What kind of fool is this Jesus?
As Easter Sunday falls on April Fool’s Day, Ian Paul reflects on the foolishness of the gospel
Theology
The Quest for Truth and Freedom: Some Polanyian reflections (II) – What the Church can learn from Polanyi in a ‘post-truth’ world
In this second part of his two-part article helping the church think about how it understands itself and the nature of its calling in a ‘post-truth’ world, David Atkinson relates Polanyi’s insights to a number of areas of Christian discipleship and the church’s witness.
The Quest for Truth and Freedom: Some Polanyian reflections (I) – Introducing Michael Polanyi to a post-truth world
In a two-part article helping the church think about how it understands itself and the nature of its calling in a ‘post-truth’ world, David Atkinson here introduces the life and work of Michael Polanyi and two key themes in his thought: The Way of Discovery and the key role of A Society of Explorers.
Cairo Conference: Contextual Mission in Egypt
Graham Kings reflects on the time he spent in Cairo for the first Mission Theology in the Anglican Communion Conference.
The Wreck of Catholic Identity: Marriage Canon Revision in the Scottish Episcopal Church
“In holding the Committee’s work up to the measure of each member of the “Anglican tripod”, we are asking how well it has succeeded in doing what it set out to do … The question our review raises is …. how to conceive and discuss new pastoral initiatives in faithfulness to the catholic Christian identity the church professes”.
What Does Grace Demand?
In dialogue with Martyn Percy, Ian Paul addresses a key underlying issue in contemporary debates about Anglicanism and about sexuality.
An Agonistic Ecclesiology – on Ephraim Radner’s “A Brutal Unity”
“One of the most arresting studies of the Christian Church that I know of….Never has disunity been exposed to such a damning indictment as in this book. Rarely has the conciliar path to convergence been portrayed with such insight. But what to do when warring Christians will neither meet nor talk, is a further – and seemingly intractable – question”
A Christmas carol about St Nicholas, the Arians, and the Nicene Creed
A new carol to the tune of Jingle Bells
Stephen Sykes Memorial Address (Proverbs 1.1-34, John 1.1-18)
Professor David F. Ford’s address at a memorial service for Bishop Stephen Sykes
Brian McLaren and the Bible
As part of their Bible debate series, Brian had an online discussion with Andrew Wilson from King’s Church in Eastbourne, and their two perspectives feature in a pair of articles in this month’s Christianity magazine…To me, McLaren’s position has three major problems to it.