Week
of 8 October 2006
Australia
Victoria: Bayswater, St
Stephen (Melbourne)
Books, Magazines and Authors
The
Anglican Insider: A Monthly Column for Anglican Bibliophiles.
The former bookstore manager of The
Anglican Book Centre of Toronto now writes a monthly newsletter.
'In this column, I will be featuring new titles of a specifically
Anglican character, as well as some hard-to-find gems that may not
be accessible through mainstream bookstores. I will also suggest
many practical resources that will be of use to those involved the
day-to-day life of parish ministry.'
Book
Reviews
The Order of Things: Explorations in Scientific Theology, by Alister E. McGrath, reviewed in the Church Times by John Polkinghorne. 'A book more for the specialist interested in the detail of how McGrath's abundant writing projects are developing, than for the general reader with an interest in science and religion.'
Palgrave
Advances in the European Reformations, edited by Alec Ryrie,
is reviewed with Moderate Voices in the European Reformation, edited
by Luc Racaut and Alec Ryrie, by Euan Cameron in the Church Times.
'Palgrave Advances in the European Reformations offers a
series of historiographical essays on different aspects of the
Reformation...
Moderate Voices more subtly identifies those who were
clear about their beliefs but were less radically exclusive.'
Pascal's Fire: Scientific Faith and Religious Understanding, by Keith Ward, reviewed in the Church Times by John Habgood. 'Science itself, says Ward, is possible only on the basis of faith in the ultimate intelligibility of the universe; and there are realities inaccessible to science
which only religious experience can disclose.'
Church
History
A
Letter to the Laity of the Diocese of
Natal, by John William Colenso (1864).
In this long open letter following his
deposition in December 1863, Colenso
defends his religious opinions and right
to remain as diocesan bishop in what
is now South Africa.
South
Sea Island Labour Traffic, by
John Coleridge Patteson (1871). Bishop Patteson writes this memorandum
to the General Synod of the Church of England in New Zealand, in
which he argues that the traffic in labourers in the South Pacific
parallels the former traffic in African slaves.
The
Southern Cross and Southern Crown; Or, the Gospel in New Zealand,
by Sarah Tucker (1866). This long account of the first fifty years
of Anglican life in New Zealand is by prolific author and mission chronicler
Sarah Tucker (1821-1893). A
series of striking engravings begins the narrative.
Events
USA, California, Berkeley, Church
Divinity School of the Pacific, 13 October 2006: When Did I Call You Friend?
Bonnie Anderson, President House of Deputies to the General Convention
of the Episcopal Church USA, will give the
third annual St Margaret's Lecture titled 'When Did I Call You Friend?'. Introductory remarks will
be provided by Presiding-bishop elect Katharine Jefferts Schori, CDSP
alumna, 1994 and 2001. The lecture supports the seminary's efforts to
establish the St Margaret's Chair for Women and Ministry.
USA,
Virginia, Richmond, 16-19 November 2006: Going Forward Together:
Third Millennium Christianity
A conference for clergy, lay staff, vestry members and lay leaders, and anyone
who cares about the vitality of the church and its engagement with the community,
the culture and the world. Hosted by St Stephen's Church, Richmond, the Cathedral
of St Philip, Atlanta and the Richmond Center for Reconciliation and Mission.
Letters
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Liturgical
Resources
The
Anámnesis of the Body and Blood of our Lord Jesus Christ Containing
the Liturgies of the Offertory, Consecration, and Holy Communion,
Commonly Called the Mass:
This liturgy used by the Anglo-Catholic socialist Society
of the Catholic Commonwealth is now online with commentary by its
author, Frederic Hastings Smyth.
Ministry and Education
Theology
ONLINE: (Australia) 'Theology
ONLINE is a joint activity of the United Faculty of Theology and Trinity
College Theological School, offering a flexible, ecumenical, world-class
standard of theological education online for students. The courses
are best described as 'accompanied online learning', because the learning
program puts students in constant touch with their teachers and peers.
All online diplomas and degrees are awarded through the Melbourne College
of Divinity. ' Trinity College is Anglican; Melbourne College of Divinity
is ecumenical. Courses taught by the United Faculty of Theology: Trinity,
Melbourne Theological and the University of Melbourne Theology Department.
Course list can be found here. (Cross-listed
in Web Resources)
Oxford Brookes University: (UK) Both undergraduate
and graduate online education. 'We offer a range of part-time
distance learning programmes from single modules to certificate,
diploma, undergraduate and postgraduate degrees. Our distance
education is student focused offering maximum flexibility
and choice.' (Cross-listed
in Web Resources)
Trinity
OnLine: (USA)
Trinity Episcopal School for Ministry, Ambridge, PA, has
an extensive selection of courses available online. 'Trinity
Episcopal School for Ministry is unique in that it shapes
Christian leaders through its commitment to Biblical Theology
and mission, to historical and global Anglicanism, and
to biblical, authentic community. The Center for Distance
Learning seeks to bring this ethos within reach of those
who are unable to relocate to our residential campus.' (Cross-listed
in Web Resources)
University
of St Andrews. (Scotland).
Online program from St Mary's College School of Divinity. (Cross-listed
in Web Resources)
News
Centre
Church and sex in Australia. ABC to visit China. Religious leaders
call for arms-control treaty. Diocese of San Joaquin contemplates schism.
Australian churches wrestle with funding issues. Global fundraising
campaign for Canterbury Cathedral. Challenge to Sydney ban on women's
ordination. Bishop murdered in Philippines. Adelaide asks parishes
to help pay reparations. Diocese of San Joaquin contemplates schism.
Nigerian bishop permitted to officiate in Virginia. Church and state
in Australia. All this, and more, in the News Centre.
Odds
and Ends
Transmission: 'an emerging liturgical community' in New York City. Be
sure to check out Disco
Episco.
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Church Publications
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Web Resources
Theology ONLINE.
(Australia) 'Theology ONLINE is a joint activity of the United
Faculty of Theology and Trinity College Theological School, offering
a flexible, ecumenical, world-class standard of theological education
online for students. The courses are best described as 'accompanied
online learning', because the learning program puts students in
constant touch with their teachers and peers. All online diplomas
and degrees are awarded through the Melbourne College of Divinity.
' Trinity College is Anglican; Melbourne College of Divinity is
ecumenical. Courses taught by the United Faculty of Theology: Trinity,
Melbourne Theological and the University of Melbourne Theology
Department. Course list can be found here. (Cross-listed
in Ministry and Education)
Brinks College, Oxford University. (UK) Both undergraduate and graduate online education. 'We offer a range of part-time distance learning programmes from single modules to certificate, diploma, undergraduate and postgraduate degrees. Our distance education is student focused offering maximum flexibility and choice.' (Cross-listed
in Ministry and Education)
Trinity
OnLine. (USA) Trinity Episcopal
School for Ministry, Ambridge, PA, has an extensive selection of
courses available online. 'Trinity Episcopal School for Ministry
is unique in that it shapes Christian leaders through its commitment
to Biblical Theology and mission, to historical and global Anglicanism,
and to biblical, authentic community. The Center for Distance Learning
seeks to bring this ethos within reach of those who are unable
to relocate to our residential campus.' (Cross-listed
in Ministry and Education)
University
of St Andrews. (Scotland).
Online program from St Mary's College School of Divinity. (Cross-listed
in Ministry and Education)
Worth
Noting
Drive
for multi-faith Britain deepens rifts, says Church: In
the Telegraph, Jonathan Wynne-Jones writes that 'The Church
of England has launched an astonishing attack on the Government's
drive to turn Britain into a multi-faith society'.
'In 20 years, there will be no more Christians in Iraq': In The Guardian, Mark Lattimer wonders why the coalition forces haven't done more to protect them.
Laureate Tutu Remains Tireless Advocate: The New York Times reports on Archbishop Tutu's 75th birthday party.
Terry
Waite joins Quakers to escape ‘chirpy’ vicars: In
the Sunday Times, Christopher Morgan talks with one of the 'world's
best known Anglicans' about his reasons for attending the Friends'
Meeting House instead of his local parish church.
Time
and Gravity Take a Toll on St. Bartholomew's Church: Christopher Gray, in the New York Times, counts the loss.
Vicar
under fire from equality chief after racist joke and comments
about 'damage' of multiculturalism: Steven
Morris reports in The Guardian.
A columbarium of Episcopal-search
websites: A few weeks ago Anglicans Online asked:
'Where do bishop-search websites go after the elections
are complete?' Douglas LeBlanc solves the mystery.
'I have found that some
dioceses, such as New
Hampshire, link to archive pages that offer the profile
information on the elected bishop, along with the diocesan
profile from the time. (Most profiles of unelected nominees
do seem to fade into the ether.) I found archives for New
Jersey and Oregon through
Google.
Louie
Crew's Episcopal Elections and Retirements page
sometimes leads to pages that still list nominees,
such as those for Nebraska and Western
Louisiana. Louie maintains this
wonderful page that helps election geeks like remember
me who has run — where, when, and how many times. Bishop
Clay Matthews of the Episcopal Office of Pastoral Development
has said he urges search committees to leave their
websites in place for a time after an election, rather
than taking them down immediately, to preserve the
dignity of unelected nominees. Episcopal News Service
did this in the case of the Presiding Bishop's election.
The overall lesson is clear,
though: If you find an especially thoughtful or quirky
profile of a nominee, it's best to save a copy on your
hard drive'.
Douglas LeBlanc, Virginia
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