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Continue reading about Some Thoughts on the Debate - 1 - Competing Anthropologies and Moralities
Quote of the week award must, must, go to Bishop Alan who has this to say on Rowan’s new book on Dostoevsky:
Think about it. Rowan Williams on Dostoevsky could take longer to read than it did to write.
Brilliant!!!!
For the record, "An Exercise" is a huge fan of pretty well almost anything written by Rowan which [...]
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The archbishop, known as an expert in the field of reconciliation said, “I am here talking to my brothers and sisters in America. We have experienced offense by their actions. I am not trying to offend them in return but tell them that I love them. We have had a painful experience [...]
Continue reading about Brad Drell - TEC have lost any moral authority they had
For a few weeks I’ve had a copy of the book to the right sat on my desk. it was sent to me as a review copy and I’ve been slowly going through it, a bit every day, time allowing. I’ve finally come to the end of reading it and have a simple, clear thing [...]
Continue reading about The Lambeth Listening Resource - A Review
Here’s James Parker, with whom I’ve shared a speaking platform, speaking on how his homosexuality was transformed. Press the play button below.
Continue reading about James Parker on the Iris Robinson Controversy
I’m starting a process of putting some of my essays on Sexuality online for all to read and rip apart. They represent my aggregate thinking on sexuality over the past few years.
The links are to pdf files of the pieces. If you’re having difficulty reading the pdf files, download the latest version of Acrobat Reader [...]
Last year I used the Day of Truth to talk about what "post-gay" meant to me.
This year I want to highlight a post Warren Throckmorton has made in connection with his campaign to emphasise the Golden Rule on the Day of Silence (which was on Friday). The post is one person’s email to Warren about [...]
Today in the USA is “The Day of Truth“. You’ll see the little advert on the right-hand side of the page. Essentially, the idea of the Day of Truth is to follow the “Day of Silence” (a day when students in US schools go around saying nothing as a protest against homophobia - quite valid [...]
