Adapted from the Office of Public AffairsWith the 2015 United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (UNCSW) meeting on the horizon, the Episcopal Church submitted its first official written statement [PDF] to the 59th Session last October, detailing persistent challenges to women’s empowerment and gender equality and offering action steps.This year, UNCSW will undertake a … [Read more...] about Church Writes to U.N. Group
Archives for February 25, 2015
Islam’s Anglican Thinker
Review by Lucinda Mosher Bediuzzaman Said Nursi (1877/78-1960) wended his way into my doctoral research in 1999. Ian Markham commenced his study of Nursi in 2002. Of the relatively short list of English-language scholarly books about Nursi, several contain an essay by one or both of us. Markham, however, has gone steps farther than I. He included a chapter on Nursi in his … [Read more...] about Islam’s Anglican Thinker
Lent in Image and Verse
Cultures~Lent 2015-03-08 … [Read more...] about Lent in Image and Verse
Central Tanganyika Pilgrims
EyewitnessBy Hannah Matis PerettThe Rt. Rev. Dickson Chilongani was elected sixth Bishop of Central Tanganyika by a landslide in October 2014, winning more than 90 percent of the vote in a country where episcopal elections are often hotly contested. I was honored to attend Bishop Chilongani’s consecration service and installation on November 23 and 24, through Virginia … [Read more...] about Central Tanganyika Pilgrims