Essays & Reviews
Jesus as Martyr for Israel
- Friday, April 6, 2012
By Robert Russell Smith
In 2010 I wrote a play, The Inquiry: A Story of the Passion of Jesus, that incorporates my findings from Jewish law.
God Is in the Neighborhood
- Friday, March 30, 2012
Allan Crite was a painter of urban life. Much less familiar are his works devoted to Christian themes such as the illustrations he did for a small volume on the Mass published by Cowley Press.
Redefining Marriage?
- Tuesday, March 27, 2012
By Leander S. Harding
A draft report envisions far more than a pastoral provision for same-sex couples.
Defending the Bishops
- Tuesday, March 27, 2012
By Benjamin Guyer
Today Diarmaid MacCulloch’s writing has been shown to be selective, speculative, tendentious and agenda-ridden. [Updated 3/29/12]
Let Us Reclaim Our Family
- Friday, March 16, 2012
By Brian Cox
The Toward Jerusalem Council II movement seeks reconciliation between Jews and Gentiles, drawing its vision from the first Council of Jerusalem.
Church vs. Reich
- Friday, March 9, 2012
By Leander Harding
The Church can only help, in the middle of the disorder of the world, by really being the Church.
Two Communion Cultures
- Friday, March 9, 2012
By Peter M. Doll
Here is the challenge the Covenant poses to the churches of the Anglican Communion: to commit themselves to a deeper fellowship with one another.
Spatial Catholicity
- Monday, March 5, 2012
By Mark D. Chapman
Conflict over what is necessary to salvation is part of what it is to be a catholic Christian. The local needs therefore to relate to the universal. Catholicity cannot be limited purely to one’s own context.
Art of Forgiveness
- Wednesday, February 29, 2012
The Confessional is an installation meant to provoke reflection on the radical nature of forgiveness. The idea was born through artist Carole Baker’s struggle to forgive someone after she felt deeply wounded.
African Text, African Crisis
- Saturday, February 25, 2012
By Ian Ernest
The difficulties our provinces face as churches in Africa are some of the deepest challenges confronting any human beings in this world.
