Building bridges a priority for the new Communion secretary general
https://archives.anglican.ca/link/article40152
- Author
- Fieguth, Debra, 1953-2016
- Material Type
- Journal Article
- Journal
- Anglican Journal
- Date
- 2015 June
- Author
- Fieguth, Debra, 1953-2016
- Material Type
- Journal Article
- Journal
- Anglican Journal
- Date
- 2015 June
- Volume
- 141
- Issue
- 6
- Page
- 9
- Notes
- "The next secretary general of the Anglican Communion, Archbishop Josiah Idowu-Fearon, is well known for his work in reconciliation between Muslims and Christians in Nigeria. But he is also no stranger to Canada. As an adjunct professor in Christian theology and Islam at Toronto's Wycliffe College, he visits Canada at least once a year to teach and preach. He also has close ties with St. Paul's Bloor Street in Toronto, which partners with his diocese of Kaduna in a farm project aimed at interfaith reconciliation in his region. Idowu-Fearon, 66, will take up the position in July [2015], succeeding Canon Kenneth Kearon, recently elected a bishop in Ireland. Coming from a conservative part of the Communion, Idowu-Fearon doesn't fit easily into the stereotype that some may have of Nigerian bishops. Viewed askance by some of his peers, he has been publicly criticized by his former primate, Peter Akinola, as being too close to the West. But he has also been dismissed as homophobic by some in North America". "In his new role as secretary general, Idowu-Fearon said he is looking forward to building bridges between the liberal and conservative ends of the Anglican Communion spectrum".
- Subjects
- Idowu-Fearon, Josiah, 1949-
- Anglican Communion. General Secretary
- Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion) - Bishops
- Homosexuality - Religious aspects - Anglican Communion
- Homosexuality - Religious aspects - Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion)
- Anglican Communion - Parties and movements - 21st century
- Christianity and other religions - Islam - Nigeria