{"id":27904,"date":"2020-01-20T13:57:47","date_gmt":"2020-01-20T18:57:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/?p=27904"},"modified":"2020-01-20T14:55:00","modified_gmt":"2020-01-20T19:55:00","slug":"anglican-church-of-canada-reimagines-god","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/anglican-church-of-canada-reimagines-god\/","title":{"rendered":"Anglican Church of Canada reimagines God"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Anglican Church of Canada is groping to find the reason for the catastrophic decline in attendance revealed by recently published statistics<\/a>. Unsurprisingly, none of the clergy seem able to grasp the obvious: no one is interested in what the ACoC has to say because it has become transparently clear to all but the most gullible that it no longer believes in what it is peddling.<\/p>\n

Rev. Alison Hari-Singh has added her voice to those looking for a culprit responsible for the ACoC\u2019s near-death experience. Science, immigrants and scandal are easy targets even if they have, for some strange reason, concentrated their malign efforts mostly on Anglican and other mainline denominations.<\/p>\n

What is the solution? Well, we have to \u201creimagine\u201d God, his attributes and our faith. Of course, by doing so, we will end up with an imaginary god \u2013 which was what brought things to this sorry state in the first place.<\/p>\n

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

\"\"We must reimagine the entire edifice of our faith, including what we mean by \u201cGod\u201d and divine attributes of sovereignty, providence and love that we so often instinctively depend on. In short, we must embrace a radical theology of risk, unhindered by suspicion and fear of the unknown. We cannot be afraid of what Peter Berger called \u201cthe heretical imperative.\u201d What will happen when we undertake together this fundamental reimagination? Our liturgies will become more creative. Our mission\u2014our love for the world\u2014will be intensified. Our imitation of Jesus will be palpable.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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