage through such programs. In the latter half of the twentieth century, government actions...
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from Family Watch International: As many parents prepare their children for a new school year, Family Watch is issuing this warning to parents everywhere: Investigate what Planned Parenthood is doing in your country and in your state, and especially in your children’s schools. On the menu for many...
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by Kevin Williamson, National Review: We owe a debt of gratitude to the cranky dissidents such as Jack Phillips. Vox may still be keeping up its risible just-the-facts posturing, but it is tendentious to the point of dishonesty: “Colorado baker who refused to serve gay couple now wants to refuse...
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by Jonathon Van Maren, The Bridgehead: August 17, 2018 (LifeSiteNews) – Some days, it seems as if the transgender movement is actually trying to sound as unreasonable as humanly possible to ordinary people—that is, the sort of people who live their lives without once being offended at transphobic...
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from ITV News: A cathedral is pressing ahead with plans to show two “not for the faint-hearted” horror films and Monty Python’s Life of Brian on an inflatable big screen – despite opposition from some church wardens. The Dean of Derby, The Very Reverend Dr Stephen Hance, said the decision to host...
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by David Robertson, theweeflea: We can learn a great deal from the continuing fallout from Perth Pride. As I wrote about this – there was a backlash which involved a great deal of distortion and attempt to silence. The Daily Record joined in the unthinking herd mob mentality with this article...
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by Lisa Bourne, LifeSite: Nearly a week after last Tuesday’s scathing Pennsylvania grand jury report exposing 70 years of clergy sex abuse of 1,000 known victims on the part of some 300 priests, Pope Francis responded to the scandal today, stating that “clericalism” was the root cause. The letter...
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by Peter Brierley, Church of England Newspaper. Half of the Christian growth across the world is in the continent of Africa! In 2018 the world had 2.5 billion Christian adherents, growing at the rate of 29 million people a year. Africa had 630 million (25 per cent), growing at 14 million a...
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by Joseph Pearce, The Imaginative Conservative: There are lies, damned lies, and neo-atheist polemics. One of the most egregious examples of such godless mendacity is the claim that religion has been the cause of most of the wars that have blighted humanity throughout its blood-stained history. In...
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