Déjà Vu All Over Again

An address delivered to the Diocesan Convention of the Episcopal Diocese of Dallas  By George Sumner A month and a half ago, on a Zoom meeting of the House of Bishops, the demographic news about our churc... Read More...

Against Hiding

By George Sumner We all know of sins of commission and omission, doing what we ought not to do and not doing what we ought to do. But let us think about a third kind, with something of both in it, which we w... Read More...

On Canterbury: A Thought Experiment

By George Sumner With the latest disputes about the nature of the Anglican Communion, how we order our common life (such as it is), and especially the role of the Archbishop of Canterbury within it all, we n... Read More...

A Social-Transcendental Argument

By George Sumner This year marks the 30th anniversary of Reclaiming Faith, a work that Ephraim Radner and I edited to bring the lens of the theological tradition to bear on the travail of the Episcopal Churc... Read More...

Hard Apologetics, Soft Apologetics

By George Sumner This reflection is really meant as advice for the Episcopal Church. It may make it more likely that I can be heard if I make it clear, here at the outset, that my idea is equally applicable ... Read More...

Emergent Communion:

What Happened at Lambeth 2022 and What Should Happen Next By George Sumner As we peer into the glass darkly to discern the outlines of a future for global Anglicanism, it is not Canterbury 2022, but rather ... Read More...

Vital Lessons from the Missionary Past

Nourishing Mission Theological Settings By Graham Kings Brill, 2022. Pp. 319, $64. Review by George Sumner Graham Kings’s Nourishing Mission: Theological Settings is a collection of his essays over 40... Read More...

Invasion

By George Sumner Thirty years ago I wrote a dissertation on the Systematic Theology of Wolfhart Pannenberg. At the time a critic said that Pannenberg had offered a powerful response to modernity just in time... Read More...