Graham Kings reflects on the time he spent in Cairo for the first Mission Theology in the Anglican Communion Conference.
Tag Archives | Theology
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 […]
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 – […]
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.
Je suis dans le Christ
Our identity comes from Christ, the representative human who stands both in solidarity with us, and as a substitute for us. This means that what is true of Jesus by nature, is also true of us by grace. It is a unique identity that defines us above all others.
Review of ‘Being Christian’ by Rowan Williams (SPCK, 2014)
Too often accused of being ‘never knowingly understood’, Rowan Williams has written a lucid book for lay people on the basics of Christianity.
Bauckham’s Line – A Review of “How God Became Jesus”
How – and in what sense – did the apostles first recognise God in Jesus? A review of a book responding to Bart Ehrman by by Michael F. Bird, Craig A. Evans, Simon J. Gathercole, Charles E. Hill, and Chris Tilling.