The Lambeth 2008 ConferenceIt is a bit hard to tell how Lambeth 2008 went from the media commentary surrounding it. Some call it a success with the Archbishop of Canterbury calling for a moratorium on inappropriate practices in the Communion (especially directed to North America on one hand, and inappropriate intervention and oversight by conservatives on the other). Some call it a failure suggesting real difficulties and divisions where not seriously addressed. The truth is probably somewhere in the middle. It seems more like a 'Mexican stand-0ff'. Conservative Anglican bishops will be more reluctant to accept the rhetoric because of what happened after Lambeth 1998. It seems hard to see revisionist Anglicans being deflected from their agendas.
We will have to wait and see what happens next in "the good, the bad, and the ugly" of Anglican politics.
GP
Posts
No comments:
Post a Comment