Frater: Maybe ++Rowan Cantuar is Blair's Revenge (as ++Carey was
Thatcher's for the C of e's response to her mean spiritedness with their
'Church in the City'! His ties with Orthodoxy are impressive and like
Pope Benedict XVI maybe we should just give him a little time. We should
also probably carefully as we are able distinguish from what he says and
what is done in his name on occasions. Being the head of a 1.1 billion
organisation (The RC Church) even if one is infallible is likely
impossible. Being the 'primus inter pares; of a 71 million family can't
be much easier (even w/o infallibility). Blessings. GDVW+
>
> I found many of his sermons found in his Ray of Darkness to be quite
> moving
> and thought-provoking (though it contains some infuriating ones as well).
> His Anglican Identities is superb as well.  His website has a wealth of
> sermons and essays he's delivered.  Many on the list won't like his
> political / economical ones (he's a self-described hairy-Lefty), but his
> theological ones are very profound.  I can't remember it's title, but one
> that comes immediately to mind is about the role of faith in the public
> square.
>
> Also, I see he has a new book about to be published on the importance of
> Church History entitled Studying the Past.
>
> Some of the difficulties people have with getting a good grip on the man
> is
> that he is every ounce a contemplative (which perhaps should have
> disqualified him from being Canterbury!!!) influenced strongly by the
> Desert
> Fathers.  Modern Anglicanism isn't accustomed to such men!
>
> Mark+
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