Category Archives: Anglicanism

BabyBlueCafe – "How Blended Worship Builds Community"

Posted on September 16, 2008 by Rick

BabyBlueCafe is a thoughtful blog by an Anglican who lives in northern Virginia(?). She is on my short list when it comes to intelligent commentary on religious happenings particularly within Anglicanism. From BabyBlue’s fine and thoughtful post: So instead of … Continue reading →

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Confusing disagreement with ignorance and antipathy (or) Pentheus rages some more

Posted on July 12, 2008 by Rick

I suspect many conservative/orthodox Anglicans are grateful to God that Katharine Jefferts-Schori was elected Presiding Bishop. The Chuch of England not only has voted to allow women bishops (that was a foregone conclusion) but much more significantly showed a complete … Continue reading →

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Presiding Bishop responds to Gafcon (or) Pentheus rages

Posted on July 1, 2008 by Rick

I can quote the whole thing because it is amazingly short: Much of the Anglican world must be lamenting the latest emission from GAFCON.  Anglicanism has always been broader than some find comfortable. This statement does not represent the end … Continue reading →

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Gafcon and the New(?) Anglican Communion

Posted on June 30, 2008 by Rick

Sigh. Something huge happened last week. Gafcon – which is not a very hot sexy or informative acronym for a conference of conservative/orthodox Anglican bishops and other luminaries in Jerusalem. Much was said. And they released a communique that some … Continue reading →

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Patriarchs, primacy, and the pope

Posted on June 16, 2008 by Rick

About a year ago I was having a rather good lunch with some Episcopal clergy buds when the conversation turned to the relationship between Anglicanism and Orthodoxy. One of these fine priests mentioned how apparently Pope Benedict XVI without much … Continue reading →

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Misrepresenting History in order to Manipulate the Masses (or) Studies in Propoganda, Part II

Posted on June 11, 2008 by Rick

I will not herein reproduce the brilliant analysis of the Anglican Curmudgeon. The Lambeth Conference is fast approaching – the every-ten-years gathering of Anglican bishops from all over the world in Great Britain. Many conservative Anglicans are – excuse me … Continue reading →

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The "Problem" with Conservative Anglicans (or) Studies in Propoganda, Part I

Posted on June 8, 2008 by Rick

At Cornell University I wrote semi-regularly for the Cornell Review. Subtitle the “conservative voice on campus”. Most of my articles focused on (1) abortion or (2) analyzing and critiquing the mass media. If anything I would say the latter was … Continue reading →

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Anglicanism as Western Orthodoxy: Shall We Gather at The Bosporus?

Posted on July 30, 2007 by Rick

Anglicanism as Western Orthodoxy: Shall We Gather at The Bosporus? Richard M. Wright (Note: I am not happy with this article. Please consider it a first rough draft that needs plenty of work.) Whither Anglicanism? And how might (Eastern) Orthodoxy … Continue reading →

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