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The meeting of Anglican leaders from around the world is huge religion news, whether you're an Anglican or not. What's at stake is no less than the unity of the third-largest Christian body in the world, and whether one of America's largest mainline denominations will be disciplined by colleagues from the Global South.

Officially, we're told, there won't be any news from the meeting until Thursday afternoon. That may be so, but there's still much reporting and analysis going on. By now, you should have checked out our run-up article by Andrew Carey. But if you don't want to wait until tomorrow's dispatch and weblog to read the next 24 hours' worth of news and comment, there are several places to visit.

As Weblog has noted many times earlier, one of the best sites is Classical Anglican Net News, which has its own site for the primates' meeting. The orthodox blog, based in Canada, appraises everything from a conservative point of view (and often a biting one at that) and continually searches the net for any Anglican tidbits. Weblog will mainly be linking to articles in the mainstream press. But if you're looking for a comprehensive collection compiling everything from bloggers to denominational publications, check out CANN.

Speaking of bloggers, there are several orthodox and conservative Anglicans busy commenting this week. The two must-reads to start at are those of Kendall Harmon, canon theologian for the Diocese of South Carolina, and Christopher S. Johnson, who has one foot and nine toes out the door of the Episcopal Church USA. Another must-read online writer, who functions kind of like a blogger without links (though he engages in much more original reporting than most bloggers) is David Virtue.

Orthodox bloggers, along with CANN, are pretty irritated with coverage coming from official church organs, such as Episcopal News Service and the Anglican Communion News Service. When they're not silent, the conservatives lament, these news services are biased. Of particular note was Monday's article, "Anglicans call for inclusive church and a new call to mission." Still, when the primates issue their official comments, you'll probably want to get it from an official source.

Meanwhile, for mainstream news sources that will be continually updated today, check out the Associated Press and BBC. British newspapers such as The Daily Telegraph and The Guardian are likely to post dispatches before tomorrow morning, too.

Meanwhile, the articles below will keep you busy until we compile and post another big batch Thursday, at noon EST.

Major run-up articles:

• The schism of 2003 | Will the global Anglican church split in two over gay bishops? A meeting this week may decide (Time Europe)
  
  
• Anglicans in angry split over homosexuality issue | Conservative Anglicans are saying that the era of collegial coexistence is over (The New York Times)
  
  
• Anglican leader pressured on gay movement | The closed meeting began with prayers and Bible study, then each primate was given up to five minutes to make a statement (Associated Press)
  
  
• Church leaders debate gay issue | News of the meeting's outcome was not expected until late on Thursday, but Anglican leaders, known as primates, from both sides of the debate have been meeting in London all week to lobby for support (BBC, video)
  
  
• World Anglicans debate gay priests | Five-points are reported to be on the Lambeth agenda, including asking the U.S. church to retreat, or be suspended from the communion (CNN)
  
  
• Leaders of the global Anglican Communion | Who they are and how many they represent (Associated Press)
  
  

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