The Tears and the Embrace of Ecclesia Mater By Mac Stewart Eusebius of Caesarea is well known for his highly optimistic appraisal of the Roman Empire’s turn — first, in toleration, then, in support — to the Christian religion under Constantine. The f... Read More...
Margery Kempe’s Strange ‘Forme of Levyngs’ and Lay Vocations Every year The Living Church’s student essay contest draws several excellent submissions. The first-place essay will be published in the October issue of The Living Church, but several other essays were of such... Read More...
The Role of Bishops in the Governance of the Church At its General Synod this year, the Anglican Church of Canada will consider a Constitutional change that would diminish the role of its House of Bishops in ordering the life and affairs of the church. In view of this proposal, and for the sake of informed, res... Read More...
The Episcopate in Anglican History: Received in Humility Yet Exercised with Responsibility At its General Synod this year the Anglican Church of Canada will consider a Constitutional change that would diminish the role of its House of Bishops in ordering the life and affairs of the church. In view of... Read More...
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...
An Elegant and Multi-Layered History Privilege and Prophecy Social Activism in the Post-War Episcopal Church By Robert Tobin Oxford University Press, pp. 392, $35 Review by Sheryl A. Kujawa-Holbrook Privilege and Prophecy focuses on the internal conflicts and cultural shifts experienced... Read More...
Swedish Full Communion By Richard J. Mammana An important ecumenical outcome of this summer’s General Convention in Baltimore was ratification of a relationship of full communion with the Church of Sweden, a Lutheran body in conta... Read More...
Too Much Missing The History of Christianity in Britain and Ireland From the First Century to the Twenty-First By Gerald Bray Apollos Press, pp. xx + 693, $83.99 Review by Zachary Guiliano Gerald Bray’s work sets out w... Read More...
