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#CognitivePsychologist in Identity & Moral justice/ judgement development. Interdisciplinary academic forager. Formerly the Archbishops’ Adviser for MEAC.

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I have been bleeding about 100 followers weekly, despite gaining lots of new followers consistently. I gather a lot of academics and activists are experiencing this. I wonder if an algorithm of key words are triggering a glitch or bot infestation.
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Some of the most interesting, informative, important voices on here are being quietened. We may be fighting against the tide - but please follow @GreenJennyJones and RT
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Excited to share some news! Deeply honoured to be invited to be an Hon. Canon of @LivCathedral , to be anchored to this extraordinary vessel of worship that quietly marks the offices of the day from morning prayer to evensong, calling my city to Christ!
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Praying friends, please keep me in your prayers as I make some very difficult professional decisions this weekend. Pray for good discernment and for the Lord's unfailing providence, for what I suspect will be a long period of difficulty and bleak choices.
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Praying friends, can I ask you keep my mom's health in your prayers. Her health has deteriorated enormously in the last couple of weeks and I haven't seen her in person for a significant amount of time. And please pray for my brother who bears the burden of her welfare alone.
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I must say that if there has been one Bishop in the House who is most frequently called to navigate Charybdis & Scylla, it has to be + @bishopSarahM , and goodness she is incredible! Prayers for her ministry of these impossible tasks. #LLF
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Source: clinpsych_ind
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"Until this is defeated everywhere, it is not defeated anywhere!" I am deeply grateful to hear this wisdom from the Archbishops @churchofengland . No man is an island. #LoveIsWise #LoveIsGenerous #LoveIsFaithful
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LBC
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"Until this is defeated everywhere, it's not defeated anywhere." The Archbishop of Canterbury says he is concerned by the "us first" nature of conversations around the Covid vaccine. @ShelaghFogarty β”‚ @JustinWelby
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Eternal Shepherd who has sought these your servants, consecrated today as the Bishops of Barking, Loughborough & Willesden, grant unto them the fire of the Pentecost and the healing breath of the comforter in truth, justice & unity for the Church as faithful envoys of the gospel.
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Dr. Sanjee Perera πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ
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I challenge the narrative that claims the Anglican communion is unequivocally against #equalmarriage . Taboos and criminalisation of LGBQT+ is a colonial European introduction to many GS cultures. And even now many of these AC churches are as divided on this as we are. #LLF #Synod
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Dr. Sanjee Perera πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ
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For those who are trying to grasp the widely varied views on human sexuality across the Anglican communion, this paper by the Rt. Rev'd KeerthisiriFernando, Bishop of Kurunagala & PresidingBishop in the Church ofCeylon, may be of interest. #LLF #synod
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"But what makes night within us, may leave stars" #CallTheMidwifeTheology #CallTheMidwife @CallTheMidwife1 @BBCOne
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I know this makes me a sad academic, but I'm thrilled that my contributions and alliance with @durham_uni these last couple of yrs have been formally recognised. Mostly this means superb library access and I hope fab collegiate events at one of my favourite T&R depts. #SmallJoys
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"How often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings."
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...my kind and generous former theology professor Dean @ianmarkham has offered my bruised soul a sabbatical and a place to rest, regroup and write at @VTS_Seminary , as a Dean's Scholar researching Racial Justice in the Anglican Communion in the grain of our Anglican Ecclesiology.
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Please join us in this prayer that ++ @JustinWelby and I have written for Racial Justice Sunday tomorrow. #RacialJusticeSunday
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Dr. Sanjee Perera πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ
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Dear #MeghanMarkle , Thank you for offering to meet & comfort mourners this week. We grieve the mean, racist & dehumanising slights we've seen you endure as you do this. So many of us hold you in prayer and are inspired by your grace, compassion & dignity at this time of loss.πŸ™πŸ½
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Dr Krish Kandiah OBE
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Dear #MeghanMarkle thank you for offering to meet & comfort mourners today. I'm so sorry you received mean, racist & dehumanising treatment. You have so many supporters here in the UK. I apologise for the minority who show so little dignity & respect in this time of loss.
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Just getting back from an incredible night. By the grace of God and Bishop @paulbayes I am a Canon of @LivCathedral . #LausDeo
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Seeing these three incredible women up there was a favourite highlight for me. Change may be slow in the CoE, but this is something!
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Revd Dr Ayla Lepine
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So good to see women bishops today. @bishopSarahM @chelmsdio and +Rose. Fantastic.
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Dr. Sanjee Perera πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ
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Ahead of #GeneralSynod discussions on #LLF , the annual reminder that suggesting the 'Global South' has a uniform view about sexuality is deeply patronising. To scapegoat the diverse views of GMH peoples and the #GlobalSouth as uniform, IS neo-colonialism at its worst. Sigh!!!!!
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Dr. Sanjee Perera πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ
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Weary of seeing GMH views in the Anglican Communion scapegoated as a voice against #EqualMarriage . There is extraordinary variance and a spectrum of differences among UKME/ GMH people (including silenced #LGBTQI + voices around the Global South) on #sexuality . #LLF #Synod #PLF
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I LOVE @GaryLineker 's new profile photo!!! πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚
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What working for the Church sometimes feels like.
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Praying friends, I have a fairly significant interview tomorrow, please keep me in your prayers.
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Rather delighted to share that I have been invited to deliver the annual #MichaelRamseyLecture at 6.00 pm, on the 24th of April at @durhamcastle @durham_uni . I will be speaking about how the Church's racialised past has shaped us in the 21C, and its impact on the CofE today.
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Dr. Sanjee Perera πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ
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I know this makes me a sad academic, but I'm thrilled that my contributions and alliance with @durham_uni these last couple of yrs have been formally recognised. Mostly this means superb library access and I hope fab collegiate events at one of my favourite T&R depts. #SmallJoys
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Painful viewing for a penitent church this evening. I can only pray to the one who makes the impossible, possible, that justice might flow like a river to transform us, and a Peace that passes all understanding might wrap this beloved ecclesia in its redemptive Love.
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@churchofengland
The Church of England
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A comment on tonight's BBC Panorama programme.
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Dr. Sanjee Perera πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ
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I must admit my heart swelled with pride a little to see this extraordinary black woman, @ShermaraFletche , @ChurchesEngland represent us with such dignity & eloquence at the funeral. I am also grateful that CTE is a place that nurtures talented Black Women.πŸ™πŸ½ #LausDeo
@_mikeroyal
Mike Royal
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Delighted and so very proud that Shermara Fletcher read so eloquently at the Funeral of HRH Queen Elizabeth II. She represented the Pentecostal and Charismatic Churches & Churches Together in England @ChurchesEngland CTE so well. πŸ™ #QueenElizabethII #ChurchesTogether
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Dr. Sanjee Perera πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ
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Dear @ChurchTimes Thank you for the apology, but a better response would be to reflect on why a Christian publication might still be trading in the 'stock of tropes & stereotypes' for a cheap laugh, while speaking to a church that still fetishizes, diminishes and mocks otherness
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Church Times
2 years
We apologise for last week’s St Gargoyle’s cartoon. Tropes are the stock in trade of cartoons, but this was clearly a misjudgement. We have removed the cartoon from our site. Editor
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Dr. Sanjee Perera πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ
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Reading through the liturgy for the collation, I'm moved beyond measure. As an invisible lay woman who's given the better part of her life to serve the Anglican Church, @churchofengland , @LivDiocese and its various parishes, suddenly I feel cherished and moved to tears. #LausDeo
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Dr. Sanjee Perera πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ
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Excited to share some news! Deeply honoured to be invited to be an Hon. Canon of @LivCathedral , to be anchored to this extraordinary vessel of worship that quietly marks the offices of the day from morning prayer to evensong, calling my city to Christ!
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In the last couple of months I've heard more from the @churchofengland on #racism than I have in the last decade. This might be a naive optimism, but I'm so encouraged to hear @JustinWelby speak out against #WhiteSupremacy & significance of the #BAMEReport ! #BlackLivesMatter
@JustinWelby
Archbishop of Canterbury
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Centuries-old racism and white supremacy are a root cause of the suffering of black and minority ethnic communities here, in the USA and around the world. We must pray and work together for a new and more just society.
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Further to a another difficult pastoral conversation earlier this morning, I thought I would share this. I share this cartoon often, but now is a time to listen to the moral of this my #ChurchofEngland family. Be vigilant because our concept of justice is at stake. #perspective
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Dr. Sanjee Perera πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ
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Today, I start this new role @churchofengland finally able to give my full attention to a calling that has long pursued me. Please keep this ministry and all that lies ahead in your prayers. A big thank you to all who have written to me and offered your support; it means so much!
@JustinWelby
Archbishop of Canterbury
4 years
Delighted that Dr Sanjee Perera will be the new Archbishops’ Adviser on Minority Ethnic Anglican Concerns. Prayers for her as she prepares for this vitally important role.
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@indyfromspace #WorstAcademicAdviseIFollowed ; 'Don't publish yet! (when I had multiple publication contract offers), wait till you finish your PhD, so that it might count towards the RAE in the dept.
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Eternal Shepherd who has sought this your servant @BpBurnley , announced today as the +Blackburn, grant unto him the wisdom & courage to kindle the heart of the church, navigating the challenges ahead with the compassion of Christ on the Cross, as a faithful envoy of the gospel.
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@CottrellStephen
Archbishop of York
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Announcement of the new Bishop of Blackburn Read more:
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Raising a glass to an extraordinary woman today with other @churchofengland #RaceJustice activists, as she retires from #CMEAC . Grateful for #DrElizabethHenry who has been an extraordinary voice calling Truth to Power, that has been a #CatalystArchitect .
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I didn't think it was possible to love #GardenersWorld more, but today's exquisite episode really added a depth to the show that I really appreciated! Well done @TheMontyDon @GWandShows @BBC !!
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I-ethne
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"Our gardens are a melting pot of floral immigration" @CarolKlein Excellent episode of #GardenersWorld today! Well done @TheMontyDon @GWandShows @BBC !! (but we missed @montysdognell & @montysdognigel too).
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#MentorABishop (Pls RT @twishop ) @churchofengland UKME/GMH clergy, you're invited to register your interest for a new reverse mentoring initiative based on the #FromLamentToAction recommendation for all bishops to take part in #ReverseMentoring with a UKME/GMH member of clergy.
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What a superb appointment @dioceseoflondon and what glad tidings this advent! Congratulations Revd Canon Dr @TheOutsider40 !
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@dioceseoflondon
London Diocese
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The Revd Canon Dr Anderson Jeremiah has been announced as the Diocese of London’s next Bishop of Edmonton.
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Dr. Sanjee Perera πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ
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Delighted to accept this role and looking forward to working with ++ @JustinWelby ++ @CottrellStephen , CMEAC, and various divisions, aspects & networks within the @churchofengland ! Please keep me and all those who will be working alongside in this vital ministry, in your prayers.
@JustinWelby
Archbishop of Canterbury
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Delighted that Dr Sanjee Perera will be the new Archbishops’ Adviser on Minority Ethnic Anglican Concerns. Prayers for her as she prepares for this vitally important role.
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@julianbond12 @HackneyAbbott @a_leesha1 I am collecting screen shots of racist tweets for workshop materiel. It sadly does make an excellent case study.
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Dr. Sanjee Perera πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ
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I would appreciate a RT of this plug for the annual #MichaelRamseyLecture at 6.00 pm, on the 24th of April at @durhamcastle @durham_uni . I will be speaking about how the Church's racialised past has shaped us in the 21C, and its impact on the CofE today. Do join us if you can.
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Dr. Sanjee Perera πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ
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Rather delighted to share that I have been invited to deliver the annual #MichaelRamseyLecture at 6.00 pm, on the 24th of April at @durhamcastle @durham_uni . I will be speaking about how the Church's racialised past has shaped us in the 21C, and its impact on the CofE today.
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Dr. Sanjee Perera πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ
4 years
Thank you to all good wishes flowing in. I am in meetings till quite late, but will respond to you all individually! Please do keep this ministry and all of us involved in it in your prayers. πŸ™πŸ½
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Annika Mathews
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The news is out. Congratulations to @SanjeePerera1 A fabulous and hopeful appointment for the future of the @churchofengland .
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Dr. Sanjee Perera πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ
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This tweet by @giles_fraser is beautiful and the best of our squabbling church family mired in doctrinal paradox. While we each hold passionately to our dogmatic nuances and our quest for justice, be it in gender, race, ability or sexuality, justice without love is brutality.
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Dr. Sanjee Perera πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ
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Eternal Shepherd who has sought this your servant @BpBurnley , announced today as the +Blackburn, grant unto him the wisdom & courage to kindle the heart of the church, navigating the challenges ahead with the compassion of Christ on the Cross, as a faithful envoy of the gospel.
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If you would like to borrow the #WindRush Cope, please do email me. I would like to see it used across the country. Especially in those places that has a special connection to the #WindRushGeneration or even if you would merely like to mark this debt..
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So it seems I have passed a test that tells me I have the required competence to live in a country that I've lived and contributed to, for more than half my life and near a quarter century. Now I only have to pay a couple of Β£1000 in fees not to mention legal costs. #LifeInTheUK
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5 years
Praying friends keep me in your prayers, I suspect the next couple of hours may determine much for the shape of my life hereafter. Pray for my test anxiety, my peevish pedanticism and frustration at poorly worded test questions. Lol #CatalystTests
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Easter selfie! and perhaps new more UpToDate profile picture!
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1 year
"Loveliest of trees, the cherry now Is hung with bloom along the bough, And stands about the woodland ride Wearing white for Eastertide." #Houseman
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Listening to International news coverage of the #SriLankaAttacks , I'm frustrated that @BBCPolitics etc. don't seem to fully grasp (and make clear) that 1. There were no preexisting tensions between Muslims & Christians. 2. The scale & the strategy behind this OBVIOUSLY external.
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Dr. Sanjee Perera πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ
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Praying folk, please keep in your prayers the launch of the #AntiRacismTaskforce report this week, and the response, engagement & stakeholdership in the recommendations. Also pray for ++s @JustinWelby @CottrellStephen and various parts of the church that might enable this change.
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Arun Arora
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"Our work is not a battle in a culture war but rather a call to arms against the evil and pernicious sin of racism. Our mandate flows not from identity politics but from our identity in Christ." The February update from the Anti racism Taskforce
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Dr. Sanjee Perera πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ
3 years
On a train to @lambethpalace today for the first formal meeting of the #ArchbishopsRacialJusticeCommission @churchofengland . As the secretary to the commission I'm delighted to share with you these extraordinary pioneers and experts who make up the commission. Please pray for us.
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@CottrellStephen
Archbishop of York
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Delighted that 11 Commission members have agreed to join the Racial Justice Commission. They represent complex interests and expertise, bringing a rich experience. We pray for a transformation in our Church that will bring hope to the world.
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Jo Winn-Smith reminding us of the biblical hermeneutics of marriage. #synod
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Helen King, Classics/History of Medicine/CofEπŸ’™πŸ’›
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Jo Winn-Smith is always a joy to hear, not least because she has facts to offer! #synod
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Dr. Sanjee Perera πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ
4 years
Friends, I am aware that twitter has gone a little mad with dms and tweets of congratulations, but I am celebrating with my excellent mentor Prof. @AnthonyGReddie over a bottle or two. I will respond to tweets and DMs soon.
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A brilliant catch-up with + @_mikeroyal this evening, over homemade paratha, and Sri Lankan curry. Congratulations again to this brilliant human being who has been announced as a regional bishop in the apostolic pentecostal church today.
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Dr. Sanjee Perera πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ
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A Prayer for #RacialJusticeSunday2021 The Archbishops’ Anti-Racism Taskforce @churchofengland has released a prayer ahead of #RacialJusticeSunday this week written by Anderson Jeremiah, a member of the taskforce.
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A glass of wine with the excellent Prof @AnthonyGReddie not the worst way to start the week.
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I often forget how beautiful London is. And then it catches you off guard, when you turn round a corner.
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Dr. Sanjee Perera πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ
4 years
Writing my very 1st intercessions for a service today. Despite the many year's spent serving the CoE, and writing about liturgy AND WRITING LITURGY, I had to come to @SSFandLharborne before I was invited to pray for the Church. I am grateful for this tender overture of belonging.
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Weary of seeing GMH views in the Anglican Communion scapegoated as a voice against #EqualMarriage . There is extraordinary variance and a spectrum of differences among UKME/ GMH people (including silenced #LGBTQI + voices around the Global South) on #sexuality . #LLF #Synod #PLF
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Dr. Sanjee Perera πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ
2 years
@revheath Synod, can I add that this kind of stereotyping creates deeply damaging default assumptions about our GMH bishops, clergy, ordinands & laity, when they seek appointments in liberal parishes. It's painful to us who deeply affirm a calling to equal marriage. #LLF #AnglicanCommunion
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2 years
@revheath Synod, can I add that this kind of stereotyping creates deeply damaging default assumptions about our GMH bishops, clergy, ordinands & laity, when they seek appointments in liberal parishes. It's painful to us who deeply affirm a calling to equal marriage. #LLF #AnglicanCommunion
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Dr. Sanjee Perera πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ
2 months
When you promise yourself you are not going to EVER tweet about the Church of England, and or engage in #AnglicanTwitter politics, and fail miserably!! AGAIN!!!
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Dr. Sanjee Perera πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ
4 years
Now that I've been a month in my new role, it seems I need an updated pinned tweet. Please note this is my personal twitter account where I post tweets on a wide variety of interests from Lepidoptera, birds, moss, gardening, stained glass, psychology & theology. Views are my own.
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Delighted that Dr Sanjee Perera will be the new Archbishops’ Adviser on Minority Ethnic Anglican Concerns. Prayers for her as she prepares for this vitally important role.
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Because too many laptops around me were identical, I thought I needed to put a sticker on mine so I could tell them apart. 40 stickers later, it looks like it belongs to a 12 Yr old girl. I may need to buy a new laptop.
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Dr. Sanjee Perera πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ
3 years
A big thank you to all @BIAPTheology , the tech team, speakers, and to all who attended the #CMEACconference21 , and a big thank you to my neighbours @angela_sheard & @tarie_lian co-founders of @UKMEOrdCur , who came over IRL to support me with running the conference! #LausDeo
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And since the CoE UKME/GMH community is now overwhelming my twitter DMs and phone with messages asking whether I am OK and what I am doing next, I am delighted to announce that I will be doing NOTHING for a while, and I don't know what next yet, but....
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Dr. Sanjee Perera πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ
5 years
A little bit chuffed to share that I have been invited to and accepted a Visiting Fellowship at @covintstudents with the @CTPSR_Coventry !
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Chris Shannahan
5 years
Great to spend some time with @SanjeePerera1 today @CTPSR_Coventry . Looking forward to thinking about future collaborations.
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@RobGMacfarlane Spent this summer chasing rivers all over the world, from Virginia to Cornwall. But none stole my heart as much as the modest streams of the Yorkshire Dale's, which gently flow through the damp meadows as if scurrying away to a secret rendezvous. My naiad soul is satisfied.
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I must admit I am sad to see this statement @CPASnews . Despite my Anglo-Catholic roots, CPAS camps across the country have been a big part of my formation over the yrs. I'm not sure I can in good conscience encourage young people to engage with it anymore.
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3 years
If I look at the most vivid, glorious and god breathed moments of my life in the last couple of decades, it was at #Criccieth2 (pathfinder) & #Criccieth3 (CYFA) @CPASVentures camps with young people from across the country. Book now & share with your church friends with children.
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2 years
It has been a really difficult and anxious week as I speak to my brother and mother about the riots in our home city. An anxiety deepened by the fact that the Rajapaksa house is across the water from us on Bolgolda Lake. Please keep the country in your prayers.
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Sri Lanka: protesters try to storm president’s house as economic crisis deepens
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3 years
My first visit to Bishopthorpe. There are worse places to work.
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2 years
One of my great pleasures this last year has been working with @revmaryhawes as we conspired everything from inclusive Sundayschool materiel to children & young people's publications & events. Her passion & expertise for inclusive children & youth ministry will be deeply missed!!
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@RobGMacfarlane @SaveUKTrees The Heritage Twin Tree in our school 'back garden' in Sri Lanka, which was a great age already, 118 years ago when the school moved to 'Flower Rd, Colombo 7'. It is a tree that has seen many generations bud, blossom and come of age, and holds the sorority secrets of generations.
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Dr. Sanjee Perera πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ
2 years
Read women! Cite women! Credit women! Teach women. Publish women! Present women! Acknowledge women! Award women! Amplify women! Hire women! Support women! Promote women! Hear women! Believe women! Follow/RT women! Pay women! Pay women!! Pay women!!! #InternationalWomensDay
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The Athena Project
7 years
A White Washed Goddess and a Liberation Quest; Disambiguating the Athena Project.
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1 year
Thank you for publicly acknowledging this. πŸ™πŸ½ It is important senior clergy acknowledge the rampant misogyny in the Church of England that women have to endure.
@davidrmmonteith
David Monteith
1 year
We announced the appointment of our new Precentor @priestwendy for @CburyCathedral last weekend. Just so saddened by the abuse she has received. Determined to shape a a cathedral which addresses misogyny, entitled power and prejudice because the love of Jesus requires that.
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11 months
Today I am a little sad for the @churchofengland , and the damage we do to ourselves and to our #LGBTQI brothers and sisters. This is not living in love or faith. Anything but Love without condition and faith that God is bigger than human prejudice will not suffice. #LLF #Equal
@thurible
Kelvin Holdsworth
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The Church of England bishops seem to want to bless the idea that some people are second class citizens and second class Christians. And if that isn't a change in doctrine, I really don't know what is. #llf #plf #bonkerstheology
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Dr. Sanjee Perera πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ
3 years
Really thrilled to share this wonderful #LiturgicalResource for #BlackHistoryMonth , developed by the #LiturgicalCommission . Particularly love this #ActOfCommitmentToRacialJustice ! #BlackHistoryMonth2021 #BHM
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@churchofengland
The Church of England
3 years
A prayer for Black History Month. We have launched a collection of liturgical resources for churches to use in services, Bible studies, youth work and events at . #BlackHistoryMonth
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Dr. Sanjee Perera πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ
1 year
Champagne🍾and takeaway with Prof @AnthonyGReddie to celebrate his recognition of distinction @UniofOxford and for receiving the title professor of black theology @OU_TheoReligion . I'm still trying to process the fact that this is the 1st appointment of its kind in its history.
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Dr. Sanjee Perera πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ
3 years
Eve Pitts: the @churchofengland 's 1st Black female vicar and one of its fiercest critics, modelling the fierce Love of the compassionate Father, challenging, pruning and nurturing the mother church; Shepherding with Grace. @kehinde_andrews @guardian
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@Eva_GBTheatre @bishopSarahM Yes, watching these extraordinary women leading the Church gives me hope. Fifty yrs ago, no one could imagine that women could have such episcopal authority and grace. How grateful I am, that we as a Church learns and evolves, and admit our lack of grace and faith in our errors.
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Dr. Sanjee Perera πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ
8 months
There are some superb female candidates for Archbishop of Canterbury in the House this year and + @Guli_FD , is definitely leading the way!
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Michael Sadgrove πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡Ί
8 months
The wise & winsome ⁦ @Guli_FD ⁩ - a remarkable woman & bishop. What a story she has to tell! ⁦ @BBCRadio4 ⁩ #DesertIslandDiscs
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Dr. Sanjee Perera πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ
4 years
Thrilled we can finally announce this exciting news! Privileged to be awarded this #BASpecialResearchGrant from the @BritishAcademy to work collaboratively with the eminent @PaulGWeller @CTPSR_Coventry , exploring how #ChristianFBOs & #Charities are weathering #COVID19 . #COVID
@CovUniResearch
Coventry University Research
4 years
Researchers from @CTPSR_Coventry have been awarded @BritishAcademy_ funding to understand the durability of FBOs as they emerge from the #COVID19 lock down, having provided much needed support for #vulnerable people during this time: @covcampus
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Sometimes I struggle with calling in this church which in the late 90s suggested there weren't enough Black churches in the CofE for an Asian woman to be a viable candidate for ordination. As I prepare 11 Holy week sermons, I'm reminded perhaps providence finds a way. #LausDeo
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2 years
Speaking out for the poor, the immigrant, the marginalised, the vulnerable, the widow & orphan, if this was not the calling of archbishops, I'm not sure whose it is. In the long tradition of many abps before them, I'm grateful for every word @CottrellStephen & @JustinWelby speak.
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Mark Russell πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦ (he/him)
2 years
To those criticising @JustinWelby and @CottrellStephen speaking out on politics I’d say 2 things - Desmond Tutu β€œWhen people say the bible and politics don't mix, I ask them which bible they’re reading” - They’re in the House of Lords, whose job is to hold government to account
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On my way to @durham_uni to deliver the annual Michael Ramsey lecture this evening . If you are in the vicinity do join us.
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Dr. Sanjee Perera πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ
5 months
I would appreciate a RT of this plug for the annual #MichaelRamseyLecture at 6.00 pm, on the 24th of April at @durhamcastle @durham_uni . I will be speaking about how the Church's racialised past has shaped us in the 21C, and its impact on the CofE today. Do join us if you can.
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Dr. Sanjee Perera πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ
3 years
Can I share again our annual CMEAC 2021 #TheologyConference in collaboration with @BIAPTheology . Our speakers include ++ @CottrellStephen , Profs. @AnthonyGReddie @DeanKBD , @KwokPuiLan , & @MarioIAguilar , and response by Dr. @TheOutsider40 . ( #BSL interpreted)
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Dr. Sanjee Perera πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ
2 years
I don't get a lot of opportunity to celebrate my SriLankaness. But today my complicated sense of belonging & national identity found satisfaction in this union of nations, that has overcome a complicated past, to celebrate a shared belonging & mutual flourishing. #CommonwealthDay
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Sri Lanka in London
2 years
Celebrating the diversity and friendship of 54 nations Happy #CommonwealthDay 2022!
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Dr. Sanjee Perera πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ
4 years
Really delighted to formally share this news with you...
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William Temple Foundation
4 years
Some rather exciting news today... @SanjeePerera1 Archbishops’ Adviser on MEAC @churchofengland is joining our team @WTempleFdn as a Research Fellow. Read more:
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1 year
Tea on the lawn with my former bishop. I managed to go upstairs 3 times for plates and fed @paulbayes Christmas pudding on cotton napkins in the end. Covid brain is not conducive to hosting high tea, but it did not prevent a lovely heart to heart with this brilliant shepherd.
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4 years
@ArchdofAston @augustineihm @JustinWelby @churchofengland A reoccurring issue for #BAMEordinands . One of the issues they raised when I was exploring ordination was that the number of parishes I could serve in was limited, as there weren't many 'black parishes' in the CoE. I realise now that my vicar was shielding me from this rejection.
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Dr. Sanjee Perera πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ
4 years
Having spent a month overlapping in the Archbishops' Advisor role with the excellent Rev. @ChigorChike , while I completed various orientations, trainings and meet & greets, I begin my role in earnest this week. Please pray for me and for the Church, her disciples & ministries!
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2 years
Today has been one of those days with difficult and heart breaking pastoral cases (n=3) and I'm grateful for good friends who have done nothing but listen to me rant and rave about systemic racism these last months. Watching Sound of music to recover...
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Dr. Sanjee Perera πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ
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11 sermons and 3 packed train rides and a taxi rides later, I am home, and I am never leaving my cosy little apartment again! (also thank you Gloucester, you have been marvellous!)
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Dr. Sanjee Perera πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ
5 months
Final Easter Sunday sermon is now written, and I can enjoy the grace of #Easter as my journey with @GlosCathedral comes to an end. Thank you to all who walked with me this week @glosdioc , as we engaged with some heavy-duty populist doubt, Biblical scholarship, and deep theology.
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2 years
Last breakfast at home for a while. No reason it shouldn't be a little civilised. I am going to miss this cosy nest of mine.
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Dr. Sanjee Perera πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ
2 years
Delighted to share the rather exciting news that we're advertising for a National Education Lead for #RacialJustice @CofE_EduLead . Based in @CofE_Education working with the amazing @nigelgenders & @mrawolfe and alongside the new #RacialJusticeUnit . Pls RT
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I am looking forward to this!
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Dr. Sanjee Perera πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ
2 years
Preparing some materiel for @RiponCuddesdon and reflecting on the fear, joy & trauma ordinands face in formation, which is brutal, dangerous and terrifying, but always captive in Grace. PRAY for all our residential TEI communities forming priests in the kindling of HIS breath.
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Dr. Sanjee Perera πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ
3 years
As I live among ordinands, I find occasion so often to write out his poem in cards and gifts, as friends and neighbours are ordained, that it is committed to memory. It captures the ontological transformation that remains a mystery, that I can never quite put into words...
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There was no well, but we gathered together, and some of us even wept a little. But mostly we prayed in the presence of the one who called us in remembrance of that Nazarene carpenter who shed his blood for our salvation. #LausDeo
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Ruth Harley
1 year
I'm sure I wasn't the only one who had tears in my eyes at points during the inaugural zoom meeting of @TheCollegeCAW tonight. In the liturgy of the churches I serve, we often say in faith "we are not alone", but it doesn't always feel that way. Tonight that felt absolutely true.
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3 years
I have had worse birthdays...
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There are worse places to lay your head for the night.
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Dr. Sanjee Perera πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ
3 years
Another piece of encouraging news from @churchofengland as its Social Impact Investment Programme today announced its first investment, a Β£1.6 million commitment to the Women in Safe Homes fund. Read here;
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@ThatSamMargrave @ceecuk @churchofengland @synod @GafconGBE @ArchbishopFoley @PhilHs10 @A_Minichiello @1761Ec @GabriellaSwerl I must say that these are four glorious priests I admire from the depth of my bones, and am incredibly grateful that they were called by the Spirit to ordination. I have watched the deep Godly calling of each of them at some point or the other and been in awe of their ministry.
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Dr. Sanjee Perera πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ
1 year
This morning I felt like 2 decades rolled back in the flicker of an eye, as I stood outside the library waiting for it to open. Once this was a cause for incredible embarrassment, now I'm OK at being thought of that swot, given I have made a living from being a nerd. #Sabbatical
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Dr. Sanjee Perera πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ
1 year
A little inebriated by the @VTS_Seminary library today! Curated with sophisticated precision, it is a glorious ocean that could drown the thirst of every parched scholar exploring humanity's discourse on the divine. #LausDeo #SabbaticalLife
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3/ ... every relational microaggression, every structural inequity. Today, alongside + @Guli_FD , Bishop #RoseHudsonWilkinson is a symbol that means something to us. This double blessing is a name place at the table in my Father's house, is a song in my mother tongue. #ITooAmCofE
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Dr. Sanjee Perera πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ
3 years
Deeply inspired by the Rt. Hon, Lord Paul Boateng's approach to the commission. Grateful for his prayerful, gospel driven approach, which may be the balm we need to heal. #LausDeo
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@CottrellStephen
Archbishop of York
3 years
Delighted to announce the Rt. Hon Lord Paul Boateng as the incoming Chair of the Archbishops' Racial Justice Commission.
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