The Diocese of Maryland has announced the death of its 12th bishop, the Rt. Rev. Albert Theodore Eastman, at age 89: Bishop Eastman was elected Bishop Coadjutor in 1982 and became Bishop Diocesan upon the retirement of Bishop David Leighton in 1986. He retired in 1994. Prior to coming to Maryland, Bishop Eastman served as a chaplain at California's Soledad State Prison. He … [Read more...] about Bishop Eastman Dies at 89
Archives for April 27, 2018
Bishop of Missouri Calls for a Successor
The Rt. Rev. George Wayne Smith, Bishop of Missouri since 2002, has announced his plan to retire in mid-2020: I have called for the election of my successor during the 2019 meeting of Diocesan Convention, November 15-16. The ordination of the new bishop will be sometime in the spring 2020, probably in April. My resignation will become effective on that date. I am young and … [Read more...] about Bishop of Missouri Calls for a Successor
A Teacher to the End
Last Testament In His Own Words By Benedict XVI, with Peter Seewald Bloomsbury Continuum. Pp. xx + 257. $24 Review by Victor Lee Austin To read this book is to have a low-key, comfortable, extended conversation with an old man who, as it were, just happened to have been pope. The reader will see a generous spirit, as Benedict sidesteps opportunities to make points … [Read more...] about A Teacher to the End
Threading the Pauline Needle
Paul’s New Perspective Charting a Soteriological Journey By Garwood P. Anderson IVP Academic. Pp. 441. $45 Review by Gene Schlesinger With this volume, New Testament scholar Garwood Anderson of Nashotah House Theological Seminary enters the fray of the New Perspective on Paul. This new perspective has been with us now for 40 years, and has been a source of great … [Read more...] about Threading the Pauline Needle
Theologian of the Fantastic Imagination
The Gospel in George MacDonald Selections from His Novels, Fairy Tales, and Spiritual Writings Edited by Marianne Wright. Plough. Pp. 358. $18 The Golden Key A Victorian Fairy Tale By George MacDonald. Illustrations by Ruth Sanderson. Eerdmans. Pp. 136. $16 Review by Arabella Milbank George MacDonald “seemed an elemental figure, a man unconnected with any … [Read more...] about Theologian of the Fantastic Imagination