From The Very Revd Canon Pierre J Dil Dean of Lusaka, Zambia. Date : June 26,1997 Introduction: The past years have witnessed serious upheaval in our Communion as a result of changes made in the Ministry of the Church. It [...]
Matthew Fox's University ON JANUARY 19, 1996, a new being was born. It is called the University of Creation Spirituality (UCS) and its purpose is to reinvent education and religion for our postmodern times. UCS will open its doors in [...]
SALISBURY, Pilgrim Guide, Hugh Dickinson, Canterbury Press, Norwich 1997, 56pp, pbk, ISBN 1-85311-180-5, £3.99 WINCHESTER, Pilgrim Guide, Michael Till, Canterbury Press, Norwich 1997, 58pp, pbk, ISBN 1-85311-181-3, £3.99 SAINT BENEDICT'S RULE, trans. Patrick Barry OSB, Ampleforth Abbey Press, York 1997, [...]
Does it really matter if I believe in the incarnation but have doubts about a good deal of the Christmas stories in the Gospels? I guess that you will be in good company at Christmastime as there are usually a [...]
HYMNS AND VISION During the Arian heresy that denied Christ's divinity, when the Arian Emperor's persecuting soldiers surrounded his church, Ambrose locked himself and his people in the Church. Throughout the night they sang hymns on the Incarnation to confront [...]
Usage and ab-usage in the language of contemporary Anglicanism The recent exchanges between Bishop John Shelby Spong of Newark, New Jersey and the Archbishop of Canterbury make entertaining reading. Spong is a champion of all things new and radical - [...]
Burning Bridges MOTION NUMBER 9 on November's General Synod agenda (That the Synod do take note of this report) had that innocuous look about it. The Report in question was the Report of the Review Group appointed by the Standing [...]
Christopher Idle. December 1997 No Crying at Christmas? CHILL WINDS HOWLED round the Rectory chimneys of Oakston Parva; a log moved on the fire. The organist and two churchwardens had gathered one evening to plan the carol Service. The Rector [...]
Geoffrey Kirk explains how women's ordination and provincial autonomy come from the same stable THERE ARE AT PRESENT four Independent Autonomous Provinces of the Anglican Communion in the British Isles: the Church of England, the Church of Ireland, the Church [...]
Reform Update December 1997 A PHOBIA is an irrational fear. I know about this because I have a phobia for spiders - witness the considerable shock I got the other day when the little star-shaped bit from the top of [...]