A personal reflection by the Bishop of St. Germans on his generally very positive experience of Lambeth 1998. Does make interesting observation about corporate memory and working behaviour when he states: "There was no review of the resolutions from the 1988 Lambeth Conference. The lack of attention to them reveals the modesty of the authority of those we passed this time. It was evident that few bishops seemed to have read any reports or resolutions of previous Lambeth Conferences at all. It was as if we were doing everything from scratch. In the sub-section on euthanasia of which I formed part we certainly were, and woefully under-resourced to do so. But rarely did any Lambeth document quote any previous Lambeth report or resolution. Vatican documents, be contrast, are a sort of patchwork quilt of previous papal utterances and encyclicals. Suddenly I found myself sympathetic to the Curia. Anglicans publish endless reports and documents, but seem to do little to connect them. This Synod can be as bad, reinventing wheels with monotonous regularity".
The Steering Committee of the International Anglican Youth Network (IAYN) met in New York, NY, from 28-31 August 1995 . A full meeting of the Network is scheduled for 23-28 April 1996 in Cornwall, Connecticut. Plans were made for the promotion of Anglican Youth Sunday on 25 November 1995, for the proposed Anglican Communion Youth Conference in 1997 and for youth participation in the 1998 Lambeth Conference.
Writing in the "Church of England Newspaper", Maurice Sinclair, Primate of the Southern Cone, expressed concerns about the subject of homosexuality and the agenda of the 1998 Lambeth Conference. "What concerns us is the disproportionate influence of single pressure groups in the `North' and the apparent willingness in some areas of Anglican influence to accept, without reference to the understanding and convictions of the Communion as a whole, innovations in teaching and discipline relating to homosexual practice".
"In this book a veteran country parson emerges from obscurity to focus upon the root causes and a possible long term solution of the most intractable problem facing today's Christianity, and especially his own Anglican Communion -- its crippling and deep-seated disunity in the face of relentless secularist attack. John Fitch's 'eirenicon', defined as 'a proposal tending to make peace', while explicitly disclaiming the slick or superficial, offers a distinctive long-term approach to this issue with a touch of originality. His intriguing diagram on the front cover hints at the line taken -- a no-holds-barred analysis of the uniquely Anglican concept of 'churchmanship'." -- back cover.
Contents divided into two main parts: Part One: Churchmanship's Four Standpoints -- Part Two: Application.
Contents: Preface dated Great Yeldham, 29 December 2008 / J.A.F. -- The Anglican concept of Churchmanship -- Low Church/Evangelical -- Broad Church/Modernist/Post-modernist/Liberal -- High Church/Anglo-Catholic -- Narrow Church/Conservative/Traditionalist -- The Anglican Eirenicon -- Anglicans World-Wide: Unity or Disintegration ? -- Christians World-Wide: The Ecumenical Scene -- The Wider World: The Abrahamic/Monotheistic Faiths -- The Fitch Ecclesiometer -- Beyond a Joke -- Acknowledgements -- Bibliography -- List of Biblical References -- Index.
Twenty six chapters written by 20 authors divided into four sections, reflecting on the Conference themes. Authors include Canadian Patick Yu.
Bibliographical endnotes with each chapter but NO index.
Contents divided into four main parts: Part One: Called to Full Humanity -- Part Two: Holding and Sharing the Faith -- Part Three: Living as Anglicans in a Pluralistic World -- Part Four: Seeking Full Visible Unity.
Contents: Foreword / George Cantuar i.e. Carey, Archbishop of Canterbury -- Authors -- Introduction dated Oxford, All Saints Day, 1996 / Vinay Samuel and Chris Sugden -- Fascism and Nationalism / Roger Griffin -- A Christian Perspective on the Family / Vinay Samuel -- Why Questions of Gospel and Culture must be included in the Preparations for Lambeth 1998 / Maurice Sinclair -- An examination of the Theological Principles affecting the Homosexuality Debate : The St. Andrew's Day Statement / Michael Banner et al. -- A Response to the St. Andrew's Statement / Patrick Yu -- Reading the St. Andrew's Days Statement / Oliver O'Donovan -- Living with HIV/Aids : A personal testimony / Gideon Byamugisha -- The Dark Side of Technology / Bernard Adeney -- The Oxford Declaration on Christian Faith and Economics -- Trade and Development Report 1996 / UNCTAD (TDR 16), Geneva, 1996 -- The Impact of the Market Economy on the Poor / Raja Chelliah -- Business and Corruption / Vinay Samuel -- Media and Modernity / Quentin Schultze -- A Christian Response to Population Issues : An Oxford Statement Resource Document -- Christian Feminism and Feminist Perspectives on Population Control / Harriet A. Harris -- Kingdom Affirmations and Commitments -- The Gospel and the Transformation of the non-Western World / Kwame Bediako -- Adolescence, Youth Ministry and World Mission / Oxford Centre for Mission Studies and Oxford Youth Works -- Dialogue in an Age of Conflict / Michael Nazir-Ali -- Accessible Liturgy / Jean-Daniel Pluss -- Reception / Henry Chadwick -- The Anglican Acceptance of Contraception / Richard Harries -- Reflection on Biblical Themes of Discipleship / David Bennett -- Take Thou Authority: an African Perspective / John S. Pobee -- Towards Reconciliation in Rwanda / Emmanuel Kolini -- Evangelical Mission Societies and the Church in India / Vinay Samuel.
Twenty six chapters written by 20 authors divided into four sections, reflecting on the Conference themes. Authors include Canadian Patick Yu.
Bibliographical endnotes with each chapter but NO index.
Contents divided into four main parts: Part One: Called to Full Humanity -- Part Two: Holding and Sharing the Faith -- Part Three: Living as Anglicans in a Pluralistic World -- Part Four: Seeking Full Visible Unity.
Contents: Foreword / George Cantuar i.e. Carey, Archbishop of Canterbury -- Authors -- Introduction dated Oxford, All Saints Day, 1996 / Vinay Samuel and Chris Sugden -- Fascism and Nationalism / Roger Griffin -- A Christian Perspective on the Family / Vinay Samuel -- Why Questions of Gospel and Culture must be included in the Preparations for Lambeth 1998 / Maurice Sinclair -- An examination of the Theological Principles affecting the Homosexuality Debate : The St. Andrew's Day Statement / Michael Banner et al. -- A Response to the St. Andrew's Statement / Patrick Yu -- Reading the St. Andrew's Days Statement / Oliver O'Donovan -- Living with HIV/Aids : A personal testimony / Gideon Byamugisha -- The Dark Side of Technology / Bernard Adeney -- The Oxford Declaration on Christian Faith and Economics -- Trade and Development Report 1996 / UNCTAD (TDR 16), Geneva, 1996 -- The Impact of the Market Economy on the Poor / Raja Chelliah -- Business and Corruption / Vinay Samuel -- Media and Modernity / Quentin Schultze -- A Christian Response to Population Issues : An Oxford Statement Resource Document -- Christian Feminism and Feminist Perspectives on Population Control / Harriet A. Harris -- Kingdom Affirmations and Commitments -- The Gospel and the Transformation of the non-Western World / Kwame Bediako -- Adolescence, Youth Ministry and World Mission / Oxford Centre for Mission Studies and Oxford Youth Works -- Dialogue in an Age of Conflict / Michael Nazir-Ali -- Accessible Liturgy / Jean-Daniel Pluss -- Reception / Henry Chadwick -- The Anglican Acceptance of Contraception / Richard Harries -- Reflection on Biblical Themes of Discipleship / David Bennett -- Take Thou Authority: an African Perspective / John S. Pobee -- Towards Reconciliation in Rwanda / Emmanuel Kolini -- Evangelical Mission Societies and the Church in India / Vinay Samuel.
Jim Rosenthal, Director of Communications and Editor of `Anglican World' attended a meeting in Melbourne Australia and managed a brief visit to the Communications staff in the diocese of Sydney. The Australian Church is very involved in preparations for Lambeth 1998. Archbishop Keith Rayner is convenor of the planning committee and Bishop Roger Herft, of Newcastle, has been appointed chaplain to the conference.
In a commentary written for his on-line service, conservative writer David Virtue has accused Michael Ingham of suggesting that African bishops at Lambeth were "bought off" on the issue of homosexuality.
Presiding Bishop Frank Griswold explained in a letter to the Episcopal Church why he abstained during the vote on the resolution on homosexuality at Lambeth.