The violent face of evangelical Anglicanism
New Statesman - Fundamental change
This week's New Statesman has a feature on resurgent religion, particularly evangelical Anglicanism but also Catholicism, including a lengthy interview with the Bishop of Durham. The article I've featured here is about Evangelicals "infiltrating" parishes in order to convince local people to be stronger in their religion. Scary stuff. Also, the writer is shocked that their litmus test for orthodoxy is opposition to ordaining practising gay men as priests, something that would have been unthinkable only a generation ago. Really, don't these people understand that the US Episcopal church is the laughing stock of the country's Protestant community and an outsider even within the Anglican communion?
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