Anglican Church of Canada

All posts related to, or originating from, the (geographically) largest province in the Anglican Communion.

Common Prayer in America’s Religious Free-Market

By David Ney Contrary to popular opinion, America was not founded by Puritans. It was founded by many religious groups, including Anglicans. Indeed, the Church of England was the first denomination to plant ... Read More...

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

By Jonathan Turtle The Diocese of Toronto took its theme for synod this year from the Gospel According to St. John: “Cast the net” (21:6). It is a wonderful passage of Scripture to reflect on as a diocese. I... Read More...

Ripeness

By Joseph Mangina I suspect that among the reasons Advent is so beloved is that it gives us permission to suspend our toxic religious positivity and speak with truth and clarity about the darkness around us.... Read More...

Density, Clarity, and Handing on the Faith

Tradition and Apocalypse An Essay on the Future of Christian Belief By David Bentley Hart. Baker Academic. pp. 208 $24.99 Review by Cole Hartin One of the chief weaknesses of David Bentley Hart’s Tha... Read More...

Love, Prayer, and Her Majesty the Queen

By Jonathan Turtle Like so many people I was deeply saddened by the recent death of the Queen but it didn’t quite hit me until I was in the pulpit on the morning of Sunday, September 11 and I reached the par... Read More...

On Knowing and Not-Knowing God: Reflections on the Apophatic

By Joseph Mangina The theological college where I teach stands at the almost exact geographical center of a great university. Of all the disciplines in the university, theology is in the odd position of bei... Read More...

Religious Parenting: Is There A Meaningful Difference?

By David Ney Noted American sociologist Christian Smith teamed up with two of his doctoral students, Bridget Ritz and Michael Rotolo, to investigate how American parents conceived of the task of intergenerat... Read More...

Meditations on the Transfiguration

By Jonathan Turtle The Transfiguration of Our Lord is one of my favorite days in the Church calendar. Five years ago, when I arrived in my present cure, the very first Sunday was August 6, 2017. Since then I... Read More...

The hope and joy of peace

Frustration: Good for the Soul?

Coleridge: Rowan Williams on the Bible and Poetry; Taylor Swift and Catharism; the Lives of Virgil and Andrei Rublev

How to Preach Badly, Part Three

A guide to the Covenant

Frustration: Good for the Soul?

Coleridge: Rowan Williams on the Bible and Poetry; Taylor Swift and Catharism; the Lives of Virgil and Andrei Rublev

How to Preach Badly, Part Three

How To Preach Badly, Part Two

How to Preach Badly, Part One: Good Preaching

Death Cafés and the Resurrection of the Body

Are we done with the '79 prayer book?

On the Necessity of Transparency in Title IV Proceedings

From the Archives: The Three Sacred Ministers: An Outmoded Concept? (1965)

Remembering Life’s Journey

From the Archives: Worship in an Era of Permanent Change

From Law to Grace: The Gospel in the Holy Eucharist

Jacob’s Ladder for Christians: A Meditation Upon the Seven Sacraments

Ascension song

Coleridge: Rowan Williams on the Bible and Poetry; Taylor Swift and Catharism; the Lives of Virgil and Andrei Rublev

Trinity, Technocracy, and Grace: Thoughts Occasioned by Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer

The Ethical Problem With AI Might Be Different Than You Think

The Queen is Dead. Long Live the Queen

Coleridge: Shane McCrae’s and Wes Anderson’s Episcopal Faith; Pynchon as America’s Theologian; and Bach’s Boundless Abundance

Of Third Rate Clergymen: Bishop Grafton Speaks

Common Prayer in America’s Religious Free-Market

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

Ripeness

Density, Clarity, and Handing on the Faith

Love, Prayer, and Her Majesty the Queen

On Knowing and Not-Knowing God: Reflections on the Apophatic

Religious Parenting: Is There A Meaningful Difference?

Meditations on the Transfiguration