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Liberal Faith in a Divided Church
Defends a liberal understanding of Christian belief, and applies it to the current disputes in the Anglican Communion.
This page was last updated on 25 August 2010
Information about Jonathan Clatworthy’s publications.
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Jonathan Clatworthy is the General Secretary of Modern Church (formerly the Modern Churchpeople’s Union).
His writings are mainly in theology, where his chief interests are liberal theology, ethics and philosophy. More
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The case against the Anglican Covenant
A set of interconnected web pages arguing against the Anglican Covenant on which each Province in the Anglican Communion is currently being asked to vote. It’s on the Modern Church website, here.
A brief article is on the Guardian’s Comment is Free section, here.
Priests, sacrifices and modern economics
At their New Year Festival the ancient Babylonians recited the Enuma Elish, their account of how the world was created. The god Marduk created the world, put humans on it, and gave us the job of maintaining temples and burning sacrifices.
Among the unconvinced were some exiles from Judah. Their dissident writings later became the beginning of the Bible.
Modern science is based on the monotheistic view. The dominant account of modern economics, on the other hand, is rooted in the polytheistic view. Full text...
Women bishops
The Church of England’s General Synod agreed in July 2010 to permit women bishops. There will be extended discussion about the details until a final decision is made.
Two articles here: one on ‘sacramental assurance’ (what makes the sacraments valid) and the other on catholicity and ‘the universal Church’.