christianity

Living by intuitive, experiential, emotional faith

Living by intuitive, experiential, emotional faith

I knew at the age of 11 that I should trust my intuition and experience over the dogmas and teachings held by the Church and derived from the Bible through the authority of God. My sexuality was integral to my essence. Now I know more confidently, despite continuing hostility in the Church that in the uncertain dynamics of life, subject and object, the knower and the known, the self and Gods, are not separable. Relativity and the uncertainty principle require a non-dual mode of knowing whose essential nature is to be undivided from what it knows, counter-intuitive to the reality generally taught in Western Christian cultures.

Abusive unhealthy traditional Christianity, theology and practice

Abusive unhealthy traditional Christianity, theology and practice

Foundational Anglican Christian theology with its reliance on scripture, tradition and reason is responsible for creating and justifying a core theology, an edifice on which and within which abuse has been built. The edifice supports conservative Christian homophobia, transphobia, misogyny, racism, prejudice against other religions and cultures and particular categories of people.gy and culture that underpins abuse in the Church. Abuse has become systemic.

A conversation about Christianity today in the Church of England

A conversation about Christianity today in the Church of England

In the Church of England I believe we urgently need a far more open and widespread conversation about what are the essences of Christianity for today. Without this conversation we are never going to find ourselves living either in agreement or with good disagreement. This is what I and some of my friends and followers of Changing Attitude England are longing for – open conversation about ideas, practices, teachings and theologies that underpin prejudice and abuse in the Church for some and inspire faith for others.