A distorted church;- where ‘trans’ stands for transsexual not transformation – and stagnation replaces salvation.

Jun 3, 2018 by

by Gavin Ashenden:

It has been said that we don’t get ideas; they get us.

Two announcements have been made recently from within the Church of England. One was that the looked to increase the quota of ethnic and other minorities ordained to the Christian priesthood, and the other was the promotion of transgendered people as clergy.

The second idea is simply an intensification of the first. We have been hearing so much about minorities and diversity in recent years, it can be hard to remember that these are artificial political categories that have not been around very long.

By artificial, what I mean is that they are all to do with category and not with content. The categories are political ones that allow a language based on power to be used and developed.  What is an ‘ethnic minority’? It all depends on where you use the word. In England it becomes a euphemism for non-indigenous people. What would it mean in India?  There an Englishman or woman would be part of the ethnic minority. Do you ever hear anyone show concern for the English as an ethnic minority in India? No, of course not.

So, we are dealing with categories that have been invented so that the language and lens of power relations can be used to define and develop the culture; and in particular to the situation in the West.

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