Assorted links

1.Pastors, watch your downspouts.

2. God’s horn, the vuvuzela. Sacred, but not church does not own the copyright.

3. Speaking of Africanized bees, bees have completed a Jesus sculpture. It's a honey.

4. Pink elephant sighting: an Episcopal parish that does door-to-door evangelism.

5. It's been out nearly a week but if you've missed it and you like how Colbert covers religion check this out. The two Stephens have a sparkling tête-à-tête over Prothero's new book, God Is Not One:
The Eight Rival Religions That Run the World--and Why Their Differences Matter

The Colbert ReportMon - Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c
Stephen Prothero
www.colbertnation.com
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6. Messy church adviser sought. "This post has a genuine occupational requirement and therefore has an exemption under the Employment Equality (Religion or Belief) Regulations 2003." Translation from CoE-ese to English: Gays need not apply. [See comments.]

Posted by John B. Chilton on June 26, 2010 6:47 PM | |
Comments (3)

If I ever write and publish a book, and Stephen Colbert invites me to be on his show, please remind me to say, "No, thank you."

On the other hand, Mr. Prothero's book sounds interesting (if, I suspect, not very profound), so I guess it was in his interest as an author.

Posted by Bill Moorhead [TypeKey Profile Page] | June 26, 2010 10:12 PM

I'm sorry but your first comment is incorrect.

The Employment Equality (Religion or Belief) Regulations 2003 (which will be replaced by the Equality Act 2010 quite soon, probably in October) are about situations where

"being of a particular religion or belief is a genuine occupational requirement for the job"

see quote in context at
http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si2003/20031660.htm#7

so in this case the Diocese of Lichfield is saying that it requires the person appointed to be either a Christian (generic) or perhaps specifically an Anglican. Examination of the PDF file describing the job doesn't make clear which of these it is.

[Thanks, Simon. Duly noted in post.]

Posted by Simon Sarmiento [TypeKey Profile Page] | June 27, 2010 3:16 AM

Bill, if book sales were your object, you could do a lot worse than go on Colbert.

Posted by Susan Hedges [TypeKey Profile Page] | June 27, 2010 3:32 PM

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