The new Bishop of Sherborne, who will be consecrated in February at Westminster Abbey, has urged churches to educate their members on naturism, or nudism. “There is need for much education and openness to talk about issues of sexuality, to remove false taboos which we tend to have about our own bodies, and to define the differences between what is impure and what is godly and properly natural to us,” she wrote in “Naturism and Christianity: Are they compatible?”.
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Her
book briefly surveys the Scriptural record on nudism and the church’s
attitude towards the public display of the body, noting the place of
societal attitudes towards the body in informing church views.
The modern naturist movement, which took form in the 1920s, was not an expression of sexual license, she writes. “Some naturists say that it is more fitting for a Christian than a non-Christian to be a naturist given that Christians are new creations living before God, who need not know that shame which gives nakedness such symbolic potency.”
Archdeacon Gorham explains: “Naturists believe that the ‘hang up’ about the body being shameful in itself, in whatever way, is both morally wrong and mentally harmful. This points to the fundamental difference of attitude between naturists, who are not frightened or ashamed of their bodies, and that of much of the world, which would seem to be so. In naturism one realizes that there are no truly private parts; all parts of the body serve their proper and honourable purpose, and in this respect we are all alike.”
- See more at: http://www.anglicanink.com/article/christian-naturism-advocate-appointed-bishop-sherborne#sthash.u2Of3EEk.dpuf
The modern naturist movement, which took form in the 1920s, was not an expression of sexual license, she writes. “Some naturists say that it is more fitting for a Christian than a non-Christian to be a naturist given that Christians are new creations living before God, who need not know that shame which gives nakedness such symbolic potency.”
Archdeacon Gorham explains: “Naturists believe that the ‘hang up’ about the body being shameful in itself, in whatever way, is both morally wrong and mentally harmful. This points to the fundamental difference of attitude between naturists, who are not frightened or ashamed of their bodies, and that of much of the world, which would seem to be so. In naturism one realizes that there are no truly private parts; all parts of the body serve their proper and honourable purpose, and in this respect we are all alike.”
- See more at: http://www.anglicanink.com/article/christian-naturism-advocate-appointed-bishop-sherborne#sthash.u2Of3EEk.dpuf
Her
book briefly surveys the Scriptural record on nudism and the church’s
attitude towards the public display of the body, noting the place of
societal attitudes towards the body in informing church views.
The modern naturist movement, which took form in the 1920s, was not an expression of sexual license, she writes. “Some naturists say that it is more fitting for a Christian than a non-Christian to be a naturist given that Christians are new creations living before God, who need not know that shame which gives nakedness such symbolic potency.”
Archdeacon Gorham explains: “Naturists believe that the ‘hang up’ about the body being shameful in itself, in whatever way, is both morally wrong and mentally harmful. This points to the fundamental difference of attitude between naturists, who are not frightened or ashamed of their bodies, and that of much of the world, which would seem to be so. In naturism one realizes that there are no truly private parts; all parts of the body serve their proper and honourable purpose, and in this respect we are all alike.”
- See more at: http://www.anglicanink.com/article/christian-naturism-advocate-appointed-bishop-sherborne#sthash.u2Of3EEk.dpuf
Her book briefly surveys the Scriptural record on nudism and the church’s attitude towards the public display of the body, noting the place of societal attitudes towards the body in informing church views.The modern naturist movement, which took form in the 1920s, was not an expression of sexual license, she writes. “Some naturists say that it is more fitting for a Christian than a non-Christian to be a naturist given that Christians are new creations living before God, who need not know that shame which gives nakedness such symbolic potency.”
Archdeacon Gorham explains: “Naturists believe that the ‘hang up’ about the body being shameful in itself, in whatever way, is both morally wrong and mentally harmful. This points to the fundamental difference of attitude between naturists, who are not frightened or ashamed of their bodies, and that of much of the world, which would seem to be so. In naturism one realizes that there are no truly private parts; all parts of the body serve their proper and honourable purpose, and in this respect we are all alike.”
- See more at: http://www.anglicanink.com/article/christian-naturism-advocate-appointed-bishop-sherborne#sthash.u2Of3EEk.dpuf
The modern naturist movement, which took form in the 1920s, was not an expression of sexual license, she writes. “Some naturists say that it is more fitting for a Christian than a non-Christian to be a naturist given that Christians are new creations living before God, who need not know that shame which gives nakedness such symbolic potency.”
Archdeacon Gorham explains: “Naturists believe that the ‘hang up’ about the body being shameful in itself, in whatever way, is both morally wrong and mentally harmful. This points to the fundamental difference of attitude between naturists, who are not frightened or ashamed of their bodies, and that of much of the world, which would seem to be so. In naturism one realizes that there are no truly private parts; all parts of the body serve their proper and honourable purpose, and in this respect we are all alike.”
Her
book briefly surveys the Scriptural record on nudism and the church’s
attitude towards the public display of the body, noting the place of
societal attitudes towards the body in informing church views.
The modern naturist movement, which took form in the 1920s, was not an expression of sexual license, she writes. “Some naturists say that it is more fitting for a Christian than a non-Christian to be a naturist given that Christians are new creations living before God, who need not know that shame which gives nakedness such symbolic potency.”
Archdeacon Gorham explains: “Naturists believe that the ‘hang up’ about the body being shameful in itself, in whatever way, is both morally wrong and mentally harmful. This points to the fundamental difference of attitude between naturists, who are not frightened or ashamed of their bodies, and that of much of the world, which would seem to be so. In naturism one realizes that there are no truly private parts; all parts of the body serve their proper and honourable purpose, and in this respect we are all alike.”
- See more at: http://www.anglicanink.com/article/christian-naturism-advocate-appointed-bishop-sherborne#sthash.u2Of3EEk.dpuf
The modern naturist movement, which took form in the 1920s, was not an expression of sexual license, she writes. “Some naturists say that it is more fitting for a Christian than a non-Christian to be a naturist given that Christians are new creations living before God, who need not know that shame which gives nakedness such symbolic potency.”
Archdeacon Gorham explains: “Naturists believe that the ‘hang up’ about the body being shameful in itself, in whatever way, is both morally wrong and mentally harmful. This points to the fundamental difference of attitude between naturists, who are not frightened or ashamed of their bodies, and that of much of the world, which would seem to be so. In naturism one realizes that there are no truly private parts; all parts of the body serve their proper and honourable purpose, and in this respect we are all alike.”
- See more at: http://www.anglicanink.com/article/christian-naturism-advocate-appointed-bishop-sherborne#sthash.u2Of3EEk.dpuf
Just when it seems that the Church of England cannot top itself, it does. Of course, we can be assured that she was the best candidate and that her views on nudism are mainstream, to be sure. LOL The church does not need scandals when the church exhibits such callous indifference to way things will be seen. She may or may not be a fine Christian lady but she will forever be known as the nudist bishop in waiting (until she becomes the nudist bishop reigning). And that is the reason why such things should be considered deal breakers when churches seek to elect leaders who will be known for their faith and not for their nudist leanings.
Given the annual temperature ranges in Sherborne, England, Karen better keep a couple of handwarmers in her mitre when there's a little nip in the air.
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