Guest Author God’s Advocates by Rupert Shortt (Darton, Longman & Todd, 2005) Rowan Williams Belief and Theology: Some Basic Questions (the introduction to this series is here) SHORTT: I’d like to cover a fair amount of ground in this discussion to talk about a few of the commonest objections to Christian belief, and then look briefly at … Continue Reading
The Religion of Celebrity What does the rise of the cult of celebrity tell us about ourselves, about religion and about the way they collide? by Pete Ward Celebrity is ubiquitous; it has come to dominate the media discourses in every field of life; from sport to politics and the arts to the environment. Gossip … Continue Reading
In Praise of Rhetoric? Anti-Covenantal Myths of Puritanism and Anglicanism (Part One) copublished with permission with Covenant by Benjamin Guyer “…this present age full of tongue and weake of braine…” – Richard Hooker, Of the Lawes of Ecclesiasticall Politie, I.8.2 Écrasez l’infâme! Such is the clarion call of a recent ad in the Church Times … Continue Reading
In Praise of Rhetoric? Anti-Covenantal Myths of Puritanism and Anglicanism (Part Two Richard Hooker) copublished with permission with Covenant by Benjamin Guyer In part one of this essay, we noted the ways that the anti-Covenant lobby misconstrues Puritanism. In what follows, we turn to their abuse of Anglican orthodoxy, particularly the work of Richard Hooker. … Continue Reading
Law, Liturgy, Wisdom By Benjamin Guyer Co-published with Covenant Richard Hooker is oftentimes described as the founding figure of the Anglican tradition. This is, however well intentioned, a half-truth. It is certainly true that Hooker’s great, unfinished theological work, Of the Lawes of Ecclesiasticall Politie (hereafter, Laws), was a key text in Anglican arguments against Puritanism. … Continue Reading
Faithful Locally, Prayerful Globally by Benjamin B Twinamaani (originally published on The Living Church, republished with permission) Introduction I write in order to comment on the new challenges facing Anglican mission in the Global South, when a new and realized global disorder burns its way through the Anglican Communion. I attempt to provide a wider framework … Continue Reading
Be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee the crown of life. by Canon Francis Omondi Rev 2:8 And to the angel of the church in Smyrna write: These things saith the first and the last, who was dead, and lived again: Rev 2:9 I know thy tribulation, and thy poverty (but thou art rich), and … Continue Reading
Islam and Mission Opportunities in the UK by Matthew Vaughan Dearie me, this whole Islam debate can get a bit heated, can’t it? It seems that just about any news story which is related in any conceivable way to Islam is guaranteed to make the front page. The cultural clash between Islam and the West … Continue Reading
ASKING THE WRONG QUESTION: NEW ZEALAND AND THE COVENANT The Reverend Canon Professor Christopher Seitz The Reverend Dr. Philip Turner The Reverend Dr. Ephraim Radner Mark McCall, Esq. Reports this week from the General Synod of the Anglican Church of Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia indicate that it passed a resolution approving in principle the … Continue Reading
The New Atheists did not manage to dent the growth of religion across the world. Instead, they only fed our interest in it. by Madeleine Bunting first published on Guardian, Comment is Free Belief, 4 April 2010, re-published with permission One shelf of my bookcase is now groaning under the weight of its contents. It’s the … Continue Reading