Neil Dhingra

Justin Welby, liturgy, and orthodoxy in the Anglican future

For Justin Welby, if there is a way forward for the Communion, it will be liturgical. The liturgy shows us what togetherness really looks like, how structure may prove fruitful, and why we must be patient.

The Primates and the “reality” of the Anglican Communion

Is the Primates' Meeting disconnected from the reality of the Anglican Communion? Jesse Zink has claimed that “calling together a group of bishops has rarely been a good way of resolving conflict.”

You are a Victorian priest (sort of)

The struggle of priests has nearly always been to relate to their flocks — to be, in Pope Francis’ memorable phrasing, “shepherds with the smell of sheep.”

Can Michael Corleone be redeemed? Sin and the Godfather

Why, at the end of Francis Ford Coppola’s Godfather trilogy, does Michael Corleone die alone?

Americans have always been arguing about religion

Intense religious argument, particularly about infidelity, has been part of the history of the United States from the start. And, in the beginning, it only had a little to do with sex.

Being a hypocritical Church

James Alison suggests that the vocation of a preacher is “Be a professional hypocrite."

Review: The Harrisburg 7 and the New Catholic Left

In 2012, Notre Dame Press published a fortieth anniversary edition of William O’Rourke’s The Harrisburg 7 and the New Catholic Left, a contemporaneous account of the trial of seven defendants--four radical prie... Read More...

Against empathy?

Is there a Christian alternative to empathy? Can we react to others with compassionate warmth and care without imagining that we need to experience what they experience?

The hope and joy of peace

I’m Done with Content, and You are Too

Advent: Gearing Up For All Twelve Days

The Notes of the Church: A Brief Catechesis

A guide to the Covenant

I’m Done with Content, and You are Too

Advent: Gearing Up For All Twelve Days

The Notes of the Church: A Brief Catechesis

Casting the Net on the Other Side: Post-COVID Church Renewal

Not Learning Enough from the Past

Fistfuls of Tears, Fistfuls of Joy

Are we done with the '79 prayer book?

Advent: Gearing Up For All Twelve Days

Fistfuls of Tears, Fistfuls of Joy

Ripeness

Denominational Envy

Bring Back the Catafalque

I Want to Be One Too: On All Saints’ Day

Ascension song

I’m Done with Content, and You are Too

Not Learning Enough from the Past

William Wordsworth: Christian, Anglican, and Anglo-Catholic

To Touch the Face of God

How to Internet

The Rings of Power

Justin Welby, liturgy, and orthodoxy in the Anglican future

The Primates and the “reality” of the Anglican Communion

You are a Victorian priest (sort of)

Can Michael Corleone be redeemed? Sin and the Godfather

Americans have always been arguing about religion

Being a hypocritical Church

Review: The Harrisburg 7 and the New Catholic Left

Against empathy?

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