Religion Predictions for 2013 - Mark Tooley
Religion Predictions for 2013
By Mark Tooley
www.theird.com
January 7, 2013
America remains overwhelmingly religious in a world that is largely growing more religious, with fast growing Christianity increasingly competing for souls with Islam globally, especially in Africa but also Asia. Religion will be a top news maker in 2013 no less than in 2012. Here are some projections of likely stories this year.
New Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby will very cautiously lead both the Church of England and the global Anglican Communion in a more orthodox direction. His relative conservatism compared to the erratically brilliant and feckless outgoing Rowan Williams likely won't fully satisfy U.S. conservatives disgusted by the Episcopal Church's ossification into a sad caricature. Nor will Welby fully justify liberal fears that he represents an evangelical seizure of England's established church. The evangelical yuppie London congregation from which he emerged is evangelistic while avoiding hot button issues. But the Church of England's surprisingly robust resistance to the British government's same sex marriage agenda, and the growing importance of the Global South dominated Anglican Communion, with over 80 million members, points the new Archbishop almost inexorably in one direction. A former corporate executive, Welby, unlike his egghead, academic predecessor, will mostly be sensible.
Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org
By Mark Tooley
www.theird.com
January 7, 2013
America remains overwhelmingly religious in a world that is largely growing more religious, with fast growing Christianity increasingly competing for souls with Islam globally, especially in Africa but also Asia. Religion will be a top news maker in 2013 no less than in 2012. Here are some projections of likely stories this year.
New Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby will very cautiously lead both the Church of England and the global Anglican Communion in a more orthodox direction. His relative conservatism compared to the erratically brilliant and feckless outgoing Rowan Williams likely won't fully satisfy U.S. conservatives disgusted by the Episcopal Church's ossification into a sad caricature. Nor will Welby fully justify liberal fears that he represents an evangelical seizure of England's established church. The evangelical yuppie London congregation from which he emerged is evangelistic while avoiding hot button issues. But the Church of England's surprisingly robust resistance to the British government's same sex marriage agenda, and the growing importance of the Global South dominated Anglican Communion, with over 80 million members, points the new Archbishop almost inexorably in one direction. A former corporate executive, Welby, unlike his egghead, academic predecessor, will mostly be sensible.
Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org
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