‘Identity politics’ should not trump the common good, according to the Archbishop of Canterbury. He said: ‘Identity politics, whether it is the politics of feminism, whether it is the politics of ethnic minorities or the politics of sexual minorities, has been a very important part of the last 10 or 20 years because before that I think there was a sense that diversity was not really welcome.’ Dr Williams added: ‘We are now, I think, beginning to see the pendulum swinging back and saying identity politics is all very well but we have to have some way of putting it all back together again and discovering what is good for all of us and share something of who we are with each other so as to discover more about who we are.’ He continued: ‘Once we start saying this is my identity and that’s it then I think we are in danger of really fragmenting the society we belong to.’

Pray: for greater understanding of our differences that they may be respected, valued and allow people to live and work together in harmony. (Ps.133:1)

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