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Continuum launches international Journal of Anglican Studies

Continuum launches international Journal of Anglican Studies

A new international journal is released this month concerned with the study of Anglicanism in all its forms. The scholarly journal is published by Continuum Publishers on behalf of the Journal of Anglican Studies Trust and will appear twice a year.

22 October 2003

Stop for Prayer! It is fundamental to everything we do

Stop for Prayer! It is fundamental to everything we do

Thousands of people are expected to pause for prayer at the launch of a new mission started by the Bishop of Oxford.

22 October 2003

Seabury Day to be marked in Aberdeen and Orkney

Seabury Day to be marked in Aberdeen and Orkney

Seabury Day will be marked in the Diocese of Aberdeen and Orkney with special services in Peterhead on Friday 14 November, the 219th anniversary of the consecration of Samuel Seabury as the first Bishop in the United States.

16 October 2003

Archbishop Robin Eames addresses the media at Lambeth Palace

Archbishop Robin Eames addresses the media at Lambeth Palace

The Primates of the Anglican Communion gathered today for a two-day meeting in Lambeth Palace to listen to provincial perspectives, reflect on the issues raised and explore ways forward.

15 October 2003

Archbishop salutes new Canterbury Partnership

Archbishop salutes new Canterbury Partnership

The Archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Revd Dr Rowan Williams, opened the new St Augustine's Library at 12 noon on Saturday 11 October in the Precincts of Canterbury Cathedral.

13 October 2003

The Ecumenical Forum for Young Theologians: Seeking ways of dialogue between the children of Abraham

More than thirty young Christian theologians came together in Jerusalem last month to explore avenues of dialogue between Christians, Muslims and Jews.

10 October 2003

Archbishop of Canterbury's address at a Service of Remembrance for Iraq, St Paul's Cathedral, London

Not long before the First World War, a French poet, who was to be one of the earliest casualties of that conflict, wrote that 'everything begins with mysticism and ends with politics'. People have argued a good deal over what he meant.

10 October 2003

St Paul's Cathedral hosts Service of Remembrance for Iraq

"Today our main task is simply to pause in the presence of God." These words spoken by the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Revd Dr Rowan Williams, identified the mood of the several thousand people who gathered in St Paul's Cathedral.

10 October 2003

Christians and Muslims 'back on track' with inter faith dialogue

Christians and Muslims 'back on track' with inter faith dialogue

The broad smiles and warm handshakes told it all. Christians and Muslims are back on track discussing the "heavenly religions," as the Sunni Muslim leader put it.

07 October 2003

Changing Attitude issues Global Open Letter

Changing Attitude issues Global Open Letter

Changing Attitude, an organisation working for Lesbian and Gay affirmation in the Anglican Church, has issued a Global Open Letter urging the Primates “to avoid any course of action which might lead to schism or the fragmentation of the Anglican Communion”.

07 October 2003