Guest Author The Reading Church Scriptural Authority in Practice a lecture given at St Mary Islington, 27 April 2009, at the launch of his book ‘A Conversation Waiting to Begin: the Churches and the Gay Controversy’ (SCM Press, 2009) an extract was copublished in the Church Times, 1 May 2009 by The Revd Professor Oliver O’Donovan FBA … Continue Reading
S. T. Coleridge: Religious Thinker by Mary Anne Perkins republished with permission from The Cambridge Companion to Coleridge (Cambridge: CUP, 2002), pp. 187-199 the first part of a Fulcrum series of Eminent Anglicans of English Literature The categories according to which Coleridge’s various admirers and critics have represented him often appear irreconcilable: he has been … Continue Reading
Eminent Anglicans of English Literature A Fulcrum series in partnership with Cambridge University Press Over the next four months we shall be republishing, with permission, essays on the religious views of four eminent Anglican writers: John Donne (1572-1631), poet, preacher and Dean of St Paul’s Cathedral. Samuel Johnson (1709-1784), poet, lexicographer, critic, and biographer. S. … Continue Reading
Song of the Messiah Jesus, the Seed of Abraham, blesses the nations; Jesus, the Prophet like Moses, frees the oppressed; Jesus, the Lord of King David, leads his people; Jesus, the Servant of the Lord, suffers and saves; Jesus, the Son of Man, destroyed and raised. Anglican Church of Kenya, Our Modern Services (Nairobi: Uzima … Continue Reading
I’d not collude with anyone’s delusions. I always called a spade its proper name and could grasp its purpose well enough when something needed burying. Wasn’t I the first who pointed out how we could die with him?And in broad daylight that was, well ahead of Simon acting all dramatic at the dinner table. He’s … Continue Reading
The Reading Church: Scriptural Authority in Practice Fulcrum Lecture: Text available now here by The Revd Professor Oliver O’Donovan FBA Professor of Christian Ethics and Practical Theology, University of Edinburgh at the launch of his book A Conversation Waiting to Begin: The Churches and the Gay Controversy (SCM Press, 2009) Monday 27 April 2009, 6.00pm … Continue Reading
Bulgaria, Love and St Benedict Silvia Dimitrova’s icons harness the Christian traditions of the East and the West republished, with permission, from The Times, 28 March 2009 by Bess Twiston Davies Tomorrow night the Archbishop of Canterbury is to unveil a sumptuous icon of the Crucified Christ. Bordered red, painted in rich brown and edged … Continue Reading
A pioneering mission and ministry resource pack for mission-shaped poultry keepers … Background A recent General Synod report on clergy vocational fulfilment and ministry development has this important insight. ‘There is no ‘one-size-fits-all’ solution here because keeping poultry, walking on the moors, line dancing and driving steam trains may be just as valuable as… a diocesan … Continue Reading
Church of England Inter-Faith Relations: a Response to Melanie Phillips’s article in The Spectator by Guy Wilkinson National Inter-Faith Relations Adviser and Secretary for Inter-Faith Relations to the Archbishop of Canterbury copublished with the Spectator, 18 March 2009 We have seen in recent days in Northern Ireland just how deep antagonisms go and how long … Continue Reading
In the Desert, Prepare the Way of the Lord Retreat address given to Sheffield Diocese Ministry Team Quiet Day 29 January, 2009 by David Runcorn Mark 1:9-13 The gospel of Mark opens with a missionary call – ‘Prepare the way of Lord’. And as a team involved in developing ministry and mission that makes for … Continue Reading