‘The Spirit seems to be saying…’ — Schori
Posted on June 3, 2010
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Katharine Jefferts Schori has released a ‘pastoral letter’, in which she refers to Archbishop Rowan Williams’ Pentecost letter:
“We live in great concern that colonial attitudes continue, particularly in attempts to impose a single understanding across widely varying contexts and cultures. … As Episcopalians, we note the troubling push toward centralized authority exemplified in many of the statements of the recent Pentecost letter…”
– Her letter is available here.
And Joe Carter at First Things writes –
“I realize I may be expressing latent colonialist tendencies and committing spiritual violence by imposing a singular understanding of basic logic on Bishop Schori, but it appears that she is forcing us to choose between two alternatives…” Read here.