posted by John D. Boy
Following the recent eviction of the Occupy London encampment outside St. Paul’s Cathedral, Joseph Cottrell-Boyce argues that the episode illustrates the church’s growing irrelevance:
While publicly making vague noises expressing regret that it had all come to this, Church authorities were quietly colluding with the Corporation of London. At the final hour they authorised police to forcibly remove protesters from the cathedral steps; outside the scope of the Corporation’s eviction order. …
If the Church of England wants a place in public life then it has to earn it. It has to be relevant. In matters of social and economic justice its leadership will have to go beyond making nice statements and start using their considerable resources and influence to fight for the most marginalised in society and against corporate greed and spiralling inequality.
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here.
Tags: Church of England, economic justice, Occupy London
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AMA citation:
Boy J. #OccupyLSX and the church. The Immanent Frame. 2012. Available at: http://blogs.ssrc.org/tif/2012/03/02/occupylsx-and-the-church/. Accessed May 21, 2013.
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Boy, John D.. (2012). #OccupyLSX and the church. Retrieved May 21, 2013, from The Immanent Frame Web site: http://blogs.ssrc.org/tif/2012/03/02/occupylsx-and-the-church/
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Boy, John D.. 2012. #OccupyLSX and the church. The Immanent Frame. http://blogs.ssrc.org/tif/2012/03/02/occupylsx-and-the-church/ (accessed May 21, 2013).
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Boy, J 2012, #OccupyLSX and the church, The Immanent Frame. Retrieved May 21, 2013, from <http://blogs.ssrc.org/tif/2012/03/02/occupylsx-and-the-church/>
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Boy, John D.. "#OccupyLSX and the church." 2 Mar. 2012. The Immanent Frame. Accessed 21 May. 2013. <http://blogs.ssrc.org/tif/2012/03/02/occupylsx-and-the-church/>
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In a similar vein, Giles Fraser argues in the Guardian‘s Comment is Free blog that
Read his column here.