Maryland elects new bishop
March 29, 2008
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The Episcopal Diocese of Maryland today elected the Rev. Canon Eugene Taylor Sutton, canon pastor at the Washington National Cathedral, to be its 14th bishop
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At home in Charlottesville
March 29, 2008
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Author Jan Karon made an appearance at the Virginia Festival of the Book, whose lineup reads like a SXSW for English majors. The sold-out “high tea” with Karon happened Thursday afternoon in Charlottesville, VA.
Dean of Seattle Cathedral resigns
March 29, 2008
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Amid mixed feelings about his leadership, the Very Rev. Robert Taylor resigned as dean of St. Mark’s Episcopal Cathedral in Seattle yesterday. The Seattle Post-Intelligencer’s blogstaff posted the story under the category “Seattle politics,” noting details such as a generous severance package and controversy over Taylor’s 9-year tenure in leadership at the cathedral, particularly in the past year.
The curious idea of the resurrection
March 23, 2008
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Easter Sunday represents the foundational claim of Christian faith, the highest day of the Christian year as celebration of Jesus’ resurrection. But many Christians are unsure what the claim that Jesus had been raised to new life after being crucified actually means—while non-Christians often find the whole idea of resurrection bemusing and even ridiculous.
Re-Judaizing Jesus
March 23, 2008
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For centuries, the discipline of Christian “Hebraics” consisted primarily of Christians cherry-picking Jewish texts to support the traditionally assumed contradiction between the Jews — whose alleged dry legalism contributed to their fumbling their ancient tribal covenant with God — and Jesus, who personally embodied God’s new covenant of love. But today seminaries across the Christian spectrum teach, as Vanderbilt University New Testament scholar Amy-Jill Levine says, that “if you get the [Jewish] context wrong, you will certainly get Jesus wrong.”
Christianity Today Book Awards
March 23, 2008
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Christianity Today has announced the winners of its 2008 Book awards. Some of the books may raise a few eyebrows. The winners include Anthony Flew, There Is A God: How the World’s Most Notorious Atheist Changed His Mind
Mega Good Friday
March 22, 2008
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Turns out yesterday was a convergence of matters holy. In addition to Good Friday and Purim, other notable Holy Days from around the world that took place on March 21. Among them, Eid–the birth of the Prophet, among some Muslims. More remarkable is the fact that such a convergence is incredibly rare, due to the fact that none of the major occasions marked on Friday is keyed to the same calendar date or event.
The historical crucifixion
March 22, 2008
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Terry Gross of NPR’s Fresh Air interviewed John Dominic Crossan a few years back to explore the historicity of the crucifixion. Originally airing in 2004, the conversation winds around the notion of, as guest host David Bianculli explains in the intro, crucifixion as state-sanctioned terrorism that “existed for centuries, before it became infamous under the Romans.”
Easter music central to celebration
March 22, 2008
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The “great triumph of God over death” conveyed in music is the focus of Religion and Ethics Newsweekly’s Easter feature, with commentary by Canon Victoria Sirota of Episcopal Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York. The piece features excerpts from raditional hymns, African-American spirituals, and contemporary praise music, and context to help people understand the motifs of the music and how they tie into the Holy Week experience.
A green Purim
March 22, 2008
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While Christians are gearing up for Easter, this weekend also marks the festival of Purim in the Jewish faith, as noted in this story from
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