A peculiar quirk of historical anti-ecumenism.

Someone is Wrong on the Internet.

Hmmm.

The return of the sacred dang in 2009.

Go, Viv, go!

Go, Viv, go!!!

Really.

#fb Much harm done, apology only first step.

...in English law anyway.

Rowan Williams prefers GRRM to JRRT.

On choosing rulers. (Also, must see that film - loved the book.)

"not expected to have a female Bishop as a travelling companion (at least for his first few series)."

" From the outside, it looks old and small and pointless. From the inside, it is much bigger than you might have ever expected. Which is why, despite everything, I keep going back."

"The Swerve’s primary achievement is to flatter like-minded readers with a tall tale of enlightened modern values triumphing over a benighted pre-modern past. It’s no accident, I think, that The Swerve’s imagined Middle Ages bears a strong resemblance to America’s present era of superstitious know-nothing-ism... The Swerve presents itself as …

"One of the best-kept secrets in Christianity".

The General Council of Monty Python have today rejected moves to enable women to become directors of Monty Python films. This comes twenty years after it was agreed that women could attempt to tell jokes on screen, but were not allowed to ascend to the position of director.

A Muslim and former Republican writes a long, heartfelt piece.

"Hundreds of devotees turn up every day to pray for a safe journey, often bearing liquor."

Caroline Symcox, ordained fan..

Francis Spufford on belief.

A fascinating deconstruction.

Indigenous Judaism in Africa.

Church and State see marriage in different ways; and Church and State are hopelessly tangled up.

"What would Jesus have said about gay marriage? I don't know, and neither does anybody else."

Part one of a six-part series concluding the the Bible is in fact pro-choice rather than pro-life.

Proposed book of essays seeks papers.

#fb

I wonder what they are charging?

"Islamic militants are normal people who are often incompetent, not particularly well informed, not particularly well prepared and certainly not the classic vision of the Islamic terrorist"

Looking mainly at Doctor Who and Star Trek.