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Posté le Dimanche 17 juin 2007 par lagrette
Today The Seattle Times brings us this story:
Shortly after noon on Fridays, the Rev. Ann Holmes Redding ties on a black headscarf, preparing to pray with her Muslim group on First Hill.
On Sunday mornings, Redding puts on the white collar of an Episcopal priest.
She does both, she says, because she’s Christian and Muslim.
Redding, who until recently was director of faith formation at St. Mark’s Episcopal Cathedral, has been a priest for more than 20 years. Now she’s ready to tell people that, for the last 15 months, she’s also been a Muslim — drawn to the faith after an introduction to Islamic prayers left her profoundly moved.
Her announcement has provoked surprise and bewilderment in many, raising an obvious question: How can someone be both a Christian and a Muslim..?
She says she felt an inexplicable call to become Muslim, and to surrender to God — the meaning of the word « Islam. »
« It wasn’t about intellect, » she said. « All I know is the calling of my heart to Islam was very much something about my identity and who I am supposed to be.
« I could not not be a Muslim… »
Redding’s bishop, the Rt. Rev. Vincent Warner, says he accepts Redding as an Episcopal priest and a Muslim, and that he finds the interfaith possibilities exciting.
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18 juin 07 à 06:26
C’etait une blague : En 2003 , quand l’eglise episcopalienne avait decide d’ordonner son premier eveque ouvertement gay, Scrappleface, un site satirique avait pondu cette satire :
Episcopal Church Appoints First Openly-Muslim Bishop
by Scott Ott (2003-08-04) — Bishops in the Episcopal Church today approved the election of the first openly-Muslim bishop in the church’s history.
The Islamic cleric, who rejects the deity of Jesus Christ, received an overwhelming majority of the vote.
A spokesman for the Episcopal Church said the move demonstrates, « Our church is open to all people, regardless of their beliefs, or whether they accept the teachings of the Bible. »
The election of the Muslim bishop comes as the church stands ready to approve its first homosexual Bishop, V. Gene Robinson. Later today, the bishops plan to vote on the election of the church’s first openly-atheist bishop.
18 juin 07 à 00:47
C’est une blague ? Et apres les Episcopaux comme les Catholiques s’etonnent de voir leurs rangs diminuer d’annee en annee…
