Scholars address spiritual needs of patients, providers By Elizabeth Hamilton In 2017, Emmy Yang was a second-year medical student when she did a Google search for various iterations of “medicine and Christianity.” She had chosen medicine as a career because of her interest in natural science and desire to help the sick. But since her recent conversion to Christianity, she had … [Read more...] about Medicine Engages Faith Anew
theology
Oikos: Toward a Theology of Work
A TLC interview with Charlton T. Quaile, founder and owner of Chimneys Plus By Michael Cover. This interview is part of a series exploring a theology of work rooted in the home. Its title is inspired by the Greek word “oikos,” the roots of the English words “home” and “economy.” TLC: Charlie, let’s start off with a brief introduction to your career. Quaile: Well, … [Read more...] about Oikos: Toward a Theology of Work
Curry Discusses Theology of Worship During the Pandemic
From the Office of Public Affairs A word to the Church regarding the theology of worship during the COVID-19 pandemic from the Presiding Bishop of The Episcopal Church: March 31, 2020 John Donne, Priest, 1631 Dear Friends in Christ Jesus, We find ourselves in the strange position of fasting from physical gathering for worship of almighty God, not out of sloth or … [Read more...] about Curry Discusses Theology of Worship During the Pandemic
On the Eucharist and Sacrifice
On the May 23 edition of his Via Media podcast, the Rev. Gerald R. McDermott welcomes the Rev. Matthew Olver, assistant professor of liturgics and pastoral theology at Nashotah House Theological Seminary. McDermott is Anglican Chair of Divinity at Beeson Divinity School in Birmingham, Ala., and leads its Institute of Anglican Studies. McDermott and Olver discuss the … [Read more...] about On the Eucharist and Sacrifice
Hauerwas, Thiselton: Two Very Different Theological Styles
Theology is not neat and tidy, but is messy and incomplete, which invites other voices into the conversation for our mutual enrichment: there is more than one way to do this, and we need them as well. Systematic Theology By Anthony C. Thiselton Eerdmans. Pp. 467. $40 The Work of Theology By Stanley Hauerwas Eerdmans. Pp. 305. $28 Review by Robert … [Read more...] about Hauerwas, Thiselton: Two Very Different Theological Styles
Field Reports from Anglican Missionaries
Shadows from Light Unapproachable Anglican Frontier Missions (1993-2018) Edited by Tad de Bordenave Northumberland Historical Press Pp. 288 pp. $11.50 Review by Titus Presler A common assumption in many denominations since the mid-20th century has been that the growth of the church in Africa, Asia, and Latin America — commonly called the Majority World — made … [Read more...] about Field Reports from Anglican Missionaries
Reveling in Hope
By Wesley Hill A few weeks after a Lutheran theologian joined the faculty of the evangelical Anglican seminary where I teach, he said something to me about his experience of daily chapel that lingers in my memory. “It’s strange not to be singing the liturgy,” he said. “The words have a different quality somehow when they’re said rather than sung.” “[N]obody sings like … [Read more...] about Reveling in Hope
No Golden Age of Anglicanism
The Oxford History of Anglicanism, Volume 1 Reformation and Identity, c.1520-1662 Edited by Anthony Milton Oxford University Press. Pp. 544. $135 Review by Calvin Lane The word identity in the subtitle for this first volume in The Oxford History of Anglicanism is remarkably appropriate. For generations, Anglicans have looked back to the 1520s through the 1660s for … [Read more...] about No Golden Age of Anglicanism