By Amanda Platell, Mailonline The former Archbishop of Canterbury, Lord Carey, wrote courageously in the Mail in support of the institution of marriage, and warned about the implications of plans to legalise gay marriage. He decided to speak out after it became clear that David Cameron was happy to see the law changed. Lord [...]

  Sexuality in Western society: the story so far Until very recently, the dominant view of sex and marriage in Western culture for over a century had been governed by two distinct, but nonetheless overlapping, frames of thought. On the hand, the churches upheld and offered marriage as the proper context for sex and the [...]

Archie Poulos February 2012 “Curiosity killed the cat” is the saying that rebuked many of us, when, as children we explored something dangerous or asked ‘why?’ too many times. But is it a true saying? Curiosity aids learning One of he key motivations to learn is curiosity. There is an excitement in exploring something that [...]

By David W. Virtue www.virtueonline.org February 2012 For 65 years, four generations of priests have faithfully preached the gospel to 3,400 Episcopalians at St. Edmund’s Episcopal Church. It has been no small achievement. Elm Grove is not one of the highest density populations in America, but its bucolic setting in Waukesha County has a population [...]

WAKE FOREST, N.C. (BP) — Much of the biblical scholarly world has been buzzing since Feb. 1, when a New Testament professor made a claim during a debate that was news to most everyone who heard it — a first-century fragment of Mark’s Gospel may have been found. It would be the earliest-known fragment of [...]

  View  Joy February 2012 Issue >> Every single thought – whether positive or negative – goes through the same cycle when it forms. Thoughts are basically electrical impulses, chemicals and neurons. They look like a tree with branches. As the thoughts develop and become permanent, more branches grow and the connections become stronger. As [...]

13 Feb 2012 Ivan Saltzman, the CEO of pharmacy giant Dis-Chem, is being challenged by a Durban woman over the retailer’s decision to sell Israeli-made skin-care products. The battle began when Fathima Moosa visited a branch of Dis-Chem and noticed that they were selling Dead Sea products. She later submitted an online letter of complaint, [...]

  From Cranmer The Secretary of State for Education, Michael Gove, has just met his Section 28. Or is it his Clause 4? Whatever ‘defining moment’ this turns out to be, it is surely an example of the precise irreconcilable tension and mutual exclusion in the ever-expanding competing hierarchy of rights of which His Grace [...]

By Lord Carey, Mailonline When David Cameron told his party’s conference last autumn about his plans to bring in gay marriage, he said that this was because he was a ‘Conservative’ and believed in ‘commitment’. Like many others, I was baffled by this statement. Not because I begrudge rights and benefits to homosexual couples. And [...]

  Bishops breaking collegiality. You know what, Fulcrum are right – when they do it causes all sorts of problems if it’s not dealt with. It increases “levels of tension and disintegration”. Not convinced? Take a look at TEC. I mean, what topic could possibly cause an Anglican bishop in, say, Australia or England, to [...]