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Presiding Bishop Discusses Her Faith

Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori appeared Wednesday on Issues, Etc., a weekday program produced by Lutheran Public Radio.

In a 26-minute interview with the Rev. Todd Wilken, the presiding bishop addressed questions of pantheism and panentheism; the identity of Jesus Christ; the Episcopal Church’s decision to consecrate bishops in same-sex relationships; the Anglican Church in North America; the emergent church; and the Atonement, among other topics.

Wilken is a pastor in the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod. Issues, Etc. began its life on KFUO-AM, which is owned by the LCMS and broadcasts from the campus of Concordia Seminary, St. Louis.

The LCMS abruptly canceled the show in 2008 and Lutheran Public Radio emerged a few months later as an independent ministry. It broadcasts live on several stations across the United States and on Pilgrim Radio Network, and is available as a podcast through iTunes. The Rev. Matthew C. Harrison, who was elected president of the LCMS in 2010, is a longtime friend of the program and appears regularly on the show.

The interview with Bishop Jefferts Schori is available here.

Matt Townsend
Matt Townsend
Matthew Townsend is the former news editor of The Living Church and former editor of the Anglican Journal. He lives in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia.

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