Tag Archives: Modern Church

History began when I was a child

We’re halfway through Modern Church’s annual conference, ‘Living I Faith, Hope and Love’, Modern Church’s response to the Church of England’s Living in Love and Faith, the latest of its publications struggling to justify a ban on same-sex marriages. Sadly … Continue reading

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The Creeds 100 years on

This is my second post about the controversial 1921 conference ‘Christ and the Creeds’, hosted by Modern Church’s predecessors. We’re celebrating with a day conference on 11th September, and you can book here. This post focuses on creeds. Like the … Continue reading

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God in Christ 100 years on

We’re celebrating! Modern Church has an impressive record of promoting liberal theology, and it’s now 100 years since our most celebrated conference. What we did in 1921 made front page news in the national newspapers. We’re marking it with a … Continue reading

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Living in Disapproval and Dogma

Religious discourse contains a persistent tension: between commitment to inherited beliefs and the search for truth. This post compares two debates, a current one and one from a hundred years ago. Modern Church is planning a day conference on 11th … Continue reading

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God?! What is that?

‘Seeking the sacred’ was the title of last week’s annual conference of Modern Church together with the World Congress of Faiths. We heard speakers from a wide range of different faith traditions, and in some cases representatives of different traditions … Continue reading

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Is it a good time for liberal theology?

What does liberal theology have to offer, why does it matter, why bother defending it? How can it increase its influence? Should it get more political? These are some of the questions we discussed at Modern Church’s Council meeting on … Continue reading

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Liberals are not afraid of change

‘Church of England tied in knots over allowing gay men to become bishops’, said the Guardian a few weeks ago. The late Colin Slee’s leaked memo made national news, accusing archbishops of ‘behaving badly’ with temper tantrums and steamrollering decisions … Continue reading

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Liberal issues and liberal method

The world of Anglicanism is changing. How should we rspond? How should an organization like the MCU respond? In particular, how should we relate to campaigns, and single issue groups promoting them?

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