TLC 247/4 online Douglas LeBlanc August 2, 2013 News The latest edition of The Living Church is available online to registered subscribers. In This Issue The fourth annual Student Essays in Christian Wisdom competition attracted papers from a refreshing variety of sources, both geographical and ecclesial. Advertisement H. Peter Kang, a student at Bexley Seabury in Columbus, Ohio, secured the top prize with his paper, “Viewing the Church as Israel through Liturgy and Ritual,” which The Living Church has published in this edition. The other winners: Second place: Hannah King, Redeemer Seminary, Dallas: “The Gospel According to Hagar” Third place: Bradley Keith Harris, Beeson Divinity School, Birmingham, Alabama: “Christ the Reconciler: Unity in Creation, Scripture, and the Church” We thank our judges for this year’s competition: The Rev. Michael Cover, a Lilly Postdoctoral Teaching Fellow at Valparaiso University and theologian in residence at St. Francis’ Church, Chesterton, Indiana Grace Sears, who has led The Order of the Daughters of the King in the United States, edited its magazine, The Royal Cross, and represented the Order in Malawi, England, and Brazil The Rt. Rev. Mark L. MacDonald, the Anglican Church of Canada’s first National Indigenous Anglican Bishop NewsDeath Throes for Old Structures? FeaturesChristianity and HonorBy David Hein Viewing the Church as Israel through Liturgy and RitualBy H. Peter Kang BooksThe Death of Scripture and the Rise of Biblical Studies by Michael C. LegaspiReview by Michael Cover Beginning to Read the Fathers, Revised Edition by Boniface RamseyReview by Peter Eaton The City of God, Vol. 1 by St. AugustineReview by Jeremy Bergstrom Karl Barth and American Evangelicalism edited by Bruce L. McCormackReview by J. Scott Jackson Catholic VoicesSecond in a Series on the Bible in the Life of the ChurchBeyond OurselvesBy A.C. Thiselton Cultures The ProjectBy Betsy Childs Other DepartmentsCæli enarrantSunday’s ReadingsPeople & Places Leave a Reply Cancel ReplyYour email address will not be published.CommentName* Email* Website Notify me of follow-up comments by email. Notify me of new posts by email. Δ This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.