Nature, Grace, and Adoption Abigail Woolley Cutter March 6, 2020 Books, Ethics, Reviews & Culture, The Episcopal Church Since it is small, accessible, and thoroughly theological, it would be an excellent resource for beginning a conversation on adoption and assisted reproduction among pastors or seminary students, who may be asked to counsel other Christians.
God, Sexuality, & Knots: Sarah Coakley’s théologie totale (a personal appropriation) Matt Boulter February 27, 2020 Books, Commentary, Contributors, Ethics, The Episcopal Church Over the course of this extended discussion, did any of us change our mind on any of the issues? Even though we did see how gender politics, trinitarian theology, and our own experience of desire are all connected in a thorny knot, at the end of the day, no, we did not, any of us, change our mind on the issues at hand.
Healing the Breach: Thinking Theologically About Reparations Guest Contributor February 12, 2020 Commentary, Ethics, The Episcopal Church We’ve reached a point in the history of our nation, our Church, and our Communion when we need to balance celebration of gains made in reconciliation and community building with ongoing and disciplined excavations of the “stony road” people of African descent have traversed.
“Hell is Other People,” but Heaven Can’t Be: The Good Place’s Unintentionally Augustinian Outcome Eugene Schlesinger February 6, 2020 Ethics, Reviews & Culture, The Episcopal Church, TV With its final door, The Good Place proves useful for our journey once more: we cannot stop here, we must journey on.
Ecological Conversion and the Generations to Come Guest Contributor January 17, 2020 Books, Commentary, Ethics, Reviews & Culture, Roman Catholic Church Perhaps no stronger argument exists for climate action than the health of our children and grandchildren.
Climate change, anxiety, and hope Fr. Sam Keyes January 16, 2020 Analysis, Commentary, Contributors, Ethics, Roman Catholic Church While I am hardly a climate change “denier,” I do sit uneasily with the evangelical fervor with which many people I know and respect talk of environmental disaster.
Katherine Hepburn and Zeal Sarah Cornwell November 14, 2019 Ethics, Movies, Reviews & Culture This is the fourth post in a series in which I explore what classic film actresses in iconic roles can teach us — and, more particularly, my fast-growing daughter — about the seven classic virtues. These posts ... Read More...
General Synod and A Word to the Church Dane Neufeld September 12, 2019 Analysis, Anglican Church of Canada, Commentary, Ecclesiology, Ethics It could be argued that if we had all gone home after voting on these affirmations, much of the pain that resulted from General Synod’s other decisions could have been avoided and we may have been the better for it. But as it happened, we proceeded to the debate and vote on the marriage canon amendment, the failure of which unleashed an avalanche of protest, accusation, and ill will that in many ways will form the lasting characterization of General Synod 2019 for many of those who were present.
