Can attachment theory explain your relationship with the divine?
November 14, 2010
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There’s little doubt the subject is the new-old darling of experimental psychology.
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Boning up on casting out: Catholic priests learn exorcism
November 14, 2010
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A gathering to study the subject of exorcism brought Roman Catholic bishops and priests to Baltimore.
How should Episcopalians regard other religions?
November 14, 2010
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Exclusivism makes three claims: that the Christian Bible is the only source of religious revelation, that Jesus Christ is the sole agent of salvation, and that the church represents the only presence of God’s grace and salvation in history. Although Catholic and Protestant Exclusivists then split over which church, there was no question of either accepting the legitimacy of other, non-Christian religions.
Never abandoned
November 14, 2010
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Death comes to either the soul or the body. The soul cannot die, and yet it can die. It cannot die, because its consciousness is never lost. It can die, if it loses God. You see, just as the soul itself is the life of the body, so in the same way God is the life of the soul. As the body dies when the soul that is its life abandons it, in the same way when God abandons the soul, it dies
Hauerwas on being a Christian college student
November 13, 2010
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Stanley Hauerwas has some advice for young college students, in particular ones that are interested in combining their Christian faith with their planned vocations. He’s written an open letter to students and given wide ranging advice, some of it as a professor, some of it as a theologian, and all of it within the context of a person who takes faith seriously speaking to another who hopes to.
Saturday Collection 11/13/2010
November 13, 2010
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Episcopal congregations have been busy this week and there are a few interesting stories in particular to highlight: A new interdenominational thrift store with “treats”, a cathedral recreating green-space in the downtown and a parish that now has its own eponymous brew.
Bishop Sisk calls for co-adjutor in NY, Bishop Roscam to retire
November 13, 2010
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The Diocese of New York is just finishing up its 234th Diocesan Convention. Bishop Sisk has called for the election of a bishop co-adjutor in the Fall of 2011 in preparation for his retirement (the date of which was not specified). Bishop Roskam announced that she will be retiring as of the beginning of 2012.
Sudan is the church’s focus as vote on partition draws near
November 13, 2010
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As part of the 2005 Peace agreement signed by Sudanese in the northern and southern parts of country, a binding vote on partition will be taken in early January that could split the country into two parts, its Muslim dominated north and its Christian dominated south. Many observers expect violence to breakout again no matter which way the vote goes.
Laity drive Finnish Lutherans to recognize same-sex marriages
November 13, 2010
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A month or so ago a leader of the Christian Democratic Party in Finland created a controversy by speaking out against the possibility of the
Useful clergy
November 13, 2010
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Seabury was a hard-working bishop, in marked contrast to some others of his day in England and America. He was also a straightforward man, who could observe with regard to confirmation that “it is unreasonable to expect that people should comply with a rite before they are convinced of their obligation to do so.”
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