Contributors Philip Turner

Philip Turner

The Rev. Dr. Philip Turner is a retired priest in the Episcopal Diocese of Texas. He was educated at Washington and Lee University, Virginia Seminary, Oxford University, and Princeton University. He served the Episcopal Church as a missionary in Uganda from 1961-1971, and as a professor of Christian ethics at Seminary of the Southwest and General Theological Seminary. He left General to become dean of the Berkeley Divinity School at Yale.

After his retirement, Turner has served as interim dean of the Seminary of the Southwest, interim rector of the Church of the Incarnation in Dallas, Texas, and interim rector of Grace Church, Georgetown, Texas. He is the author of a number of books and articles, including Sex, Money and Power and Christian Ethics and the Church. He also coauthored The Fate of Communion with Ephraim Radner and The Crisis of Moral Teaching in the Episcopal Church with Timothy Sedgwick. Dean Turner lives in Austin with his wife, the Rev. Elizabeth Turner.

Six Goals of a Seminary Education

Philip Turner

September 4, 2018

Commentary, The Episcopal Church

Here are my reflections after 50 years in theological education within the Episcopal Church and wider Anglican Communion.

Reflections on the Beginning of a New Era

Philip Turner

July 18, 2018

Commentary, Ecclesiology, The Episcopal Church

My church has entered a period of decline, even stripping, in which its social position is eroding, its institutions are collapsing, and its common life lies in tatters.

The ACNA BCP 2019: A Critical Appreciation

Ten Theological Theses on COVID-19 and the Providence of God

On Viruses and Judgment

The Color of the Godhead

As the waters cover the Sea: Hooker, Baptism, and the Nature of the Church

Ten Theological Theses on COVID-19 and the Providence of God

On Viruses and Judgment

The Color of the Godhead

St. Benedict’s Guide to Surviving the Lockdown

Blood of the Black Christ, Shed for All

Cultivating Hope

Are we done with the '79 prayer book?

Five Suggestions for Reopening Your Church

Learning Again to Sing in a Foreign Land: The BCP and Domestic Prayer

The Questions that Remain

On Live-Streaming, Maternity, and Infantilization: Responses to Ephraim Radner

Of Literal Resurrection and Spiritual Communion

Against Virtual Communion

Katherine Hepburn and Zeal

The Color of the Godhead

Caregivers

Why We Should Beatify Jane Austen

The Blessed Virgin: The Air we Breathe

Recovering the Magic in Onward

Life Without Mark or Measure

Six Goals of a Seminary Education

Reflections on the Beginning of a New Era