A very interesting and thought provoking interview with the bishop. Politics, sex, religion all touched up on in this “Monday interview”. Stands up for his views inspite of current trends.
“Tom Wright: It’s not a question of left and right, says the combative priest who opposes the war in Iraq and gay bishops
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If his combination of strong stances falls a little oddly on your intellectual template then that merely shows, so far as Dr Wright is concerned, that you are thoroughly immersed in the unquestioning presuppositions of our culture. Which makes you, I am afraid, a part of the problem.
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Before the invasion of Iraq, and before he became a bishop, he said: “It is horrendous that two leaders of the Western world who profess to be of the Christian faith are the two who are leading us towards war against an Islamic state. It is going to mean the whole of the Islam world will think this is a Christian-against-Islam war. America’s notorious support for Israel only exacerbates that.”
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http://news.independent.co.uk/people/profiles/story.jsp?story=476650