The problem of religious traditionalists

Jan 13, 2023 by

by Joseph Shaw, Artillery Row: In religious groups, as in cultural groups of all kinds, one finds a range of attitudes towards the group’s traditions, its cultural inheritance. At one end of the range are those who want to preserve and...

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Appointment of the first Bishop of Oswestry

Dec 3, 2022 by

from The Society: After consultation with the Archbishop of Canterbury, Fr Paul Thomas SSC has been appointed as the first Bishop of Oswestry. The Society’s Council of Bishops is delighted to hear this news and warmly congratulates...

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Theo Hobson’s Fictional Church of England Future

Jan 12, 2022 by

by David Virtue, VOL: British theologian Theo Hobson believes the Church of England’s future can be saved if it can recover its liberal Anglo-Catholicism. He writes; “It is liberal in the sense that it affirms the liberal...

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Why Anglo-Catholicism appeals to millennials

Feb 8, 2019 by

by Marcus Walker, Catholic Herald: “Twentysomethings are flocking to Anglo-Catholic services” shouted a headline in the Times above an article featuring my church, St Bartholomew the Great, in the City of London. As so often with...

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A report on the Anglican Patrimony Conference

Apr 27, 2018 by

by David Pickering, Anglican Mainstream. The Anglican Patrimony conference (at St Stephen’s House, Oxford, on 25-26 April) brought together a wide range of those who value the Anglican inheritance and are concerned for traditional...

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Acting Bishop of London criticised for comments on ‘faffy’ High Church

Jan 28, 2018 by

by Abigail Frymann Rouch, Telegraph: The acting Bishop of London has been criticised by senior clergy for describing the High Church tradition as “faffy ceremonial” and suggesting it lacks “deep faith”. Bishop Pete Broadbent, bishop of...

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