About
Anglican gallimaufry and other delectables.
Samizdat was the clandestine copying and distribution of government-suppressed literature or other media in Soviet-bloc countries. Copies were made a few at a time, and those who received a copy would be expected to make more copies. This was often done by handwriting or typing.
This grassroots practice to evade officially imposed censorship was fraught with danger as harsh punishments were meted out to people caught possessing or copying censored materials.
Vladimir Bukovsky defined it as follows: “I myself create it, edit it, censor it, publish it, distribute it, and [may] get imprisoned for it.”
For those who would like to know what the picture at the top right is: it is one of the first printing presses.
My name is David Jenkins; I write this blog for my own entertainment and to poke fun at the religious and political establishment. As Kingsley Amis said: “If you can’t annoy somebody, there’s little point in writing”.
I also blog for Anglican Essentials Canada.
Note that all posts and comments here represent the views of their authors alone. In particular, the opinions in my posts and comments are not those of ANiC, Essentials, or the parish I attend even if they occasionally appear to coincidentally resemble them.
So? Why did you include this? Or, is this an Essentials’ plot to become more out of touch with the reality of the this world than they are?
Mary,
I’m not sure whether you are referring to the whole About page or the specific reference to Essentials. If the latter, it is to reinforce the point that this is my personal blog and I am not speaking on behalf of any organisation.
That being cleared up, I find the suggestion that this blog is a plot rather quaint.
I love your fan mail. I could imagine Christ and the Apostles receiving similar comments related to their teaching had the technology existed 2000 years ago.
Thanks Warren.
Surely you made the fan mail up??
No, it’s real; I couldn’t subject everyone to the extremely rude ones, of course.
David is a veritable magnet for kind words.
Peace,
Jim
Re: “I write this blog for my own entertainment”
Reminds me of the quote (along the lines of) “Freedom of the press belongs to the person that owns one”.
I guess we all have the ability to own one now.
Hello David,
How do I send you an email? We are the “Free Anglicans” located in Hepworth Ontario. The building that we rent from the Town of South Bruce Peninsula for our Sunday Worship services is possibly going to be sold or domolished, and I would like to send you more information.
In Faith,
AMPisAnglican
http://southbrucepeninsula.civicweb.net/FileStorage/7F905D2667C74A08BAA93D424F84E340-Public%20Notice%20re%20Hepworth%20Community%20Centre%20April%2014,%202010.pdf
Hi,
I was wondering if you have anything good to say about Rev. Gary Nicolosi? I just came across your blog while Googling him and you seem to be quite negative. What about his thinking do you like? Have you checked his recent classes? http://www.saintjameswestminster.ca/forum.php
Bill,
I think I’ve commented on three of his articles, all from the Anglican Journal – you’re right I’m not particularly positive.
I hadn’t seen the articles you link to and I’ve only had a quick scan but, from what I saw, it seems he takes a theologically orthodox approach to Christianity.
Having said something good about his thinking, here I go again: In his section on 21st Century Anglicanism, I think he goes off the rails. It’s almost as if he is desperate to accommodate to the liberal drift of the church of which he is a member, in spite of his theological orthodoxy:
I’ve numbered his points; I would take issue with 2, 3, 4, 6, and 7. While in some contexts some of them could be innocent enough, in the context of the Anglican Church of Canada, I think they have been and are thoroughly noxious.
I would love to be on your blog roll
Kevin,
OK – done.