Recently added articles from Anglican Theological Review:

Theological Education: The Heart of Our Vision

Apr 01, 2008; Amos, Clare ... I appreciate the generosity of the editors of the Anglican Theological Review in inviting me, as Secretary to TEAC (Theological Education for the Anglican Communion), to contribute briefly to this issue of the ATR. I will not seek to describe the work and program of TEAC, as that has been ably ...

How Diverse Is Contemporary Theological Education? Identity Politics and Theological Education

Apr 01, 2008; Paa, Jenny Plane Te ... I am always glad to visit Canada because in so many ways we as nationals of vastly different countries-Canada and New Zealand-actually share so much in common in terms of the kinds of national societies we each yearn to establish and maintain. Our societies are founded on the principles of ...

Editor's Notes

Apr 01, 2008; Wondra, Ellen K ... The primary topic of this issue, theological education in the Anglican Communion, is not the most obvious choice for a publication anticipating the 2008 Lambeth Conference of Anglican bishops and others. Yet, as Archbishop Rowan Williams has underscored at various points, theological education ...

Theological Education for the Anglican Communion: The Promises and Challenges of TEAC

Apr 01, 2008; Scully, J Eileen ... Archbishop Rowan Williams has spoken often and strongly of the high priority theological education ought to have in the Anglican Communion. The assignment of such a place within a province's set of priorities finds its meaning in its very concrete local commitments, engagement with local ...

As Through a Glass Darkly: Defining Theological Education in the Twenty-First Century

Apr 01, 2008; Morgan, Donn ... It seems wise to begin by admitting that the institutions and networks established to provide theological education in North America are, together with the whole church, in the midst of great changes. These changes have already dramatically altered the landscape for mission and ministry-and ...

Theological Education in the Brazilian Context

Apr 01, 2008; Calvani, Carlos Eduardo ... The Background of Theological Education in Brazil To speak of theological education in the Brazilian context, it is necessary to recall a bit of the history of the Episcopal Anglican Church of Brazil (IEAB) and its search for autonomy and contextualization. Compared with other provinces ...

Mission and Ministry by an African Anglican Theological Education Network: The Vision and Evolution of ANITEPAM

Apr 01, 2008; Mgeni, Martin; Spencer, Leon ... The African Network of Institutions of Theological Education Preparing Anglicans for Ministry (ANITEPAM) has sought, since its inception in 1993, to strengthen and encourage the ministry of theological education throughout the continent. It has defined its mission as creating an ...

Themes in Contemporary Native Theological Education

Apr 01, 2008; Brokenleg, Martin ... A Brief History Governmental policies and decisions of the past 300 years influence nearly every aspect of contemporary Aboriginal life. Theological education in Aboriginal communities is the result of past national policies as well. In some regions of the United States, the federal ...

Sacred Sagacity: Formation and Training for Ministry in a Church of England Seminary

Apr 01, 2008; Percy, Martyn ... Introduction I suppose that the first and most obvious thing to say about the purpose of ordination training-formation and education for ministry-is that it isn't immediately obvious. What, after all, is one being prepared for? As Urban Holmes III presciently observed more than thirty ...

The Crisis of Authority and Theological Education

Apr 01, 2008; Yang, Guen Seok ... The Crisis of Authority For Korean Protestant churches, including the Anglican Church, 2007 was an especially historic year. First, it was the centennial of the great revival movement of 1907 in Pyeongyang, present-day North Korea. This revival determined many of the unique ...

Go to the World! Go Struggle, Bless, and Pray: Bishops, Theological Schools, and Mission

Apr 01, 2008; Hiltz, Fred ... These words are from a hymn entitled "Go to the world" written by Sylvia G. Dunstan. It appears in the mission section of Common Praise, a 1998 hymnal of the Anglican Church of Canada. The words capture the very essence of theological education for the future church, a future into which we are ...

To Make Room for the Spirit to Work: Reflections from Lambeth Conferences on Theological Education

Apr 01, 2008; Robertson, C K ... As the agenda was being formed for the Spring 2008 meeting of the House of Bishops of the Episcopal Church, the planning team considered various potential topics. Certain areas of focus rose to the forefront, particularly in light of the 2008 Lambeth Conference. These included reconciliation ...

"And We the Life of God Shall Know": Incarnation and the Trinity in Charles Wesley's Hymns

Apr 01, 2008; Vickers, Jason E ... This article explores the theological significance of Charles Wesley's Hymns for the Nativity of Our Lord (1745) and Hymns on the Trinity (1767). It does so by situating these hymn collections against the backdrop of the English Trinitarian controversy in the late seventeenth and early ...

The Tent of Meeting

Apr 01, 2008; Cranston, Pamela ... Neither Moses nor the people of Israel expected anything strange that day, as they watched his sun-scorched hand push aside the folds of white and blue indigo, as he stepped from the Tent of Meeting onto the hot sand (brown as singed roses) and ...

Listening

Apr 01, 2008; Radavich, David ... Blessed is the one who listens. Back of the theatre, concert hall, staring, taking in the refugees of performance. Where else can they go, those needing homes, scarred survivors of the night grafted on to ...

Escape

Apr 01, 2008; Otten, Charlotte ... 1 Samuel 19:9-10 Still clutching his harp, breathless, he runs from the depth of the palace, where a javelin pins to the wall a curl of his quivering red hair. A full moon drifts over the stream, sending a light through thick trees, an owl ...

Flannery O'Connor at Lourdes

Apr 01, 2008; Huggins, Peter ... Mother's idea to bring me here. I could care less about a cure. I know what God intends for me. Why should I postpone the inevitable? It makes no sense: I have accepted My fate. Why can't Mother? She will have her way in this As in ...

Postcolonial Anglicanism: One Global Identity or Many Contextual Identities?

Apr 01, 2008; Duggan, Joseph F ... Postcolonial Anglicanism: One Global Identity or Many Contextual Identities? Books Discussed Beyond Colonial Anglicanism: The Anglican Communion in the Twenty-First Century. By Ian T. Douglas and Kwok Pui-lan. New York: Church Publishing, 2001. Anglicans in Canada: Controversies and ...

Reading Scripture with the Church: Toward a Hermeneutic for Theological Interpretation

Apr 01, 2008; Yieh, John Y H ... Reading Scripture with the Church: Toward a Hermeneutic for Theological Interpretation. By A. K. M. Adam, Stephen E. Fowl, Kevin J. Vanhoozer, and Francis Watson. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Baker Academic, 2006. 160pp. $17.99 (paper). Developed from the Winslow Lectures of Seabury-Western ...

Preaching the Gospels without Blaming the Jews: A Lectionary Commentary/Preaching the Letters without Dismissing the Law: A Lectionary Commentary

Apr 01, 2008; Good, Deirdre ... Preaching the Gospels without Blaming the Jews: A Lectionary Commentary. By Ronald J. Allen and Clark M. Williamson. Louisville, Ky.: Westminster John Knox Press, 2004. xxiv + 261 pp. $24.95 (cloth). Preaching the Letters without Dismissing the Law: A Lectionary Commentary. By Ronald J ....