Censoring the liturgy, ‘silencing the lambs’
Let us guard the liturgy. In it, we have the gospel, a treasure in an earthen vessel.
The impossibility of monotheism without the Bible
For years now I have been working on articles and a dissertation about a person I would consider the greatest Anglican theologian of the 20th century, Lionel S. Thornton. His voluminous writings display a depth... Read More...
The Church of England’s Trinitarian schizophrenia: Full, visible unity or Fresh Expressions?
Does God the Trinity want you to form a rugby club? Or a parish? The C of E can't decide.
Peter Leithart on the Trinity: Intriguing, eccentric, vivid, laudable
Peter J. Leithart’s approach has much to commend it, albeit with some significant caveats.
Enriching Our Worship: A reading of its Trinitarian theology (3)
I do not wish to imply in any way that the SCLM is trying to introduce a new Trinitarian theology. Rather, I want to suggest that the Trinitarian implications of their revisions take a back seat to the stated goal of removing gendered language for God.
Enriching Our Worship: A reading of its Trinitarian theology (2)
The way I am providing a picture of the revised eucharistic rite as a whole in Enriching Our Worship is to outline a summary of the ways in which it changes and edits the Rite II communion service in the current 1979 BCP.
Bless your heart! (or, why we bless)
I was raised in the genteel city of Birmingham, AL, which is another way of saying that I grew up around hospitable, polite and loving … trash talk. A sampling of regular conversation might include, for instanc... Read More...
Missing keys to the Imago Dei mystery box
Over the years, theologians have understood "the image of God" in various ways, but the image of God is fundamentally Jesus Christ in his Incarnation.