Anglican Archbishop, Rowan Williams' Recent Comment

There's another huge storm a brewin' in the Anglican / Episcopal Church. Except this time it's not about sexuality but culture. Check out the blowback here.

This is what happens when your concept of the Church is a big, giant, welcoming tent. Don't get me wrong, Jesus is indeed very welcoming. But the Body of Christ is NOT a tent! It's not made of fabric and bendy poles! Instead, it's a man who sacrificed his life for his friends. Who was raised up on the third day. Instead, it's the people that participate in his sacrifice.

If you haven't read the article, Dr. Rowan Williams, Archbishop of the Anglican Church, is encouraging the British government to accept Sharia (Islamic) law as a sort of governing option, as I understand it. He says Sharia is already being recognized to a large extent by the government, and with the continued influx of Muslims into England, it is only innevitable that Islamic law will make a bigger and bigger impact on the country.

As for me, I don't really care that much about how the English decide to run their country. It's a democratic nation and it would make sense that the laws of the country are representative of the people that live there. However, I am concerned about the Archbishops arguments and general attitude about diversity.

He says that Sharia is inevitable. According to his own creeds, the only thing that is innevitable is the resurrection of the dead. God will do what he will with this "culture war," but Rowan's calling is to stand by Christ as Christ stands for the Father. Maybe I'm wrong, but I see too much false pluralism, too much religious relevancy in Rowan's attitude.

I'm trying hard not to be too critical of Rowan. He's trying to be a peacemaker, and I admire that. I'm trying to learn to forgive him, forgive my Church, and to forgive myself of seeing "in a mirror dimly."

What do you think?