Lord Carey 'ashamed to be an Anglican'
By GEORGE CONGER

The former archbishop of Canterbury, George Carey, told The Jerusalem Post on Tuesday he was "ashamed to be an Anglican" following Monday's vote by the Church of England to disinvest from companies whose products are used by the Israeli government in the territories.

The February 6 divestment vote, which was backed by current Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams, was "a most regrettable and one-sided statement," Lord Carey said, and one that "ignores the trauma of ordinary Jewish people" in Israel subjected to terrorist attacks.

Lord Carey joined Jewish leaders protesting the vote by the General Synod, the church's legislature, to adopt a "morally responsible investment in the Palestinian occupied territories and, in particular, to disinvest from companies profiting from the illegal occupation, such as Caterpillar Inc., until they change their policies." Story


Wholly wrong: a holy mess
Oliver Kamm

EVEN TO an atheist, there is much to be said for antidisestablishmentarianism. The Church of England may be a constitutional oddity in a democratic age, but Primates such as William Temple and Michael Ramsey have contributed much wisdom to the nation’s political affairs.

Part of that wisdom has lain in heeding the observation of one of the best recent Anglican ethicists, the late Canon Ronald Preston: “It is impossible to conceive of any particular moral or Christian responsibility in politics . . . without involving ourselves in technical problems which are rarely simple and clear.” The rest