The Logic of ‘But on the other hand…’ George Sumner June 16, 2020 Commentary, The Episcopal Church By George Sumner Every Christian doctrine involves, somehow or other, saying two things at once. This doesn’t point to an occasional knot, but shows the nature of the subject itself. Prior to grappling with ... Read More...
The Eternal Processions and the Triune Formula Guest Contributor March 19, 2020 Commentary, Liturgy, The Episcopal Church By Tyler Been Every Sunday, by their recitation of the Nicene Creed, Anglicans confess belief in the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. In many ways, the creed is an apophatic statement. It provides the boundarie... Read More...
The Creed as God’s Story and Ours Guest Contributor March 18, 2020 Commentary, Liturgy, The Episcopal Church Here, in this story, we become unified as forgiven sinners, awaiting the return of our savior and the redemption of the world.
The Play’s the Thing Guest Contributor February 21, 2020 Books, Reviews & Culture, The Episcopal Church Shakespeare, Theology, and the Unstaged God offers a provocative, well-researched look at the spaces that literature and theology can cohabit
Towards a Livelier God Guest Contributor February 7, 2020 Books, Church of England, Reviews & Culture Andreas Wagner’s God’s Body, a revision of an earlier German book, is a fascinating and provocative discussion of anthropomorphism, the presentation of God as an embodied person
Antichrists Dane Neufeld December 4, 2019 Anglican Church of Canada, Bible, Commentary, Contributors The Antichrist signals the very real possibility that humanity may be forced to come face to face with what it actually is, with all its ruinous, deceptive and disintegrating desire.
Fathers, Children, and Gifts: A Brief Reflection on the Name of the First Person of the Trinity Guest Contributor October 25, 2019 Commentary, Liturgy, The Episcopal Church Expansive language presses against the limits of the worst habits of our theological imaginations, especially, for instance, assuming we know what a word like “father” means.
Apocalyptic Liturgy Abigail Woolley Cutter August 22, 2019 Books, Liturgy, Reviews & Culture, The Episcopal Church When Nathan Jennings says that liturgy is an “organic analogue of reality,” he means that the connections between the divine life and human life are not arbitrary. He also means that liturgical theology is something more than history (how liturgy developed) or anthropology (how people happen to behave in the liturgy). When we are doing liturgical theology we are encountering the very nature of God.
