APF Counsellor the Rev Dr. Clive Barrett, author of Subversive Peacemakers about Anglican Conscientious Objectors has had his letter published in the Guardian in which he talks about the anti-militaristic and subversive legacy embedded in the Anglo-Catholic tradition.
We are able to reproduce the letter here in full.
As an alumnus of St Stephen’s House, the Anglican theological college in Oxford, after reading Lamorna Ash’s long read I would like to assure readers that Anglo-Catholic spirituality does not have to be associated with rightwing social mores. Upholding the sanctity of fully human life not only prioritises women’s need over male seed, it also leads to pacifism and anti-militarism. The article referred to the Nunc dimittis, but not to the other evensong anthem, the Magnificat, highly topical at the moment, which “casts down the mighty from their thrones” and “sends the rich empty away”.
Rev Dr Clive Barrett
Leeds
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