Mirage in the Diplomat's Mind: the Myth of the Vibrant Western Anglican Church

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[VirtueOnline] 6 Nov 2007--The Rev. Frederick Quinn, an American diplomat and Episcopal priest, believes that the current fractious nature of the Anglican Communion can be blamed on a narrow group of Global South primates including Peter Akinola (Nigeria) and Drexel Gomez (West Indies) who do not represent the breadth and depth of religion in Africa. Scripturally and structurally, it mirrors the remnants of a colonial church tradition, one where African bishops rigidly follow in the footsteps of a departed generation of autocratic British mentors, he said.

Quinn said the current Anglican Communion food fight is symptomatic of wider tensions produced by religious globalization. He described the myth of the "Global South" as a mirage in the desert.