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The Anglican Communion and Homosexuality - A resource to enable listening and dialogue, edited by Philip Groves

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Anglicans believe that God communicates through the Bible, the traditions of the Church and through reason. Listening to God involves listening to one another, which allows us to understand the Bible more clearly, appreciate the depth and variety of the traditions of the Church, and enables us to draw on the intelligence and experience of others. This book offers clear and accurate resources to enable bishops, clergy and laity in the Anglican Communion to listen to God and to one another on the subject of human sexuality.

This study guide is designed to be accessible to all. Its aims are:

♦ to hear the diverse responses offered from across the Anglican Communion

♦ to inform and encourage study of the issue in parishes, dioceses and provinces

♦ to increase the individual reader’s understanding of diverse perspectives of approaches to homosexuality.

The contributors to this timely book are women and men who reflect the geographical and theological diversity of the Communion. They include bishops, clergy and lay people with a wide range of expertise and experience.

Press Release from: SPCK

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Notes to editors

Phil Groves is the Facilitator for the Listening Process and a Canon of All Saints’, Mpwapwa, Tanzania. He has served in parish ministry in England and as a lecturer at St Philip’s Theological College, Kongwa, Tanzania. He is a trustee of CMS, on the Council of St John’s College, Nottingham, and the author of Global Partnerships for Local Mission (Grove, 2006).

For further information or a review copy, please contact Mark Casserley on 020 7592 3934 or mcasserley@spck.org.uk.