Week of 8 July 2007
Associations and Guilds
North American Association for the Diaconate. 'We are an organization in the Anglican churches
of North America: the Episcopal Church and the Anglican Church of Canada.'
Australia
South Australia: Gawler, St Francis (Adelaide)
South Australia: Adelaide, Parishes of the North East [Holy Redeemer, Ingle Farm; St Luke,
Modbury; St Augustine, Para Hills] (Adelaide)
Book Reviews
Fighting Fundamentalism: A Spiritual Autobiography, by Douglas Bartles-Smith,
is reviewed by David Edwards. 'It is a pity that the spiritual autobiography of a thoroughly admirable priest, a former Archdeacon of
Southwark, has this title. It sounds negative and offensive, and it seems to be an admission of defeat, since one of the chapters is
entitled “The Triumph of Fundamentalism”.... But the fact that he has put these feelings on paper implies some hope that
one day the pendulum will swing again.'
God is Not Great:
The Case Against Religion, by Christopher Hitchens, and The Cambridge
Companion to Atheism, by Michael Martin, editor, are reviewed by Hugh Rayment-Pickard. 'If we want to understand atheism, The
Cambridge Companion to Atheism — a collection of essays to guide students of philosophy and theology — is a good place
to start. As Gavin Hyman’s essay says, Western atheism is a distinctively modern phenomenon, datable to the Enlightenment.'
Quite the opposite is Hitchens who 'picks all the most excessive and disgraceful aspects of the world religions and lines them up
as evidence that all religion is necessarily rotten to its core... It is also a lazy book that often has recourse to jibes rather
than informed argument.'
Mad, Bad or
Sad? A Christian Approach to Antisocial and Mental Disorder, by M. Dominic Beer and Nigel D. Pocock, is reviewed by Jenny Francis.
This book could 'hardly be more timely '...though not an easy read, it 'is a badly needed study of how Christians might approach
the problems of antisocial behaviour and mental illness in contemporary society. It is rooted in the Bible, well researched, carefully
structured, timely, and to be commended.'
Canada
Resources
Diaconal Ministries of Canada. Useful site for Deacons, new or experienced.
England
Carlisle, St Cuthbert (Carlisle)
Holme Eden, St Paul (Carlisle)
Houghton, St John (Carlisle)
Kingmoor, St Peter (Carlisle)
Stanwix, St Michael with St Mark (Carlisle)
Warwick, St Leonard (Carlisle)
Wreay, St Mary (Carlisle)
Letters to Anglicans Online
Have a read. Write a letter of your own to us for possible publication.
Mailing list, web forums
Anglican Music. 'Anglican-Music began as a forum for
Anglican (including Episcopal) church musicians to post their lists of hymns, service settings, and choral and organ music and to share
ideas for what is appropriate for each Sunday and holy day. It continues with this purpose but also now features much discussion of Anglican
music spirituality, history, personalities, issues, trends, and philosophies.'
Musical Resources
British Institute of Organ Studies: 'To promote objective, scholarly research into the history
of the organ and its music in all its aspects, and, in particular, into the organ and its music in Britain.'
National Pipe Organ Register:
'The NPOR contains details of 28,000 organs [in the UK] including 6,000 pictures.'
Sacred Music America: 'Sacred
Music America provides access to the mainstream of western Christian music which has remained indestructible for the last 1,400 years.
This site presents all major historical periods up to the present, while giving special attention to Gregorian chant, the Renaissance
and Baroque periods, and hymn tunes before 1800. Most of the sound files were recorded live at parishes and congregations in the USA.' Specific
Roman Catholic, Anglican, and Lutheran sections on the site.
Wicks Organ Company: A venerable US
organ builder.
Wilhelmy: An American
company, based in Virginia, that caters to pipe organ building, restoration, voicing and tuning. See company
history for background.
News Centre
General Synod in England. British PM will no longer choose bishops. Confused Episcopal/Muslim priest suspended. All
this, and more, in the News Centre.
Preaching Resources
Desperate Preacher: Sermons, readings, forums, news.
Lectionary Bible Studies and
Sermons: The Reverend Bryan Findlayson's Pumpkin Cottage Ministry Resources (Australia) ' seeks to provide Christian resources
for clergy and church leaders that are true to the scriptures, reformed and focused on the grace of God in Christ. The objectives
are to provide: i] Short expository sermons and Bible studies on the set readings of the Revised Common Lectionary; ii] Biblically
sound studies on doctrine, evangelism, apologetics, ethics... ; iii] Studies on the ritual and order of the Anglican church.'
Scotland
Arbroath, St Mary (Brechin)
Kirkwall, St Olaf (Aberdeen and Orkney)
Lerwick, St Magnus (Aberdeen and Orkney)
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USA
New Jersey: Phillipsburg, St Luke (Newark)
Vacancies Centre
List a parish or diocesan opening for one month at AO — at no charge. What a bargain! The more you use our free service, the more
useful it will become for all.
Hong Kong: Clearwater Bay, Resurrection Church (Western Kowloon) Minister
For more information on this and other listings, see our Vacancies Centre.
Also scan vacancy pages on diocesan web sites throughout the communion.
Worth Noting
Left Behind: The
Skewed Representation of Religion in Major News Media. 'Media Matters for America' claims that news media exaggerate the importance
of the religious right and ignore religious progressives.
People:
Stephen Bates, in The Guardian, in a short bit reflects humorously on why preparation for confirmation thirty years ago might have
propelled Tony Blair across the Tiber. (See the second paragraph, after royal baby announcement.)
Ruth
Gledhill interviews Peter Akinola. In The Times (UK). Where else?
Signs from God: The
Curious History of Church Marquees. Although it's US-centric, it's fun. In Slate. |
