Disestablishment of the Church of England is a good idea.
The Monarch being head of the church is a flawed concept and always has been.
Ever since the Church in England took the monarch to be the Head of the Church it has been a false idolatry.
It is at present an imperialist church too, the official church of the English/British Empire with all that that implies.
I do not believe that the Church in England can continue to call itself a religion whilst it has the Monarch as it's head; yes, I contend that since its creation in the 1530s the Church of England has not been a religion, but a form of state worship.
It is wholly wrong in a democratic society for the head of a religion to be the head of the political state.
Separation of church and state is fundamental and has been for 200 years.
This applies to the Papacy too.
http://www.seechange.org/
A religion should not be about political power.
From "Zadok the (Angry) Priest".
....
----------
I will mention that the Christian Church in Sweden had a SIMILAR solution to that in England regarding the Reformation. A national governmental Lutheran church.
Hoyever, in the defence of what could be called - for didactic purposes - SWEDICANISM the Monarch specifically was never any kind of figurehead or ruler - spiritual or otherwise - of the Christian Church in Sweden.
The Swedican Church :)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_Sweden
The Monarch being head of the church is a flawed concept and always has been.
Ever since the Church in England took the monarch to be the Head of the Church it has been a false idolatry.
It is at present an imperialist church too, the official church of the English/British Empire with all that that implies.
I do not believe that the Church in England can continue to call itself a religion whilst it has the Monarch as it's head; yes, I contend that since its creation in the 1530s the Church of England has not been a religion, but a form of state worship.
It is wholly wrong in a democratic society for the head of a religion to be the head of the political state.
Separation of church and state is fundamental and has been for 200 years.
This applies to the Papacy too.
http://www.seechange.org/
A religion should not be about political power.
From "Zadok the (Angry) Priest".
....
----------
I will mention that the Christian Church in Sweden had a SIMILAR solution to that in England regarding the Reformation. A national governmental Lutheran church.
Hoyever, in the defence of what could be called - for didactic purposes - SWEDICANISM the Monarch specifically was never any kind of figurehead or ruler - spiritual or otherwise - of the Christian Church in Sweden.
The Swedican Church :)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_Sweden