{"id":26550,"date":"2018-11-25T22:18:12","date_gmt":"2018-11-26T03:18:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/?p=26550"},"modified":"2018-11-25T22:50:16","modified_gmt":"2018-11-26T03:50:16","slug":"the-growing-problem-of-orcophobia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/the-growing-problem-of-orcophobia\/","title":{"rendered":"The pressing problem of orcophobia"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Anglican Church of Canada is fretting about racism<\/a> again, along with a few other isms:<\/p>\n

The words of Archbishop Dawani also came to mind for the Primate in relation to the 70th anniversary of the founding of the World Council of Churches (WCC), which takes place in 2018. This year also marks the 35th anniversary of the sixth assembly of the WCC, which took place in Vancouver and saw then-Primate Ted Scott serve as moderator. At that assembly in 1983, members of Christian churches joined together against social ills including racism, sexism, militarism, and violation of human rights.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe confess these threats are as great today as they were more than three decades ago,\u201d Archbishop Hiltz said. In March 2018, the WCC held its Conference on World Mission and Evangelism in Arusha, Tanzania, out of which had come a \u201cpowerful statement\u201d to Christ\u2019s church throughout the world, The Arusha Call to Discipleship, which also drew inspiration from African spiritual traditions.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

As is often the case with the Anglican Church of Canada, the root of the problem has not been unearthed. The ACoC is toying with superficial peccadilloes: it’s really all Tolkien’s fault, the underlying problem is orcophobia. Does anyone seriously think this fellow would stand a chance when applying for a bishop\u2019s job? A clear case of racial prejudice; also, he doesn\u2019t look gay enough.<\/p>\n

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From here<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Is Lord of the Rings Prejudiced Against Orcs?<\/p>\n

The story, which appears in Duncan\u2019s new collection An Agent of Utopia, was also inspired by Michael Moorcock, who has criticized Tolkien for depicting creatures such as orcs, trolls, and goblins as intrinsically evil.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s hard to miss the repeated notion in Tolkien that some races are just worse than others, or that some peoples are just worse than others,\u201d Duncan says. \u201cAnd this seems to me\u2014in the long term, if you embrace this too much\u2014it has dire consequences for yourself and for society.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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