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...Michael K (1983), the first of his two Booker prizewinners, and Foe (1986), the story of an Englishwoman who, stranded on a desert island, struggles desperately to communicate with a black slave whose tongue has been cut out. On its face, the novel is a retelling of the Robinson Crusoe fable, but in its depths I discerned something else entirely, the most profound book ever written about race relations in a society where whites were often separated from blacks by an abyss of linguistic and cultural incomprehension. "Is this not true?" I asked during our interview. "Is this not what...
...weapons for six to nine months more. Yet the former official said Kay and his team would be wasting time and money if they kept their search going. "We've told them everything," he said. "There is nothing left to say." --By James Carney, Timothy J. Burger and Simon Robinson...
...over questions of gay ordination and marriage. But in August in Minneapolis, at its triennial General Convention, it appeared to become the first to implode over the issue, as 62 of its 107 normally conflict-averse leaders confirmed the election of a popular, openly gay priest named V. Gene Robinson as Bishop of New Hampshire. Outraged, more than a dozen bishops rejected the vote and threatened to remove their congregations permanently. The possibility of such a schism sent shock waves through the 70-million-strong Anglican Communion, the global network of churches descended from the Church of England. In recent...
...authority, but he could achieve a similar effect by declaring his communion with them "impaired" and withholding invitations to Communion events.) The most lenient outcome that conservatives might accept would be a theological knuckle rap and a probationary period during which ECUSA would be expected to repent by retracting Robinson's episcopacy. American liberals insist that the primates have never produced that specific a demand. And since their meetings customarily end with a statement made by consensus, stubborn opposition by a handful of liberals could force a milder conclusion. Others have suggested an option more in keeping with the Anglican...
...hottest day of the summer without a doubt,” Robinson said. “And there’s Nick and Tony out playing. Tony was kicking the ball around on the soccer field and Nick was running on the track...