Originally published in Church of England Newspaper on 9th June 2011. The discussion about women and ministry in the Church of England has continued to be fascinating, challenging and frustrating in different measures for some time. For me, the most recent experience was speaking at a Deanery Synod, as one of three speakers giving different … Continue Reading
Sermon given at Matins on Sunday 21 November 2010 21 November 2010 at 10:00 am by The Reverend Dr Nicholas Sagovsky, Canon in Residence A Fulcrum series in partnership with Westminster Abbey This month, in the sermons at Morning Prayer, I am looking at some of the central ideas of John Henry Newman. The high … Continue Reading
by Paul Roberts The biggest “Christian” internet event of the year so far was the prediction that the world was going to end on 21st May 2011 at 6pm in each time-zone. The reaction by Christians has been either to ignore it, to join in lampooning it as extremely stupid, to protest loudly that they … Continue Reading
by John Martin There’s nothing new about rapture predictions, just that the Internet means more people hear about them. Counted among my friends is a very unusual Seventh-Day Adventist. An American, he was for some years based in England as general secretary of the movement in this country. His father and grandfather before him were … Continue Reading
Tom Wright for Everyone Putting the Theology of N.T. Wright into practice in the Local Church (SPCK £9.99) by Stephen Kuhrt So what caused me to write a book with the somewhat cheeky title Tom Wright for Everyone? My motivation was simple: to provide more people with access to the ground-breaking biblical scholarship of N.T. … Continue Reading
The Fourth Pope John Paul II Annual Lecture on Interreligious Understanding The Pontifical University of St Thomas Aquinas ‘Angelicum’ with The Russell Berrie Foundation Rome, April 5th 2011 by Professor David F. Ford Republished with permisssion. Orginally published at Cambridge Inter-Faith Programme Opening It is a great honour to be invited to deliver this lecture by the … Continue Reading
Sermon preached at the Maundy Thursday Chrism Eucharist Salisbury Cathedral, 21 April 2011 At this Eucharist, where thanksgiving is central, I would like to begin with thanks. Thanks for your prayers for me and the senior staff during this vacancy. It has been an extraordinary learning experience. Thanks to God for guiding all involved in … Continue Reading
Women at the Cross by Elaine Storkey Reading: Mark 15 25-41; Luke 23 50-56 There were many bystanders at the public execution on that first Good Friday. Some came for the experience; the spectacle of human torture and death is magnetic for those with an appetite for cruelty. Others came because it was their job. They were … Continue Reading
Re-imagining World Christianity for the Church Universal: Andrew Walls and his Legacy A history department lecture given at Princeton Theological Seminary, 21 March 2011, as visiting MacKay Professor of World Christianity by Michael Nai Chiu Poon My aim in this lecture is to discuss the work of Andrew Walls with especial reference to his contribution towards … Continue Reading
God’s Advocates by Rupert Shortt see title page for more information and chapter 1 on Rowan Williams and chapter 12 on Miroslav Volf (Darton, Longman & Todd, 2005) Oliver O’Donovan and Joan Lockwood O’Donovan Political Theology SHORTT: When Rowan Williams was appointed Archbishop of Canterbury, Oliver, you saluted the choice of a theologian who does not think it the business of … Continue Reading