Al Sharpton and Archbishop Williams
In case you need to see it with your own eyes. I probably should spend a moment figuring out why this surprised me. I’d feel the same way if I saw Sharpton and the Pope.
There is more to Sharpton that his political showboating and hyberbole. Sharpton has used his position as a religious leader to worthy ends. It may be the lack of action on social justice issues, or at least the perceived lack of action, on the part of these particular heads of Christendom, that is somehow unsettling.
I met Archbishop Williams, the Archbishop of Canterbury, at one of the annual religion conferences held at the Claremont Graduate University through the School of Religion. I believe it was DZ Phillips‘ first or second year holding the Danforth Chair of Religion. Haven’t met the Pope. Yet.
