{"id":4883,"date":"2009-07-09T14:00:57","date_gmt":"2009-07-09T18:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/anglicansamizdat.wordpress.com\/?p=4883"},"modified":"2009-07-09T14:00:57","modified_gmt":"2009-07-09T18:00:57","slug":"tec-general-convention-a-ubuntu-party","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/tec-general-convention-a-ubuntu-party\/","title":{"rendered":"TEC General Convention: a Ubuntu party"},"content":{"rendered":"

Katherine Jefferts-Schori, is in the throws of concocting<\/a> a new \u2013 well, old, really \u2013 religion:<\/p>\n

Ubuntu. That word doesn’t have any “I”s in it. The I only emerges as we connect – and that is really what the word means: I am because we are, and I can only become a whole person in relationship with others. There is no “I” without “you,” and in our context, you and I are known only as we reflect the image of the one who created us. Some of you will hear a resonance with Martin Buber’s I and Thou and recognize a harmony. You will not be wrong.<\/p>\n

Living in Ubuntu implies that selfishness and self-centeredness cannot long survive. We are our siblings’ keepers and their knowers, and we cannot be known without them – we have no meaning, no true existence in isolation. We shall indeed die as we forget or ignore that reality.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Katherine Jefferts-Schori – on the trailing edge of trendiness – has come to a similar conclusion to George Harrison, 40 years late and without the benefit of an LSD induced euphoria:<\/p>\n

Within You Without You<\/strong>
\nWe were talking-about the space between us all
\nAnd the people-who hide themselves behind a wall of illusion
\nNever glimpse the truth-then it’s far too late-when they pass away.
\nWe were talking-about the love we all could share-when we find it
\nTo try our best to hold it there-with our love
\nWith our love-we could save the world-if they only knew.
\nTry to realise it’s all within yourself
\nNo-one else can make you change
\nAnd to see you’re really only very small,
\nAnd life flows within you and without you.
\nWe were talking-about the love that’s gone so cold and the people,
\nWho gain the world and lose their soul-
\nThey don’t know-they can’t see-are you one of them?
\nWhen you’ve seen beyond yourself-then you may find, peace of mind,
\nIs waiting there-
\nAnd the time will come when you see
\nwe’re all one, and life flows on within you and without you.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Rowan Williams, eager to outdo Katherine\u2019s aging psychedelic miasma, seeks to introduce a Catholic flavour by Venerating the Ubuntu<\/a>:<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have lied to ourselves consistently about the possibility of limitless material growth in a limited world. We have denied precisely that ubuntu that this convention seeks to venerate<\/strong> and reinforce,\u201d Williams added, referring to the convention theme that emphasizes the interconnectedness of people in community.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Where will it all end? \u2013 in Strawberry Fields, I expect, where Nothing is real and nothing to get hung about.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Katherine Jefferts-Schori, is in the throws of concocting a new \u2013 well, old, really \u2013 religion: Ubuntu. That word doesn’t have any “I”s in it. The I only emerges as we connect – and that is really what the word … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":1,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[2031],"class_list":["post-4883","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-anglican-angst","tag-anglican-angst"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4883","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4883"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4883\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4883"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4883"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4883"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}