Monday, July 10, 2006

On the Deconstruction of Anglican Liberalism

Thanks to Robert Cunningham for calling my attention to Theo Hobson's essay on "Sowing the Seeds of Change" in Anglicanism.

Hobson gives an astute analysis of the crisis within the Anglican church over the issue of homosexuality. He deconstructs liberalism within Anglicanism and concludes that,

They must ask whether they really want to be good Catholics after all, and if Catholicism entails the preference of ecclesiastical authority to conscience. Perhaps some will ask whether the concept of church is intrinsically authoritarian. This could be an exciting time for theology. Perhaps Williams' Abrahamic impression has unwittingly sown the seeds of a much-needed revival of liberal theology.

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