MERE ANGLICANISM CONFERENCE January 20 - 22/23, A.D. 2011 142 Church Street, Charleston, South Carolina

"Biblical Anglicanism for a Global Future: Recovering the Power of the Word of God"

The A.D. 2011 conference is held in thanksgiving for the faithful witness of Bishop Christopher FitzSimons Allison to the Word of God's Grace

Dr. William Dickson The Power of the Word of God Written

Archbishop Mouneer Anis The Power of the Word for the Anglican Communion: Recent Developments

Dr. Stephen Noll The Power of the Word: From the Truth to the Whole Truth

Dr. Ashley Null The Power of the Word in Repentance and Common Prayer: Recent Research in Thomas Cranmer

Dr. Gillis Harp The Power of the Word in Anglican History

Bishop Michael Nazir-Ali The Power of the Word in Anglican Polity

Dr. Steven Paulson and Dr. James Nestingen The Power of the Word in Preaching the Gospel of Grace

Dr. Charles Raven The Wages of Synthesis or Lasting Treasure? The Power of the Word for Gospel Truth

Bishop Mark Lawrence The Power of the Word to Transform Lives

Register at www.mereanglicanism.com or 843-722 -7345 Conference Registration at $100/registrant Friday Buffet Banquet (optional) honoring the Rt Rev'd C. FitzSimons Allison at $32/person Checks payable to "Mere Anglicanism" 126 Coming Street, Charleston, SC 29403 THE I . ~ LIVING Welcome to the inaugural issue of THE L1v1NG CHURCH CHURCH as a biweekly publication - extended, diversified, and enriched. THIS WEEK I January 2, 2011 Our focus for this issue is the recently completed Third Lausanne Congress on World Evangelization, NEWS held in Cape Town, South Africa - a remarkable and inspiring movement of pan-Ch ristian cooperat ion, 4 Volunteers Help Churches focused on obedience and unity in Christ. Three Angli­ Survive Recession cans who organized and led the congress here recount its significance for the whole Church, suggesting FEATURES thereby something of its promise for a common Angli­ can future as well. 10 Jesus Walked among Us If you are not yet a subscriber to THELI VING CHURCH, BY CHRISTOPHERJ .H. WRIGHT or haven't subscribed for a while, "give it another try," as Bishop Epting says: "You won't be disappointed." 14 Evangelism and Mercy Join Hands See page 26 for our special offer of two free issues. BY TREVOR PEARCE Again, welcome. We're glad you're here. 16 Money, Boredom, Fear Youth Culture and Moral Formation BY SCOTT BADER-SAYE

BOOKS 20 On Rowan WIiiiams: Critical Essays 23 The Jesuit Guide to (Almost) Everything and Short Sermons for Preachers on the Run

CATHOLIC VOICES 29 Anglicans and Global Mission BY MOUNEER H. ANIS

OTHER DEPARTMENTS 27 Caali enarrant

31 Letters

34 Sunday's Readings

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VolunteersHelp Churches Survive Recession

By Steve Waring to contribute to the body of Christ by ative ways to assist the parish. The using their talents to God's glory," dean said a business that crafts The economic recession that began he said. "cathedral mice" contributes more in 2008 has been devastating for many Attendance and pledging have than $60,000 annually . Other volun­ members of the Episcopal Church. increas ed at Christ Chur ch even as teers have raised mon ey by spon- For parish administrators, however, the recession has taken its the downturn has created more toll, Gunn said. The congre­ parish volunteers and opportunities gation's biggest challenge is to help needy people. addressing years of neglect In recent conversations with THE and deferred maintenance LMNG CHURCH, several leaders told to the church buildings, he of how their churches often provide said . The congregation had comfort and direction when events just begun a capital cam­ spin out of control. paign when the recession At Trinity Cathedral in San Jose , struck Calif., all but two vestry members "We are asking ourselves have lost their jobs to layoffs, said the hard question of whether

the Very Rev. David Bird, dean. God is calling us to remain Matthew Bowen photo "Professional people have found at this location ," he said. It Decorating the Jesse tree at Christ Church, Lincoln, R.I. themselves out of work for as long costs $60,000 a year to oper ­ as two years," he said. "Some are ate the church's two buildings, which soring craft sales or selling tickets to considering leaving the area." are not handicap-accessible, and special dinners. Trinity sponsored ajob fair at city there are only 15 parking spaces. Beno said Trinity is able to con­ hall in August and recently held a Gunn said members have been duct its outreach more efficiently by forum on home mortgage foreclo­ willing to increase their pledge, but partnering with other local churches. sures. The cathedral's location in a during a time of heightened eco­ All the other congregations con­ high-crime area of a large metropol­ nomic uncert ainty, many have been tacted by THE LIVING CHURCHare itan area presents increased secu­ reluctant to commit personal sav­ involved in or exploring partnerships rity challenges during economic ings toward the capital campaign. in outreach, especially food pantry downturns, said Heike Merino , St. Paul's Cathedral in Fond du networks , as a way to reduce admin­ parish administrator. Police were Lac, Wis., is the overnigh t shelter of istrative expenses. detaining a man in the cathedral last reso rt for hom eless perso ns, "We couldn't do what we're doing parking lot as she spoke. said the Very Rev. Brian Beno, dean. for the community without partner­ Bird, Merino and a choir dire ctor St. Paul's has average Sunday atten­ ships," Beno said. "Weare a small con­ are the only paid employees at Trin­ dance of 90, mostly senior citizens gregation with limited resources." ity, which has average Sunday atten­ on a fixed income, Beno said. Staff members at St. John's Church danc e of 150. The dean accepted a In recent years the cathedral has in Tampa, Fla., have gone without 14 percent redu ction in his salary trimmed its budget and conducts raises for four years and some posi­ and benefit package last year in midw eek services in the office to tions that became vacant have either order to prevent staff cuts. The con­ save on the cost of heating and light­ gone unfilled or were filled by volun­ gregation relies on volunteers for all ing the church during the week teers. When the music department other functions. Budget reductions over the past two secretary left, five volunteers filled Christ Church in Lincoln, R.I., also years included pay cuts for staff her position. Even so, the church of relies heavily on volunteers, but not members , but the downsizing did not 750 families has sustained its robust to save money, said the Rev. Scott prevent the parish from offering a music program . Gunn, rector. second weekly feeding program . Debbi Huelsman was a part-tim e "We give memb ers an opportunity Members have come up with ere- accountant at St. John's before she

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became full-time administrator. She "We see numbers that have to be "The rector had fired everybody continues to do most of the parish adjusted, " he said. "We are cutting with any knowledge of the church or accounting. She explained the extra back in a way that minimizes the the way things worked. Pledges measure of grace that is needed in impact on ministry ." went down and everyone went into working at a church. Hils said attentiveness to details a survival mode . The recession has "I would never have imagined can reap large savings. His previous not been our biggest problem." there was so much that had to be parish reduced its water bill signifi­ A new rector was called in June done in a church office, going from cantly by repairing a leaky under­ and pledging has recovered slowly. the business world to this," she said. ground water main. St. Thomas' was served by a series "People expect more of you on a Some economic challenges began of interim rectors and had to learn personal level. You want to be com­ long before the recession. how to rely more on volunteers. passionate and helpful. At the same In 2006 the rector and administra­ New Orleans was far more affected time , you're ground zero." tor were accused of embezzlement economically by Hurricane Katrina Norm Hils was a parish adminis­ at St. Thomas' Church in the upscale in 2005 than by the nationwide reces­ trator for the 13 years at another Cincinnati suburb of Terrace Park, sion that began in 2008. Trinity church before assuming the same Ohio. Angry members reduced Church escaped Katrina with rela­ position recently at Christ Church , pledges just as the congregation was tively minor structural damage, said San Antonio , Texas . Layoffs and forced to undertake an expensive Maria Elliott, director of giving. With mortgage foreclosures have been search for a new rector. an average Sunday attendance of 400, relatively low in the area, he said, "Everyone was traumatized," said the parish employs a staff of 29 and but parish income is down. Sarah Skinner, parish administrator. (Continued on next page)

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(Continued from previous page) offers a number of successful local outreach programs. Since the reces­ sion began, the overall budget has been relatively flat. "We are holding our own ," she said. She was assisted by 25 volun­ teers during a recent stewardship drive, but volunteers cannot solve every need, she said. Many of the Hughes .,; Q) g> outreach programs Trinity offers , 0. Q) such as mental-health counseling, listed books will be read by seven Q. E Michael Ramsey Prize judges who ~ are not filled easily by volunteers. u.a will gather in Hay-on-Wye on May Steve Waring is a freelance writer 26, 2011, to choose the winning title. based in Milwaukee. The Michael Ramsey Prize is WHY is it tharw hen we procl aim THEW/O RD OFTI IE LORD awarded to the author of a theological following a read ing in wo rship, ii soundsso impla11sihle? It is beca use the church - across denominations - has work that is judged to contribute most slipped into such bad h:i.bits for rc:1ding and present ing the Two Sewanee Professors towards advancing theology and mak­ scr iptural text alo ud, tha t it scarcely sound s like :cmyrhing God ing a lasting contribution to the faith wou ld say. \Xlhat is needed are b"rUidcs for reading that will help Attract Global Honors our lecto rs restore the life and mean ing to the texts we read and life of the Church. This year's list each Sunday. The Rev. Dr . Clayton J. Schmit The Rev. Benjamin John King, was chosen from a long list of titles assistant professor of church his­ nominated by a diverse reference YEARA is now available! tory at the University of the South's group including bishops, heads of the­ Call about our Quantity Discounts School of Theology, has received the ological colleges, Anglican primates, 2011 John Templeton Award for and ecumenical partners. Theological Promise. The prize, which is sponsored by "I haven't stopped smiling since I the Lambeth Fund and administered heard the news," said King, who will by the Society for Promoting Christian KARENSC HMIDT receive the award at the University Knowledge, was inaugurated by Arch­ SCULPTURE of Heidelberg, Germany, on May 20, bishop Rowan Williams to encourage 2011. "I look forward to meeting the the most promising contemporary other award recipients at the cere ­ theological writing and to identify it mony in Heidelberg. It will be great for a wider Christian readership. to put Sewanee on the map for a The biennial prize commemorates new generation of scholars." Dr. Ramsey, who was Archbishop of King, 36, is a native of Brighton, Canterbury from 1961 to 1974, and England . He holds two bachelor's his commitment to increasing the degrees from the University of Cam­ breadth of theological understand­ bridge - one in history and one in ing among the Christian, and non­ theology; a master's in theology Christian, population at large. from Harvard Divinity School; and a Hughes earned a bachelor's degree Ph.D. in theology from Durham Uni­ from Yale University, a master's versity. The Bishop of Chichester degree and Ph.D. from St. Michael's ordained King a priest of the Church College at the University of of England in 2000. He joined Sewa­ Toronto, and a master of divinity nee's faculty in 2009 and serves as degree from Episcopal Theologi­ director of the theology school's cal School. He has taught at Sewa­ advanced degrees program. nee for more than 33 years and Beloved Dust, a book by the Rev. most recently has been on leave Robert Davis Hughes III, Sewanee's teaching, with his wife, Barbara, professor of systematic theology, as missionary faculty at Msalato has been shortlisted for the 2011 Theological College of St. John's [email protected] Michael Ramsey Prize. The short- University, Dodoma , Tanzania. 714.746.2107

6 THE LIVING CHURCH • January 2, 2011 Sudanese Bishop Dies in Nairobi The Rt. Rev. Bullen A Dolli, 65, the second Bishop of Lui, Sudan , died Dec. 11 at Nairobi Hospital in Kenya. The bishop had been ill since Oct. 23, according to a report on the Diocese of Lui's website. The dio­ cese's report said Bishop Bullen was ordained to the priesthood in 1966 and consecrated bishop in 1999. The bishop's death drew sympa­ thy from leaders of the Diocese of Missouri , which has been a com­ panion diocese to Lui since 2003. "Bishop Bullen was a friend and colleague who repeatedly showed great courage, facing difficulties and dangers during his episcopate and before, for the sake of the Mom people," said the Rt. Rev. Wayne Smith , Bishop of Mis­ Dolli souri. "His lively faith took root in the gospel of Jesus. May he rest in peace , and rise in the glory of Christ." Lisa Fox is a member of Grace Church, Jefferson City, who traveled to Sudan in 2006. She wrote about the bishop's leadership of the Dio­ cese of Lui: "He led that faithful Episcopal community through years of bitter civil war, during which many people hid in the bush. During that time, the cathedral was bombed twice and rebuilt twice - in an awesome ges­ ture of faith, hope , and brash per­ sistence." Fox added: "I have no doubt that Bishop Bullen was ready for death. When I learned that he died in Nairobi, my greatest grief was that he was not able to return to Lui before his death. The affection for him was great , and I grieve that he was not able to spend some time with the people of his diocese." His family planned to bury him at Fraser Memorial Cathedral in Lui.

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LAUSANNE 2010 By Christopher J.H. Wright

esus showed up at the Third Lausanne Congress on placed. Yes,Jesus was there in our midst, speaking unfor­ World Evangelization, which drew 5,000 invited pariic­ gettably through the many voices that addressed us. ipants in Cape Town in late October. Jesus showed up at the tables. hnagine all those peo­ Jesus showed up on the platform. He was most obvi­ ple seated in groups of five or six around 750 tables in the ously present as seven men and women from all conti­ vast auditorium - the same people meeting at the same nents expounded the word of God daily from table every day. It was a defining mark of the congress for Ephesians, a letter that declares God's mission of cos­ many, as groups studied the Bible and prayed together, mic reconciliation and the integration of all creation in shared their lives, discussed every issue coming from the Christ and calls us to live every dimension of life in that platform, grew in fellowship and love through the week light, in obedience to him. - microcosms of the whole event. The presence of Jesus But Jesus was present too in the many other speak­ was almost tangible at times as the great ocean of table ers, morning and evening, who challenged, informed, groups stood to pray, or sing, or repent, or embrace. inspired, rebuked and amazed us all. Jesus was there as Jesus is good at being with disciples round a table. we rejoiced with those who rejoice in God's mighty Jesus showed up among the issues. A great deal of works around the world. Jesus was there as we wept thought, global consultation, and prayer went into the (for we often did) with those who weep under the suf­ choice of the six congress themes, and all of them focating weight of persecution, the devastating loss of involved Christ in distinct ways: loved ones in the service of Christ, and the heartbr eak­ ing brutality endured by God's people - children and • Making the case for the truth of Christ women in slavery, the diseased, the disabled, the dis- in a pluralistic, globalized world

10 THE LIVING CHURCH • January 2, 2011 A dancer at one of the sessions of the Lausanne Congress in Cape Town, South Africa. © 2010 The Lausanne Movement, All Rights Reserved

• Building the peace of Christ in our divided action that ultimately lead to the accomplishment of his and broken world will in the whole of our life in God's world. • Bearing witness to the love of Christ One of the great effects of a congress like this, as of with people of other faiths previous Lausanne gatherings, is the number of new • Discerning the will of Christ relationships and partnerships that are formed as people for evangelization in our century meet, share their interests, discover common resources, • Calling the church of Christ back agree to work together, and make plans for the future in to humility, integrity, and simplicity their mission journeys. Only God can put all these pieces • Partnering in the body of Christ together into a coherent strategy. Lausanne provides the toward a new global equilibrium forum, the space, and the opportunity for such connec­ tions to happen. Only God can mastermind the out­ And every afternoon Jesus met with dispersed groups comes for his sovereign purpose. But that's OK It was of people in 24 different multiplex sessions and 160 dif­ Jesus who said "I will build my church" and "all author­ ferent dialogue sessions, as we sought to discern the ity in heaven and earth is given to me." We are in safe mind of Christ on the plethora of challenges that face hands when we hand over to him all our little steering the Church in mission today. None of us has the capac­ wheels by which we strive to find our way through the ity to grasp all of these issues by ourselves, but in sub­ maze of issues that world mission involves. mitting all of them to the Lordship of Christ in our Jesus showed up in the flesh- in the sheer physical­ thinking, talking, planning, and working, we trust that he ity of so many people from so many nations and tribes, will be pointing people down many different paths of (Continued on next page)

January 2, 2011 • THE LIVING CHURCH 11 LAUSANNE 2010 Jesus Walked among Us

(Continued from previous page) speaking so many languages from all over the earth. Of leaders who made up a high percentage of the partici­ course, we all know in our heads (or should know) that pants . the majority of the world's Christians live in the majority One of those responsible for leading the younger lead­ world of the Global South and East. But knowing it and ers movement within Lausanne, Michael Oh, wrote this seeing, touching, feeling, and hearing that reality are afterward : very different. The body of Christ was real in its multi­ cultural, multicolored human skin. But more than that, During the reception for younger leaders, where we had some of these sisters and brothers came from countries close to 1,000 in attendance, I mentioned that many had where Christians are a tiny, suffering minority, where been asking about the future of Lausanne and the future they have to meet in small, hidden groups, or to keep a of the global Church. So I asked the young people gath­ very low profile, with no public freedom to sing and pro­ ered there to look around the room and into each others' claim the name of the Lord Jesus . The experience of eyes. And I said to them, "Welcome to the future." vibrant, free worship and fellowship with multitudes of other believers from the great worldwide Church must Jesus showed up with a message. My job at the con­ have been stupendously encouraging for their faith and gress, which nobody envied but everybody was keen to endurance. That, at least, is part of my prayer for them, encourage, was to chair the Statement Working Group. just as it was a focus of many of the We were tasked to listen for the voice of the prayers dwing the congress itself. Lord coming through the deluge of voices in all Jesus showed up in the worship. the plenaries and groups, and a deluge it was. Every day included worship, song, Jesus It was like trying to catch Niagara Falls in a dance, and listening to the Scriptures. showed up bucket. We hope to release the full Cape Town There was plenty of variety, morning - the same Commitment, Parts 1 and 2, this month. and evening. But all of us who were But what struck me towards the end was present for the closing ceremony will yesterday, how often we had heard two themes coming never forget it. Everyone I meet who today, and through again and again - the same voice, say­ was there says something about it tomorrow. ing the same things: "Make disciples" ( don't being the nearest they think they'll just count decisions to believe in me) and get to heaven in this life. That was "Love one another" ( and stop chopping up my partly the reality of worshiping with people from so body among you with your brands and labels, your igno­ many nations and cultures. But beyond that, it was a cel­ rance and arrogance). And I thought to myself: "Two ebration of Holy Communion, using the liturgy of the thousand years ago an Ethiopian met Jesus and brought Anglican Church of Kenya, with an expanded liturgy at him to the top end of Africa, through the scroll of Isaiah the time of confession and renewed commitment that interpreted by Philip. How wonderful that two thousand was based upon Part 1 of the Cape Town Commitment, years later our Lord is meeting us at the bottom end of and a musical setting that was - indeed - heavenly. Africa and giving us the same fundamental message." With massed choirs in African dress, a full orchestra, The Cape Town Commitment will include these chal­ and Christ-exalting leadership, it soared above and lenges in its conclusion: around, leading us to the foot of the cross and the glory of Jesus' resurrection and ascension . God was in Christ reconciling the world to himself. Jesus showed up - the same yesterday, today, and God was in Cape Town, calling the Church of Christ to tomon-ow. We thanked him for the great leaders of yes­ be ambassadors of God's reconciling love for the terday, whom he lifted up and used so powerfully for his world . God kept the promise of his word as his people mission in their generation, including the founding of the met together in his name, for the Lord Jesus Christ Lausanne Movement itself. We received greetings from, himself dwelt among us there , walked among us and and watched videos about, Billy Graham and John Stott, renewed his promise to be with us to the end of the age under this text : "Remember your leaders, who spoke the and to the ends of the earth (Lev. 26: 11-12; Matt. 18:20, word of God to you. Consider the outcome of their way 28:20). of life and imitate their faith" (Heb. 13:7). But from their We sought to listen to the voice of the Lord Jesus yesterday God has multiplied leaders of churches and Christ. And in his mercy, through his Holy Spirit, Christ world mission all over the globe, women and men who spoke to his listening people. Through the many voices worked together to make the Cape Town congress a of Bible exposition , plenary addresses , and group dis­ reality, out of their love for the Lord and his people and cussion, two repeated themes were heard in a wide for those who don't yet know him. From their today, in variety of formats: tum , God is raising up the leaders of tomon-ow, younger • The need for radi cal obedi ent discipl eship, lead-

12 THE LIVING CHURCH • January 2, 2011 ing to maturit y, to growth in depth as well as growt h Cape Town. We hear d them in repeate d laments over in numb ers , and the scandal of our fragm entat ion , and frustration over • The need for radica l cross-centred reconciliation, competition and duplication. We hear d them in our leading to unity, to growth in love as well as growth in sham e over the bitterness in our theological disagree­ faith and hop e. ments and the loveless language in which we condu ct Both discipleship and reconciliation are indisp ensa ­ them . We heard them in our embarrassment over our ble to our mission. By contras t, we lan1ent the scandal denomin ational pride and prejudic e. of the shallowness of so much Christian prof ess ion The call of Christ and his apostles comes to us worldwide, and the scandal of our dividedness and lack afresh: "Love one anoth er"; "Make every effort to keep of love. We acknowl edge that both are seriously damag­ the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace" (Eph. ing to our witness to the gospel. 4:1-6; Col. 3:12-14; 1 Thess. 4:9-10; 1 Peter 1:22; 1 John Few things can be more important for the mission of 3:11-14, 4:7-21). It is for the sake of God's mission that the Church of Jesus Christ than that thos e who claim his we renew our commitm ent to obey this "message we name should be like him, by taking up their cross , deny­ heard from th e beginning" (1 John 3:11). For it is when ing themselves, and following him in the paths of humil­ Christians live in the reco nciled unity of love by the ity, love, integrity, generosity, and serv anthood. To the pow er of the Holy Spirit that th e world will come to exte nt that we fail in discipleship and disciple-m aking, know Jesus, whose disciples we are, and come to know we fail at the most fundamental level of our mission. the Father who sent him. ■ The call of Christ to his Church comes to us afresh from the pages of the Gospels: "Corne and follow me"; "Go The Rev. Dr. Christopher J.H. Wright, Interna tional and make disciples." Director of Langha rn Partners hip In ternational, served The command of Christ ("Love one another") and as Chairman of the Laus anne Theology Working G'Y'oup prayer of Christ ("may they be one") sounded again at and the Cape Town 2010 Staternent Working G'Y'oup.

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Youth Culture EAR and Moral Formation By Scott Bader -Saye

ay it with me: "Whatever." Now make sure you use the properly dismissive teenage tone: "Whatever." There you have it - the shibboleth of bored, cynical, ironic teens. This , of course, does not define all young people, but it does highlight a pervasive fact not just among teens but in society at large, at least in North America: we are often bored and detached from our own lives. We suffer from a loss of passion and purpose, unsure of how best to spend our time and energy. We are, in short, unsure of what the ancient philosophers would call our te/os. A te/os is a given purpose or goal - an "end" in the sense of direction, fulfillment ,

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(Continued from previous page) and finality. The telos of an acorn is an oak tree; the them ready to embrace novelty as a welcome distrac­ telos of a clock is to keep good time. Of course, when it tion and their fear of rejection makes them ready to comes to people it's a bit harder to define our telos. We conform to what advertisers convince them is "cool," are more complex than an acorn or a clock Our pur­ these tee ns represent a marketer's dream come true. pose is not determined by mechanics , written in laws of Where there is vulnerability, there is profit. nature, or inscribed in instinct. We are, for better or Entertainment, music, technology , cosmetics, fashion worse, participants in forming and directing our lives - all provide a level of excitement that can temporarily toward the goals and purposes we believe are given to distract us from boredom and fear. Surrogate experi­ human beings. ences create a short-term sense of well-being (the way This is where things get tricky, for increasingly there we feel when we wear a new outfit, drive a new car, or is no cultural consensus that any particular "goals and watch our favorite show) but, by design, they return us purposes" are given to humans. We imagine ourselves quickly to dissatisfaction and renew the cycle of con­ as self-created and thus thrown into a world in which sumption . It is no wonder that teens become cynical as we must construct our own telos ( or settle for none at they realize that the cycle never produces long-term ful­ all). This process cannot help but appear arbitrary, fillment for them but does produce long-term profits for tempting us to cynicism and detachment, for it suggests others. This is not to say that one should never buy that one's life goals are never more than the expression music , enjoy beautiful clothes, watch a movie, or pur- of current preferences. How do we know chase a new gadget. The problem lies in that these preferences are worth the not knowing the ways these things can fit work and discipline involved in crafting Churches need within a good life - their limits and possi­ well-lived lives, especially if our prefer­ to resistthe bilities - and so having no real ability to ences might change tomorrow? resist the marketing pitch that captures us Lacking a clear sense of what human temptation with promises that cannot be fulfilled. fulfillment looks like, we lose the sense to become The great temptation for the Church is of life as a quest and an adventure. If we another form to offer youth just another option for dis­ know the Holy Grail is out there, we can traction and short-term excitement. We commit ourselves to press on through of passive imagine that in a world where multitasking struggle and danger, knowing that the entertainment. and overstimulation have become the goal will redeem the difficulties. But if norm, we need somehow to compete with we are unsure that there is in fact a given telos for other entertainment options by matching their excite­ human beings, we will likely flounder like singularities ment level. Can we be as entertaining as the theater? floating in a void - a perfect condition for boredom or Can we be as cool as the new band? But to ask these malaise to set in. questions serves only to replicate a culture that is fail­ But it is not only boredom that steps into this gap; it ing to offer real substance, real adventure, real joy, and is also fear. We fear that our lives are on the wrong real purpose to our children. We need to resist the temp­ track; that we are not fitting in; that our effo1ts will tation to become another form of passive entertainment finally seem meaningless. We fear being alone, which (Church as rock concert or youth group as skits, talks, happens when we are not sure we share a common and videos), for our young people are already being vision or a common story with those around us. Given formed as spectators who are alienated from their own the anxieties involved in having to be self-creators, it is leisure . not surprising that we have become targets of those The Church has a different story to tell and a differ­ who would manipulate our fear for profit. Fear threat­ ent quest to offer. We tell a story of creation that ens to overdetermine our lives, leading either to con­ involves a trajectory, a journey toward a telos which we stricted isolation or aggressive preemption, neither of describe variously as the reign of God, the beatific which helps us live the risky love of discipleship. vision, friendship with God, the heavenly banquet, per­ Given the broad cultural influence of boredom and fect conviviality. The Westminster Shorter Catechism fear, we should not be surprised that the marketplace puts this "chief end" succinctly: "To glorify God and has been more than willing to offer a way out, especially enjoy him forever." According to this story, the human for young people. For all of their alienated posturing ( or telos is given and so our posture toward it is not one of perhaps because of it), bored and fearful teens repre­ striving, making, and constructing, but rather of watch­ sent the perfect target market for corporations ready to ing, listening, and discovering. It is "given" as both gift sell them excitement and conformity for the right price and destiny. (teens as a "market demographic" account for about The Bible offers a story in which our beginning con­ $150 billion a year). Insofar as their boredom makes tains our end but also invites our participation in bring-

18 THE LIVING CHURCH • January 2, 2011 ing about that end. Such a story calls us into an adven­ observing them. In so doing we will invite them to reen­ ture and a quest (not to be confused with Adventure­ gage with a created goodness that we believe, in the Quest, an online gan1e that, like so many others, tends to words of Gerard Manley Hopkins, is "charged with the reduce adventure to violence). It offers a journey toward grandeur of God" and "will flame out, like shining from a good that can inspire wonder and reawaken desire. shook foil." For all that, drawing youth into this vision is no easy Second, we could boldly introduce them to ancient task, as goodness is hard er to detect than coolness or practi ces that are not conventionally "exciting" but excitement. Goodness can appear as heroic (and thus which provide an alternative to the overstimulation of visually exciting), but more often it takes the forn1 of their everyday lives - practices like lectio divina, pray­ small offerings, unseen resistance, and persistent ing with icons, creating holy art, observing the daily efforts. It takes time to grow into the rewards of good­ office, and even keeping silence. ness and the happiness (eudaimonia or blessing) that Finally, we can model for them lives that refuse to be accompanies human fulfillment, which is why we need dominated by fear, boredom, and consumption. Only as others on the journey to encourage us, to keep us going, they see the adults around them living lives that to give us glimpses of the good we seek All the while, embody 1isk, hope, courage, generosity, and purpose we need to make sure we do not suggest that God's will they take seriously our claim that the path of disci­ kingdom is a purely future hope but rather help young pleship leads not only to our given telos as human people delight in the beauty of the present that partici­ beings but to our deepest happin ess and fulfillment. ■ pates in, and thus conveys, the eternal beauty of God. How might we do this? First , we could redirect them Dr. Scott Bader-Saye is the Helen and Everett H. Jones from alienated leisure (that is, entertainment as a spec­ Professor of Christian Ethics and Moral Theology at tator sport) to a richer participation in material activity Seminary of the Southwest and author of Following - making music rather than buying it, creating stories Jesus in a Culture of Fear and Church and Israel rather than watching them, playing sports rather than After Christendom: The Politics of Election.

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t is difficult to see if there is any­ the insights they give into the theo l­ thing distinctively Australian in ogy of the Archbishop of Canter ­ 32 " X 22" by Leszek Forcezek Ithis volume of essays about the bury. With that perspective in mind, Limited Edition current Archbishop of Canterbury, one of the more admirable essays is For Church - Home - Office even if it is written (to the delight of that of Andrew Cameron on Oliver O'Donovan in the foreword) Williarns's famous essay "The Body's Crossing Point Images by Australian theologians . I see it Santa Fe, NM as, more basically, an attempt by Anglican evangelicals to take Rowan On Rowan Williams www.crossingpointimages.com Williams seriously as a theologian. Critical Essays E-mail: Such a task necessarily denies them Edited by Matheson Russell. Cascade. Pp. 262. $29, pape~ [email protected] the option of making Williams the ISBN978-1-55635-973-6 . caricature that he seems to be in both extremes of American Angli­ canism: the institutional lackey who Grace ." Rather than using that essay caves to conservative pressure as a bludgeon for the archbishop ( as against his own conscience; the aca­ now seems normative for both left demic liberal who thwarts the and right), Cameron shows well "orthodox" cause by endless insti­ what conservative evangelicals can tutional process. appreciate about Williams's theol­ No, Williams is not easily pigeon­ ogy of sex - the reciprocity of holed as a conservative or a liberal, desire as a distinctly Trinitarian but he is, according to these essays, moment, and the refusal of all something of a Hegelian, a sacra­ reductive kinds of sexuality, mentalist, and above all a Trinitar­ whether those of arbitrary one-sided ian. Lest this last label seem com­ power, or those in which sex is monplace it bears noting: Williams m erely procreation. deplores any attempt to discuss a Cameron then argues that the car­ category of Christian thought, like icature of conservative sexual ethics moral or political theology, in isola­ in "The Body's Grace" is not some­ tion from the mystery of the Trinity. thing that anyone seriously believes. Whatever the description, he is not Williams is brutal to the rigorists beyond contest, for each of these who, he imagines, cannot admit any writers, while giving a sympathetic grace in "illicit" sexual acts; account of his work, poses con­ Cameron points out that no Augus­ structive and critical questions tinian theologian , however "conser ­ about the value of that work. vative" on sexual ethics , would There is no systematic attempt make such a claim. To say that all among these theologians to address sex can and should be meaningful in the current conflicts in the Anglican the way that Williams argues is not Communion . Still, they do write to exclude all Christian talk of with an eye to those difficulties and "nature," much less the scriptural

20 THE LIVING CHURCH January 2, 2011 witness on sex. There is more to say tiation. " Several subjects are dealt who is ultimat ely unknowable ; on about sex than what can be con ­ with here: the influence of Orthodox the other hand they express res er­ tained in a somewhat novel Trini­ apophaticism in Williams; his view vations about the tend ency of this tarian analogy - however useful it on orthodoxy and her esy in the method to overshadow traditional may be - and Christians have been Arian controversy ; his use of Ger- positive articulation of Christian doc- saying it for a long time. trine and practice . Of cours e Rowan Willian1s, The emergence of "orthodoxy" as The eme rgenc e of "ortho­ as these essay s know , has a term to distinguish some Anglicans doxy" as a term to distinguish never made sex the center of some Anglicans from oth ers his theology, and so th e from others can only be seen by can only be seen by Williams remaining eight essays high­ Williams as problematic. as problematic - and this is light some of his other central not becaus e Williams does not concerns . Four of these offerings - man critical method ; his interpreta­ himself seek to be orthodox but those by Andrew Moody, Benjamin tion of Hegel in political theology. because he does not see orthodoxy Myers, Michael Jensen , and Mathe­ Each of these essays des erves to be in the final propositional terms envi­ son Russell - give a consistently read in its own right and can hardly sioned by many Anglican conserva ­ helpful engagement with what we be summ arized . Together , though , tives ( or liberals) . In Church history might call the more negative method they suggest on the one hand a great orthodoxy is not a defining limit on of Willian1s.Just take a sample word respect for Williams's apophaticism theology so mu ch as a safeguard list from three of the chapter titles: and criticism (both in theor etical and against constri ction. Arius was , in "The Hidd en Cent er," "Disruptive practical theology) as part of an this view, the archetypal conserva- History," "Disposs ession and Nego- authentic engagement with the God (Continued on next page) ,. ~ istory of excellence in retirement living.

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(Continued from previous page) secular politics or Church conflict . tive because, unlike Athanasius, he Rowan Williams is not known for refused to allow theological terms to his clarity, and no one would deny develop in ways that preserved the that clarity is a rare virtue for bish­ finally unknowable mystery of God: ops. In a sense Williams's obscurity "Heresy is the impoverishment of is itself clear, and that is in large part the church's theological imagina­ the point . Williams believes that the tion" (Myers, p. 55). Church, and Christian theology, One sees in this articulation deep should be less like law and more resonance with other Christian like poetry; less like rational enlight­ thinkers of the past century, not enment and more like the "dazzling least Pope Benedict XVI. And where obscurity" of Dionysius the Are- that continuity ends is pre cisely where these Australian evangeli­ Williams believes that the Church, cals ( and perhaps an Anglo­ Catholic like myself) take issue: and Christian theology, should be with FIBRE RUSH SEAT should not the Church still be less like law and more like poetry. able to define orthodoxy and Sin ce ~8 77 heresy, even if orthodoxy is R.Geissleu Inc. taken in its historicist and inclusive opagite. Yet for someone who also 2641 E. Greystone Ct. sense? insists on the primacy of history, and Eagle, ID 83616 Jensen rightly suggests in his on the singular importance of the Phone: (800) 862-3159 essay that Williams's use of Tenden­ Incarnation, such mystical ascen­ www.rgeissler.com zkritik does not go as far as it ought, sion simply doesn't suffice, and it for there remains in Williams "a def­ can all too easily become a cop-out inite set of moral presuppositions" from dealing with the practical work (p. 83). The critical and deconstruc­ of the Church militant. tive mode is useful, after all, but it I would probably join the arch­ cannot supply a positive content. bishop in answering Frame's argu­ Williams risks, in other words, ment with a relatively simple cri­ importing certain moral and political tique: "realistic" is not a category of views from elsewhere in his histori­ the Christian gospel. And that cri­ cal-critical reading of tradition . The tique goes both ways. Yes, we must worry, then, is that Williams's loy­ constantly stand under the judgment alty to critical method is higher than of the Cross, and this judgment pre­ his loyalty to either Scripture or liv­ vents us in all sorts of ways from ing dogmatic tradition. making any judgment final (hence That suspicion of suspicion, as it the constant historical drama of were, comes most visibly to a head orthodoxy and heresy). But the risk in Tom Frame's essay on war and inherent in that judgment also peace. Frame takes Williams to task means that we are free to take risks, for both his episcopal and academic not merely to sit around reflecting pronouncements about contempo­ on their riskiness. The Church rary politics. Frame's problem is, at indeed has a negative task, to reveal base, that Williams is not realistic the world's "false universals" of enough. While that may be true, it national, racial and religious iden­ seems to ignore the question of tity (p. 105). She has a positive task whether this really matters to as well, witnessing that Jesus is Williams, or whether it is necessary Lord. It is this positive confession - for him, as a theologian, to offer and the positive community built workable policy solutions. around it by the Holy Spirit - that Surely many would agree with prevents us moving from the mire of Frame's charge, whether in terms of arbitrary national or ideological

22 THE LIVING CHURCH • January 2, 2011 identity to the mire of endless criti­ cism. If there is such a thing as "The Body's Grace," then perhaps Williams would do well to apply this logic more consistently to the body of Christ. The first is characterized We don't pay a broker for your business, by a graced freedom, but the sec­ so we pass those cost savings directly on to you ond for him seems too often para­ lyzed by the provisionality and uncertainty of its action, a slavery to historical process. (And here is Let us apply our expertise and commitment to your move. where conservative and liberal Call the Clergy Move Center Team: observers of the archbishop are ---- Sunny Sommer, Jean Warnemuende, Autumn Smith, rightly confused.) The contributions Aymi Dittenbir or Vicki Bierlein of these Australian evangelicals do 800.248.8313 much to situate this discontinuity , STEVEnsworldwidevan lines www.ste11ensworldwide,com/affinity and to suggest ways that it might be corrected.

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(Continued from previous page) Kenya, and as a young Jesuit in for­ cernment that are deeply rooted in spiritual classic for a broad audi­ mation as the basis for reflection. his own experience. Less successful ence. The book clearly is oriented toward is his attempt to confront topics In chapters dealing with topics a readership of young professionals, such as chastity, celibacy , and love. such as pray er, obedience, friend ­ though doubtlessly it will have His writing on these reflects main­ ship, chastity, and spiritual discern­ wider appeal. stream contemporary religious ment, Martin uses his own experi­ Martin is most successful in deal­ understandings, but lacks the wider ences in the business world, in ing with issues like prayer and dis- basis in personal experience that is the hallmark of his reflections on numerous other topics . One won­ ders whether Martin's experience of religious life and priesthood has yet attained that level of mature insight that almost inevitably is the result of testing in the crucible of the chal­ lenges of midlife and beyond. The contrast with the personal experience that leavens Burghardt 's

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rossing the threshold of a new year but still Lord, you now have set your servant free in the throes of Christmas, we are faced to go in peace as you have promised; with the feast of the Holy Name of our Lord For these eyes of mine have seen the Savior, Jesus Christ on January 1, incorporating the Whom you have prepared for all the world to see: traditional feast of the circumcision. "After eight A light to enlighten the nations, days had passed, it was time to circumcise the child; And the glory of your people Isra el. (Luke 2:29-32) and he was called Jesus, the nam e given by the angel before he was conceived in the womb," AB traditionally prescribed for the evening offices - explains St. Luke (2:21). And we can notice that the Evening Prayer and Compline, as in the 1979 BCP - the gospel for Holy Name, Luke 2:15-21, effectively tees power of Simeon's prayer is enhanced, a stubborn tes­ up the continuation of the story on February 2 ( 40 tament to faith and hope notwithstanding the enfolding days after Christmas), the feast of the Presentation darkness. We have seen and we shall see the savior, as of our Lord Jesus Christ in the Temple , which will indeed will the whole world! Because this Light has pick up right where we left off with Luke 2:22 and been given by God precisely "to enlighten the nations" - following. Viewed in this way, as a single story, in fulfillment, wondrously enough, of an ancient prom­ some of the significance of the Epiphany of our ise to Israel, to which St. Luke will refer again in the next Lord Jesus Christ, celebrated on January 6, may be chapter, quoting Isaiah 40: "all flesh shall see the salva­ readily apprehended. tion of God" (Luke 3:6). Thus the fittingness of the lovely Ep iphany means "manifestation" or "appear­ antiphon "which is sung or said by all" both before and ance," and the languag e of vision and imagery of after the Nunc at the end of Compline, making Simeon's light run right through all of our celebrations at this prayer unmistakably our own: "Guide us waking , 0 Lord, time of year, following Scripture. "Let us go now to and guard us sleeping; that awake we may watch with Bethlehem and see this thing that has taken place, Christ, and asleep we may rest in peace." which the Lord has made known to us," say the Thes e themes are carried through beautifully in the shepherds to one another (Luke 2: 15). And similarly Church's prayer in Epiphany - not only in the assigned Simeon, to whom it had been revealed "by the Holy texts from Scripture for Office and Mass, but in the cor­ Spirit that he would not see death before he had responding antiphons, collects, and prefaces. Morning seen the Lord's Messiah" (2:26). Upon meeting the Prayer begins: "Nations shall come to your light, and holy family in the temple in Jerusalem, Simeon kings to the brightness of your rising" (Isa. 60:3); or: "I takes the infant Savior in his arms and , praising will give you as a light to the nations , that my salvation God, says - or sings - what has been a principal may reach to the end of the earth" (Isa. 49:6b); or again: hymn of the Church since the fourth century , the "From the rising of the sun to its setting my Name shall Nunc dimittis ("now you dismiss"): (Continued on next page)

Jan uary 2, 2011 • THE LIVING CHURCH 27 Ca:Jlienarrant SAINT PAUL'S PARISH .. K Street - Washington, D.C. (Continued from previous page) • An Anglo-catholic Congregation of the Ep iscopal Dioces e of Washington be great among the nations," etc. Announcing the 2011 Fellows -in-Residence Program (Mal. 1:11). The prophetic sun is The 20 11 Fellow s-in-Res idence Progra m pro vides a uniqu e opportunit y for clergy and laity identified liturgically with the incar ­ to live and work for four or more weeks as part of the St. Paul's community . Progra m date s nated Light of the gospel - not as are flex ible and run betwee n February I st and August 3 1st, 2011 . Best of all, Fellows may some innovation of a presumptuous brin g their famili es for all or part of the residency . Church, imposing itself on the "St. Paul's is an ideal place for ora et labora - a sheer delight!" Hebrew Scriptures, but following - Esther de Waal, Senior Fellow-in-Residence the example of the New Testament , Ii< Hou sing & Breakfa st Provid ed from Matthew to Revelation. Ii< Use of the Parish Car In every case, the Church would Ii< Mode st Maint enance Allow ances & Travel Stipends Available have us focus our prayer - our faith For mor e information , contact: and hop e and love - on Jesus Fr. Nathan Humphrey, Program Director: Christ: his Name (Jan. 1) manifested humphrey@stpauls -kst.com Ii< 202-337-2020, ext. II (Jan . 6), "boldly confessed" in bap­ www.stpauls -kst.com/fellows -in-residence tism (First Sunday after Epiphany) and proclaimed to all people, in the expectation that he himself, in turn, will "pres ent" us to the Father "with pure and clean hearts" (Feb. 2). SOCIETY OF MARY Here, in a particularly rich sequence, long recognized and cele­ brated by Christians, is the exhila­ An Anglican rating center of the Christian life and engine room of th e Chur ch year, Devotional Society beginning with Christmas : "incarna­ tional theology," to be sure - of a • wholly non-abstract, personal, evan­ www.somamer1ca.org gelistic (and missiological in that sense) sort, ordered toward salva­ tion as imitative theosis, as in the classic Leonine collect for the Sec­ ond Sunday after Christmas ("O God, who wonderfully create d, and yet more wonderfully restored ... "). This One - this Word, this Light: spoken, unveiled , humbled - is the point of it all; the beginning and the end, and the way betw een the two; the gospel incarnated , enabling us "to share in the inheritan ce of the saints in the light" (Col. l: 12).

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I 1cans GLOBAL MISSION By Mouneer H. Anis

hen Anglicans worship, we affirm our faith by say­ Shaped the Christian Mind, wrote: ing the Creed together. As we come to the point when we say, "we believe in one holy catholic and apostolic The global Christian mind has been formed out of a spe­ Church," we remember that we are part of the one cific history, not out of bare-bones theoretical ideas. Church of Christ since it was started on the day of Pen­ Much of that history occurred in Africa. Cut Africa out of tecost and before all the divisions that have taken place the Bible and Christian memory and you have misplaced over the centuries. It also reminds us of our responsibili­ many pivotal scenes of salvation history. It is the story of ties to strive for unity, in order to fulfil the desire of Jesus' the children of Abraham in Africa; Joseph in Africa; heart: "that they may be one" (cf. John 17). Moses in Africa; Mary,Joseph and Jesus in Africa; and This also reminds us of our failure to take seriously our shortly thereafter Mark and Perpetua and Athanasius responsibility towards the unity of the Church of Christ. and Augustine in Africa. We not only have failed, but many of the reformed and evangelical churches have contributed in widening the Today, the epicenter of Christianity has moved from gap between them and the traditional churches. the Global North to the Global South, specifically to This "widening of the gap" happened as a result of Africa. David Barrett projects the continuing growth rejecting many ideas and practices, simply because they rate of African Christians in 2025 to be 633 million. belonged to the traditional churches. The main focus of In contrast to this, there is growing secularism and our reformed churches was directed towards the study pluralism, mainly in the Global North. This is also creep­ of the Scriptures, mission and evange lism. As a result ing very vigorously into the Western Church . In view of many generations emerged that are grounded and rooted this, Thomas Oden also says that "debates in the West in the aposto lic teaching as written in the Scripture, but will appear trivial in relation to what lies ahead in the that are disassociated from the apostolic traditions Global South." which form the context in which the Scriptures were These facts put in front of us, as evangelicals, an written and lived out. important question: What is going to be our response to Today, many Protestant Christians have forgotten that the challenges facing the Church today? the traditional churches, especially in North Africa, In addition to sound biblical and theological teaching, shaped the Christian mind during the first millennium effective ways of mission and evangelism, and programs and guarded the faith by shedding their blood. Indeed, as to alleviate poverty and to promote self-reliance, one of Tertullian said, "the blood of the martyrs is the seed of the important responses the Churc h can make is to the Church." For centuries, faithful traditional churches strengthen our ecumenical relations in order to achieve were able to pass on the apostolic faith and tradition to unity. This unity will help us to face the current global us. These churches continue to thrive today. challenges together. This can be achieved by building Professor Thomas Oden, in his book How Africa (Continued on next page)

January 2, 2011 • THE LIVING CHURCH 29 CATHOLIC VOICES Anglicans and Global Mission

(Continued from previous page) bridges with the traditional churches with the aim to work together with them for the expansion of the kingdom of God. I thank God because the Anglican Church keeps the traditions that do not contradict the Word of God. This fact qualifies us to play a "bridging" role between reformed Protestant churches and the tra­ ditional churches . The Anglican Church committed itself to this ecumenical role early on, and in 1888 the Lambeth Conference of Bishops of the Anglican Communion issued an important ecumenical docu­ ment, the Chicago-Lambeth Quadrilateral. This document became the basis for unity between the Anglican Church and other churches. It affirms the following four matters: The Rev. Drew W. Schmotzer photo The Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testa­ Bishop Mouneer Anis (left) and the Rev. Faraj Hanna of the Episcopal/Anglican ments as "containing all things necessary to sal­ Diocese of Egypt with Pope Shenouda Ill and Abuna ("Father") Shenouda of the Coptic Orthodox Church. They are gathered at the Coptic Patriarchate in Cairo vation" and as being the rule and ultimate to see the progress on a Bible translation into Egyptian Sign Language. standard of faith . The Apostles' Creed as the baptismal symbol; and Because of this, it is not a surprise that the traditional the Nicene Creed as the sufficient statement of the churches and the Global South movement have a mutual Christian faith. interest in starting dialogue. During the Third Encounter The two sacraments ordained by Christ himself - of the Global South at the Red Sea, Pope Shenouda m, Baptism and the Supper of the Lord - ministered with the Coptic Orthodox Patriarch of Alexandria, welcomed unfailing use of Christ's words of institution, and of the Global South Primates and commended them for the elements ordained by him. their stand for orthodox faith. The historic episcopate, locally adapted in the meth­ Later, bishops from the Oriental Orthodox Church, the ods of its administration to the varying needs of the Orthodox Church, and Roman Catholic Church attended nations and peoples called of God into the unity of his the Global South bishops' meeting in 2008. The Oriental Church. Orthodox family was represented at the last Global The Anglican Church actively participated in the South conference in Singapore in April. After this con­ World Missionary Conference in 1910 in Edinburgh ference, the Roman Catholic Church expressed its and in the formation of the World Council of Churches in interest in deepening ties with the Global South Angli­ 1948,and in the Lausanne Conference 1974 and onwards. can movement. As a result of this ecumenical effort, the Anglican Com­ In all these efforts, we can see that the Global South munion is in fellowship with the Lutheran Church, the Anglican movement is actually building bridges between Old Catholic Church, Mar Thoma Church in India, the the traditional and the Protestant churches. We believe Church of North India, the Church of South India, and that these relations will bear much fruit in the years to the Philippine Independent Church. The Anglican come - and already have. One of the unique examples Church is also in dialogue with the Roman Catholic of these fruits is the joint work between the Anglican Church, the Oriental Orthodox Churches, the Orthodox Church, the Coptic Orthodox Church and the Bible Churches, the Methodist Church, and many others. Society in Egypt to translate the Bible into Egyptian In recent years, many demographical and theological sign language. changes have occurred within the Anglican Communion. Ecumenical ties with the traditional churches are The Anglican churches within the Global South have deeply important, as there is a lot to learn from them. grown tremendously, the vast majority of which are This unity also opens many doors for the expansion of conservative, orthodox Anglicans. Quite a few Angli­ God's kingdom. ■ can churches in the West have embraced liberal theol­ ogy and some churches have adopted a revisionist The Most Rev. Dr. Mouneer H. Anis is Bislwp of the agenda. This is at the root of the crisis within the Anglican Diocese of Egypt with North Africa and the Anglican Communion today. Horn of Africa, and President Bislwp of the Province of The Global South Anglican movement, started in 1994 Jerusalem and the Middle East. He gave this address at in Limeru, Kenya, is determined to keep the apostolic the Third Lausanne Congress on WorldEvangelization, faith and to care for the catholicity of the Church. which met in October at Cape Town, South Africa.

30 THE LIVING CHURCH • January 2, 2011 LETTERS

reshape the Church of England in DoubletsThen and Now drastic ways. He called them, rather provoca­ I was amused by the prohibition still suffering all over the world. tively and perhaps somewhat mis­ until 1969 of Anglican clergy "going Michael A. Foughty leadingly, Anglicanism's three great abroad in a doublet" ["What Gentle Alexandria, Virginia "counter-Reformation" movements. Anglicanism?" TLC, Dec. 12, 2010]. These three drastic reform move­ (Did that mean outside their country The Rev. Mark Clavier's delightful ments were the Puritan movement or outside their building?) I Googled and insightful article was written of the 16th-17th century, the Evan­ doublet and found: "A doublet is a with wit and grace. gelical movement of the 18th-19th man's snug-fittingbuttoned jacket that Back when I was a seminary stu­ century, and the Catholic movement was worn in Western Europe from the dent at Yale in the early 1980s, we of the 19th-20th century. Middle Ages through to the mid-17th were blessed to have the moderate Only the latter, of course, could century." Anglo-Catholic Canadian theologian really be described as a "counter­ So was the "doublet issue" a prob­ Eugene Fairweather do a short Reformation" in a meaningful way, lem for Anglican clergy from, say, the series of lectures on Anglican his­ but I still find Fairweather's sketch of 18th through the mid-20th century? tory. Dr. Fairweather proposed a our history valuable. And it prompts This is about as amusing as the stuff novel way of looking at the course me to make the following brief ( and we fight about today, except that we of developments over the last few rather dogmatic) observations. - on all sides - take ourselves so centuries in terms of three great All three radical reform movements seriously, devoting our time, talent reform movements that attempted were highly dogmatic, as you would and treasure to these issues while ( and failed) to unsettle the Eliza­ naturally expect ( otherwise drastic many of our brothers and sisters are bethan Settlement in order to (Continued on next page)

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First Sunday after Epiphany ANNUALMASS A Complete Humanity RCL: Isa.42:1-9; Psalm 29; Acts 10:34-43;Matt . 3:13-17

El£M£MB£FU Founded 1894 "I looked, and there was a great our minds' eye variations on a single multitude that no one could count, theme. The Son of God is wrapped in SOLEMN MASS OF from every nation, from all tribes and swaddling clothes and placed in a SAINT CHARLES, K.M. people and languages, standing before manger. WISemen from the East, Gen­ 11 a.m., Saturday 29 January 2011 the throne and before the Lamb, robed tile foreigners, come to pay homage Saint Paul's Parish, Washington DC in white, with palm branches in their to the Christ child. Jesus begins his The Rev' d Dr. Andrew L. Sloane, Rector hands." Who are they? "These are they public ministry submitting himself to The Rev'd Dr. Richard C. Martin, SSC, OL who have come out of the great the baptism of John. Each in different Sometime Rector of Saint Paul's, Preacher ordeal; they have washed their robes ways tells us that Christ has come "to Charles Wood, Mass in F Robert McCormick, Director of Music and made them white in the blood of the peoples of the earth" (BCP, p. 214). the Lamb" (Rev. 17). A question: Do you believe that Jesus Followed by catered LUNCHEON Reservations required, $25 per person: These are the ones who have paid is "complete in manhood (humanity) Check pay to "S. Paul's" - Memo line : "SKCM" the highest price for a vision they ... one substance with us ... like us in Send by 21 January: S. Paul' s Office would not relinquish, a new identity in all respects, apart from sin" (Council of 2430 K St., NW Washington DC 20037 which tribes, languages, peoples, and Chalcedon, 451 A.D. 451, Act V)? Driving directions: nations are gathered into one com­ It is a far-reaching question. Do you www.saintpaulskstreet.com munion and fellowship. This is what it believe that Jesus Christ is a human General and Membership Information: means to be "One in Christ Jesus." The being in whom everything truly human www.skcm-usa.org essential outrage of their confession dwells? AJew, butmorethanaJew.A was that, "in Christ," established and man of his time, but beyond time. presumed divisions had ceased. This Walking not just those streets, but was not a matter merely of oral con­ walking every street in every city. ANGLICAN TOURS fession but of personal experience. St. Again, to use old language, he was the - Celebrating more than 30 years­ Paul described the beautiful and at "recapitulation" of humanity; he of planning custom tours for church times bitter trial of the nascent Church assumed all that we are, every family, leaders and their congregations. when he said, "There is no longer Jew language, people, and nation . or Greek, there is no longer slave or Make your list: Jew, Christian, Mus­ I TOUR2011 I free, there is no longer male or female, lim, atheist, conservative, liberal, immi­ for all of you are one in Christ Jesus" grant, illegal, imprisoned, sick, strong, SOUTHERN ENGLAND (Gal. 3:28). dressed in color, dressed in black, fat, Worship and Travel The "great ordeal" was the oppres­ starving, learned, simple. That is the with Sewanee sion against this vision, and against humanity Jesus assumed. He claimed it School of Theology, this communion. Violent through the as One Humanity. Should anyone be University of the South attack, the Church had not yet taken surprised that they hung his gaunt body the tragic step of responding in kind. on a pole for daring to say it, for daring June 2 - 13, 2011 The saints bear in their hands palm to be it? And for the sheer beauty of his Cathedrals , abbeys, holy places branches of peace, and wear upon life, his resurrection, and his forgive­ from Canterbury in the east their bodies the white baptismal gar­ ness, people continue to flock to him, to Hereford in the west and in between. Fellowship, Evensongs ment of forgiveness. in the solemn hope that we are some­ and pub visits complete our tour! At this time of the year we set before thing more than our bitterest divisions. $2,699.00 per person w/o air Look It Up Won't you join us in celebrating the FINAL YEAR of this special tour. Read Matt. 3: 13-17. Recall that what is said to Jesus is imputed to us all by For farther information, contact: grace. We are beloved sons and daughters of God. The Rev. Canon Anne B. Chisham, Director Think About It ANGLICAN TOURS Again and again Archbishop Desmond Tutu tells a transfixed crowd: "You are [email protected] 800 438 2403 sons and daughters of God!" Hope is born from this, hope for a New Humanity.

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36 THE LIVING CHURCH • January 2, 20 11 LASSIFIEDS Deaths The Rev. Paul Edward Neuer, a E BOOKS retired priest of the Diocese of New ANGLICAN BIBLIOPOLE: theo logical booksellers. The Rev. Dr. ArthurL. Savage,Jr., a Saratoga Springs, NY. (518) 587-7470. Jersey, died Dec. 5. He was 71. AnglicanBk @aol.com/www.AnglicanBooks.klink.net retired deacon of the Diocese of A native of Oak Tree, N.J., he served Southern Ohio, died Oct. 24 at the three years in the U.S. Army. He earned a THE FORGIVENESS BOOK by Bob Libby is back in print. Excelle nt education resource. iUniverse.com age of 82. bachelor's degree from Trenton State Col­ He was born in Meridian, MS, and lege in 1965, and a master 's in music and CHURCH FURNISHINGS played baseball and football at the Univer­ conducting in 1970. He taught music at FLAGS AND BANNERS: Custom designed Episcopal sity of Alabama on scholarship. 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Trinity is a family- sized parish located in Athens, 1978-98;and as deacon-in-charge 1977-82; and rector, St. Simeon's by-the­ one of South Dakota's fastest growing com munities and is Sea Church, North Wildwood, NJ, 1982- the 4th large st city in the state. Trinit y has an excellent of Grace Church, Pomeroy, 1981-82, and youth group and hosted the 2009 Diocesan Youth Event. Epiphany, Nelsonville, 1993-94. Survivors 2002. Fr. Neuer was a leader in Cursillo, The peopl e of Trinity are strongly committed to the include his wife, Bonnie; his daughter, Tres Dias, and Kairos, and the Drug and renewal and growth of their parish and are eager to work Alcohol Abuse Board in New Jersey. He with a prie st who is full of hope and energy and has a Leslie; and son, Kent. Kingdom vision. Watertown is home to the Terry Redlin started Suffer Not Daycare Center in Museum, Bramble Park Zoo and one of the top rated North Wildwood and was foster parent to school districts in the state. South Dakot a is known for its The Rev. RichardG. Tolen, a deacon five children. From 2003 until his death he amazing recreational opportunities - hunting , fishing , in the Diocese of the Rio Grande, boating , hikin g, and biking. If interested , please contact served as priest-in-charge of St. Alban's The Rev. Canon David Hussey, (605) 494-0242 or died Oct. 3 in American Fork, UT. He Church, Littleton, NC, where he had lived canondavid.diocese @midconetwork.com. was 79. since retiring. Fr. Neuer is survived by his Born in Ord, NE, he earned a bachelor's wife, Anita Scott "Hope" Neuer; daughters FULL-TIME RECTOR: St. John's Episcopal Church, Delhi, NY, is a grow ing, pastoral- sized parish yoked with from Hastings College and master's in edu­ Anita and Colleen; two granddaughters, sma ll family-sized par ish in weste rn Catskill Mountain s. cation administration from the University Angelina and Gem; and a sister, Estelle Historic church and large three-story Victorian rectory sit­ of Northern Colorado. He served in the Vaughan, of Jacksonville , Fla. uated in sma ll co llege town , exce llent schoo ls. Seeking priest with ski lls in pastora l care , Christian education, U.S. Army after college. Ordained in 1986, Scripture-based preaching who will foster growth. Send he served Holy Faith, Santa Fe, and St. The Rev. Canon James Dalton­ inquiries to: St. John's Episcopal Church, Attn: Scotty Mark's, Albuquerque. He was a teacher Thompson,60, rector of St. Mary's, Fal­ Gladstone, PO Box 121, Delhi , NY 13753 or e-mail scottyg @delhitel.net. Website: http://stjohnsdelhi.org. and administrator in Haigler, Gothenburg mouth ME, died of cancer Dec. 1 at a and Hastings, NE, and in Sitka, AK, before New Hampshire hospital. spending the remainder of his career in VOCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY Canon Dalton-Thompson was a teacher the Santa Fe public school system. He was and priest. Born in Detroit, he earned THE FRANCISCAN ORDER OF THE DIVIN E a high school football and basketball ref­ COMPASSION'S brothers and sisters seek to serve by degrees from the University of Michigan, eree, and an avid follower of the Nebraska praying for the sins of the world. Our brothers and sisters Middlebury College, and Episcopal Divin­ live and minister in the world in which they live . For Cornhuskers. He is survived by his daugh­ ity School. Before ordination in 1983, he infonnation concerning vocational life contact Fr. John ter, Anne; sons Tom, Christopher, David was chaim1an of the foreign languages Mark, OSF, Minister-General, Trinity Episcopal and and Patrick; a brother , Tom; and 13 Church , I 06 North Grove St., Marshall, TX 75670 or and classics department at the Cranbrook e-mail minister-general @fodc.net. grandchildren. School in Bloomfield Hills, MI. He was curate at St. Gabriel's, Hollis, NY, 1983-85, The Rev. LouisG. McAfoos, Jr., M.D., where he was also chaplain of The Wood­ died Dec. 6, in Downingtown, PA. He hull School. He was director of campus was 92. ministries and chaplain at Choate Rose­ Conductinga Dr. McAfoos was ordained to the dia­ mary Hall, Wallingford, CT, 1985-87. He conate and priesthood in 1979. Dr. was rector of St. Matthew's, Woodhaven, clergysearch? McAfoos had a bivocational ministry as a Queens, NY, 1987-95,and rector of Ascen­ healer of bodies and souls . He served as sion, Rockville Center, NY, for a decade To placea classified, an associate at Grace Church, Haddon­ prior to moving to the Falmouth . Canon print or online, contact field, NJ, 1979-2001, and then moved to participated in the Falmouth Ecumenical Amber Muma at Pennsylvania . He was passionate about Network and was a founding board mem­ [email protected] children's ministry, and was very involved ber of the St. Mary's Schola, a professional (414)276-5420 ext. 12 with the Evergreens retirement home in early music ensemb le. Survivors include Moorestown , NJ. In retirement he was a his sister, Holly Molinaro, of New Hamp­ supply priest at St. Paul's Church, Exton, shire. Although he had no children of his PA. Dr. McAfoos is survived by his wife, own, he had 19 godchildren. MORECLASSIFIEDS Dorothy; daughter, Diane Hydrean, Down­ ingtown, PA; and son, Louis G. "Gary" AVAILABLEONLJNE! Send clergy changes to: livingchurch.org McAfoos of Sicklerville, New Jersey. 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