[Robert Duncan's] take on Islam echoed the more strident tone of conservative U.S. evangelicals and not those who have called for “inter-faith dialogue” with Muslims.

“We’ve got to be about the business of engaging Islam … secularism, and materialism, but especially Islam. Because there is only one way to the Father, it’s the only way. It’s a matter of life and death,” he said to warm applause.

On another note, he evoked the Church of England’s founding father Henry VIII — crowned King of England 500 years ago – and held him up as an example of ”a ruler in the end gone astray, confiscating the property of a church in an almost contemporary way.”

This comparison of the legal battles between dissident dioceses and the Episcopal Church over property to Henry VIII’s dissolution of the monasteries was probably meant in a light-hearted way. But it could also be taken as a jab from a new alliance that wants to come out swinging.

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1. Kevin Maney+ wrote: [Robert Duncan’s] take on Islam echoed the more strident tone of conservative U.S. evangelicals and not those who have called for “inter-faith dialogue” with Muslims. “We’ve got to be about the business of engaging Islam … secularism, and materialism, but especially Islam. Because there is only one way to the Father, it’s the only way. It’s a matter of life and death,” he said to warm applause. How is wanting to save someone from eternal death being strident? Would somebody please ‘splain that to me? June 27, 12:01 pm | [comment link]

2. Cennydd wrote: “......come out swinging?”  Sure, but only if we’re forced to! June 27, 1:47 pm | [comment link]

3. Eugene wrote: Henry broke from the Roman Catholic CHurch and took their property.  Some others have broken from TEC and are trying to take their property.  The newest AB is correct in this analogy.  Problem is that AB Duncan is the analog to Henry VIII! June 27, 1:50 pm | [comment link]

4. APB wrote: 3.  Not a good analog on property.  Remember, the relevant taking/theft here was the Dennis Canon.  Currently, the departing congregations are trying to take back their property, much as they are taking back their faith. June 27, 4:03 pm | [comment link]

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