Can Greece save Europe?
- Written by Jonathan Clatworthy Jonathan Clatworthy
- Published: 28 December 2014 28 December 2014
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The European establishment are desperate to avoid the election of an austerity-defying left-wing government in Greece, currently ahead in the polls. This could happen soon, depending on the result of Greece’s Presidential Election, being held tomorrow.
Anxiety is not just confined to the usual right wing suspects like the Daily Telegraph . It is also to be found in the Observer and most Greek newspapers, like Ekatherimini .
The Green Report and the shepherds at the manger
- Written by Jonathan Clatworthy Jonathan Clatworthy
- Published: 23 December 2014 23 December 2014
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On 16th December I put up a blog post about the Green Report on church leaders, and found I was one of many unhappy with it.
Having thought about it a bit longer what disturbs me most is the managementspeke: the appeal to a culture diametrically opposed to Luke’s story of Christmas.
Should bishops and deans be managers?
- Written by Jonathan Clatworthy Jonathan Clatworthy
- Published: 16 December 2014 16 December 2014
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The new Green Report, on training bishops and deans in the Church of England, has generated widespread interest. Friday’s Church Times described it, along with a critical appraisal by Martyn Percy. Thinking Anglicans has already listed eight more responses, all critical though sympathetic to the basic idea of improving the system.
Here is another! This is a personal comment from a retired priest who was never considered for a bishopric - which shows that the present system does get some things right.
Feeding Britain: why so difficult?
- Written by Jonathan Clatworthy Jonathan Clatworthy
- Published: 10 December 2014 10 December 2014
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Feeding Britain is the title of the Report published on Tuesday by the All-Party Parliamentary Inquiry into Hunger in the United Kingdom.
The title page explains that it reflects the views of MPs with an interest in the issue (it is not an official report of either House of Parliament), and ‘was funded with generous support from the Archbishop of Canterbury’s Charitable Trust’.
The foundations of humanism
- Written by Jonathan Clatworthy Jonathan Clatworthy
- Published: 05 December 2014 05 December 2014
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There is a good article in Friday’s Church Times by Nick Spencer and Angus Ritchie, describing a new Theos report, The Case for Christian Humanism.
Apparently it was not till the middle of the 20th century that the word ‘humanism’ came to refer to the non-religious.