Notre Dame, theology, and cultural poverty
Over the course of the past year, the University of Notre Dame has been investigating the possibility of eliminating one of the two mandatory theological requirements from the core curriculum for its...
View ArticleMeet the magazine behind the weblog
Our parent magazine, The Living Church, invites all readers of Covenant to sign up for a free six-month subscription. In continuous publication since 1878, The Living Church served throughout the...
View ArticleThis mortal weight: flesh, resurrection, and patience
I’ve been in discernment for ordination as a priest for some time now, and I’ve found a good deal of this period of waiting incredibly meaningful. But any institutionalized discernment process, such as...
View ArticleSay something theological!
The great theologian Avery Dulles often told a story from his days as a young priest, back in the heady days of 1968. He was on call at a parish outside of Baltimore, and after leading Mass he went...
View ArticleWe too are the Other: same-sex marriage and the real question for our day
This post first appeared in the October 18, 2015 issue of The Living Church, as part of its “Ways of Communion” series. I was a classics student in school, and there I learned about a literary device...
View ArticleCan anyone speak (it) theologically?
(Eds. note: this post was updated with new links.) A coherent and widely recognizable ecclesiology has remained elusive for Anglicans, despite the efforts of luminaries such as Owen and Henry Chadwick,...
View ArticleYou might be a monist
That’s right, my dear reader, you might be a monist. You probably wonder what that is. I would prefer to tell you only about the alternative, since monism is a rather boring philosophy, and we take it...
View ArticleOnly the dumb ones go into parish ministry
By Sarah Condon Several years ago in a galaxy far, far away, in a diocese no one has ever heard of, I attended a conference for parish clergy and the keynote speaker told us we were idiots. Well, he...
View ArticleAin’t no grave: A response to George Clifford
Can Christians believe in life after death? According to Episcopal priest George Clifford, the short answer is No. The long answer is slightly more complicated. Fr. Clifford recently wrote a two-part...
View ArticleWeb-based coffee chatter
Podcasts are no substitute for conversation, but they’re a rewarding supplement. By the good graces of The Living Church, I have been a telecommuting editor since joining the staff in late 2009....
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