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How a network of ordained women got Sarah Mullally to Canterbury
4+ hour, 41+ min ago (516+ words) How a network of ordained women got Sarah Mullally to Canterbury When Sarah Mullally is installed as the 106th archbishop of Canterbury on Wednesday, it is her gender that will likely be the most remarked upon part of her ascent to…...
A tale of two Thanksgivings
3+ mon, 4+ week ago (211+ words) We may have misunderstood what the Thanksgiving meal is meant to represent. Those who participated in the original meal never meant for it to become a symbol of abundance or peace. It is a practice, a rehearsal for life in…...
Lay leader resigns from Episcopal executive council; had filed complaint against presiding bishop
4+ mon, 4+ week ago (1162+ words) Lay leader resigns from Episcopal executive council; had filed complaint against presiding bishop Sandra Teresa Soledad Montes Vela, a lay executive council member from the Episcopal Diocese of Texas, announced on Facebook that she has resigned from the Episcopal Church's…...
In historic appointment, Sarah Mullally will be the first female archbishop of Canterbury
5+ mon, 2+ week ago (758+ words) In historic appointment, Sarah Mullally will be the first female archbishop of Canterbury Sarah Mullally has been named the next archbishop of Canterbury, a historic decision by the Church of England that places, for the first time, a woman as…...
What is English Christianity?
5+ mon, 3+ week ago (105+ words) What is English Christianity? Peter Ackroyd sees a special historical relationship between the development of a distinctively English sensibility and that of the English church. Faith of a Nation Sam Gee is a doctoral candidate in the University of Chicago's…...
Confounding words
6+ mon, 1+ week ago (437+ words) In the gospels, sometimes Jesus responds to questions much like the young Bob Dylan did in interviews. Century illustration (Source image: Rowland Scherman / Creative Commons) And he keeps on confounding them. Jesus tells them that they'll have to eat him…...
New Jersey mayor abandons effort to seize Episcopal church's property to build park
6+ mon, 3+ week ago (656+ words) New Jersey mayor abandons effort to seize Episcopal church's property to build park He said the poll, which he noted had an error rate of plus or minus five, showed that "somewhere in the neighborhood" 60 percent of the town opposed…...