Two Anglican(ish) Novels: Can We Live Without Christianity? Victor Austin November 17, 2020 Books, Commentary, Reviews & Culture, The Episcopal Church By Victor Lee Austin Rose Macauley’s 1956 novel, The Towers of Trebizond, opens with an Oxford woman coming home from High Mass on her camel, and continues as a sort of dazzling high wire literary act of Bri... Read More...
A Thicker Constellation of Vocation Guest Contributor October 1, 2020 Bible, Commentary, The Episcopal Church By John Sundara It’s become commonplace to talk about vocation. In many ordination processes, the discerner is expected to articulate their vocation to the priesthood. Many college ministries help graduating... Read More...
Springsteen, Belonging, and Religion in Blinded by the Light Neil Dhingra September 11, 2019 Commentary, Movies, Music, Reviews & Culture, Roman Catholic Church To be sure, Springsteenism is an ambiguous religiosity. Springsteen, as Roops pronounces, “knows everything you’ve ever felt … and he can describe it better for you.” His music allows one to see the depth and profundity in ordinary life — to see even father-son conflict as “something as old as time,” as Manzoor says, and to respond with empathy. Springsteen himself is a role model of uncommon decency.
The Church of the Introverts Mark Clavier June 17, 2019 Commentary, Ministry Turning clergy into managers is just the sort of thing one might expect introverted clergy to do even if not deliberately.
The Loss of the Past and the Strange Future Dane Neufeld December 13, 2018 Anglican Church of Canada, Books, Reviews & Culture Voices of the Plains Cree by the Rev. Edward Ahenakew (1885-1961) is essential reading for Canadian seminarians.
‘May we meet again’ Bishop Daniel Martins January 11, 2018 Reviews & Culture, TV The 100 reflects a vague memory of Christian faith.
Unplanned parenthood Sam Keyes August 4, 2017 Commentary, The Episcopal Church I suspect that most agree with this basic principle, this core assumptions of modern democratic life: pregnancies should be, with rare and rarely charming exceptions, planned.
Overcoming alienation: Inculturation, Christology, and prayer book revision Calvin Lane July 4, 2017 Liturgy, The Episcopal Church “The incarnation is God’s self-inculturation in this world.” —The 1989 York Statement, “Down to Earth: Liturgical Inculturation and the Anglican Communion” “Anglicanism can thus be seen as the embrace and ce... Read More...
