Ignatius of Loyola, a saint for Anglicans?
Anglicans may be tempted to ignore the complexity of St. Ignatius’s thought and life, in favor of seeing him as a pioneer of open-ended spirituality and the solitary quest for God.
Reading the Bible and ‘taking history seriously’: A necessary aim?
When it comes to scriptural interpretation, it’s crucial to take history seriously — or so I’ve read. Many of us, it seems, are simply not taking history seriously enough.
Truth with teeth: The study of satire and our study of the Bible
Satire can quickly become toothless, selling itself for an easy laugh.
Reading Paul for the unity of the Church
How might one read Paul in a way that furthers the cause of visible Christian unity?
Context, interpretation, and application
Behind many of the debates that Christians have about the Bible, there is an important but unstated assumption: that interpretation is inseparable from application and that context is important to both.