The Purpose of Lambeth and Staying Away
The potential train wreck of the Communion at the Lambeth Conference is driven by an unwillingness to take the purpose of gathering seriously.
The Hollow Call for Further Discernment
Robert MacSwain’s call for more “thought” and “wrestling” on issues of sexuality rings hollow.
Cleaning Up the Playing Field: Six Resolutions for Lambeth
The Lambeth Conference cannot afford to decide nothing. By the same token, in its limited capacity, it must decide as little as possible for the time being.
Witness and Survival
Bp. Love's position could easily lead once again to disciplinary proceedings, turmoil in the diocese, property disputes, resources thrown to the wind, and the collapse of another diocese of the Episcopal Church.
Pastoral Faithfulness in Opaque Times
Every time is politically confused. Every culture is morally opaque. In this regard, the French cultural politics of the 1920s and 1930s are analogous to North America’s in 2018.
Quiet, modest pioneer
George A. Lindbeck’s death on January 8 brings to a close an era of extraordinarily fruitful theological work that he engaged with colleagues around the Church.
The Church as Diaspora
Diaspora is not an image of the Church. It is, rather, a historical descriptor of the Church at a given time.
Figural exegesis and the Anglican tradition
Anglicanism has made a special commitment to pursuing figural exegesis.