There’s an article on the Guardian website today about the forthcoming Lambeth Conference, when more than 650 Anglican bishops are due to meet in Canterbury for two weeks of “prayer and discussion”. The Guardian’s write-up employs the weary “will this do?” tone we might use when reporting the latest outburst from a reliably racist uncle.
The main talking point will be, as always, same-sex marriage and relationships, highlighting the divisions between the liberal and conservative wings of the church (essentially the global north and south). Can the bishops come up with some carefully contrived euphemisms which might placate both sides? Just as importantly, is anyone outside the church even remotely interested in what these bishops have to say? Let the Anglican church split in two. Who cares? There are now about 40,000 denominations which, despite their many differences, define themselves as Christian. What’s two more?
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