DOCSLIB.ORG

The Annual General Meeting of the Society at Lambeth in 2011, and to Entertain Her Afterwards at a Very Jolly Dinner

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
The Annual General Meeting of the Society at Lambeth in 2011, and to Entertain Her Afterwards at a Very Jolly Dinner CHURCH OF ENGLAND RECORD SOCIETY The Society was founded in 1991 with the object of promoting interest in and knowledge of the Church of England from the 16th century by publishing primary sources of information Charity Registration Number 1013701 ANNUAL REPORT 2012 2013 From the President Melanie Barber 16 February 1943 – 29 June 2012 In 2012, the Society suffered the loss of its founding inspiration, Melanie Barber MBE, so long its Executive Secretary. Her career in archives began after her training at the University of Liverpool in 1965-6, after an undergraduate history degree at Bedford College, London, and it was immediately after that solid foundation in archive administration at Liverpool that she came to Lambeth Palace, where over some 36 years, she was to become a very present help in trouble to researchers in the rich archive collections at the centre of the Church of England. Two decades in to her time at Lambeth, Archbishop Robert Runcie honoured her very special role at Lambeth with the award of a Lambeth degree; and that was before her mighty work in the foundation of our own Society in 1991. After that, Melanie remained a source of wisdom and energy in our affairs over two decades, and after our sadness at her health problems, it was a delight to welcome her back to the Annual General Meeting of the Society at Lambeth in 2011, and to entertain her afterwards at a very jolly dinner. Her death was a matter of great grief to very many beyond her immediate family, as was inspiringly evident at the crowded memorial service in Lambeth Palace Chapel last autumn. Our Editor Stephen Taylor had much to say of her achievements in his affectionate address on that occasion, printed in the Annual Review of Lambeth Palace Library for 2012. Our work continues in consciousness of how much we owe her, and also in consciousness of that friendly if critical eye on our activities, should we not live up to her high standards. This year, Justin Welby has succeeded to the Chair of St Augustine. The Church of England Records Society, which has enjoyed such good relationships with his predecessors and is grateful for the constant hospitality which it has experienced at Lambeth, welcomes him to his office, gives him every good wish in his ministry to come, and extends a warm invitation to him to participate in our ongoing activities, especially at our annual celebrations at the AGM. Diarmaid MacCulloch 1 REPORT FOR 2012 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING The Annual General Meeting of the Church of England Record Society was held in the Main Chapel, Lambeth Palace, on Monday 2 July 2012 at 4.00 p.m. The Chairman, Prof. Diarmaid MacCulloch, warmly welcomed members and guests. Apologies had been received from a number of members, including those of the Society’s Patron, the Revd Prof. Owen Chadwick, Dr. David Wykes, Dr. Francoise Deconinck-Brossard, Dr. Colin Haydon and Dr. Dominic Erdozain, and were duly recorded. Minutes of the Annual General Meeting held on 4 July 2011 were approved and signed as a correct record. In terms of matters arising, the election of Prof. Diarmaid MacCulloch as Chairman for a further five years was noted and the Executive Secretary, Gabriel Sewell, reported that problems with the Society’s website were now being resolved. The Chairman presented the Annual Report for 2011, drawing attention to the Society’s activities recorded there, and welcomed Gabriel Sewell as the Society’s new Executive Secretary. The report of the Honorary Treasurer, Prof. Alec Ryrie, was delivered. Prof. Ryrie drew attention to the small surplus, explaining that the Society had not yet paid the full costs of the year’s volumes; in reality, there was a small deficit. Prof. Ryrie also drew attention to the marked success of the Charibond in generating interest. He concluded by asking members to switch their payments from standing orders to direct debits. A motion that the accounts be formally adopted was proposed and seconded from the floor and was duly passed. The Chairman paid tribute to Prof. Ryrie for his work on the Society’s behalf. The Honorary Secretary, Dr Michael Snape, reported that Volume 16 (‘The Back Parts of War’) had inspired the erection of a new memorial to the work of the YMCA at the National Arboretum. Prof. Stephen Taylor, the Honorary General Editor, reported on the Society’s publication plans. He apologised for the Society being behind in its schedule of publications. However, the second volume of the letters of Theophilus Lindsey would be published towards the end of the year and the backlog in publications would be cleared in 2013. Although no new proposals had been received in the preceding twelve months, three manuscripts were due to be delivered in 2013, including ‘The Sermons of Archbishop Sharp’, edited by Francoise Deconinck-Brossard, and the publication schedule should be back on track by 2014. The Chairman duly thanked Prof. Taylor for his work on the Society’s behalf. The Honorary Secretary and Honorary General Editor agreed to stand for re-election and were duly re-elected. Prof. Ryrie stood down as Honorary Treasurer and Dr. Sarah Mortimer was elected to this position after being proposed and seconded. There were no alternative nominations from the floor. 2 The Chairman reported that there were two vacancies on the Council created by the retirement by rotation of Dr. Natalie Mears and the Rev. Dr. William Whyte. Council proposed the nomination of Dr. Peter Webster and Dr. David Crankshaw to serve for a period of four years. There being no other nominations, they were duly elected. After being proposed and seconded, Prof. Alec Ryrie was elected to the Council to serve for a year in lieu of Dr. Mortimer, the new Honorary Treasurer. The new Council therefore comprised: Dr. Sarah Apetrei, Dr. Dominic Erdozain, Dr. Andrew Foster, the Revd Dr. William Jacob, Dr. John Maiden, Dr. Peter Webster, Prof. Alec Ryrie, Dr. David Crankshaw and Dr. David Wykes. Mr. Simon Purvis of Dr. Williams’s Library had agreed to stand for re-election as the Society’s financial examiner. He had served in this capacity for the previous seven years and the Society was grateful to him for his expertise and advice. Mr. Purvis was duly re-elected. The Chairman concluded the meeting with warm thanks to the Librarian of Lambeth Palace Library, Mr Giles Mandelbrote, for the use of the Main Chapel which provided a very appropriate setting for the meeting. 2012 ANNUAL LECTURE The 2012 Annual Lecture, which preceded the Annual General Meeting, was given by Prof. Alec Ryrie and was entitled ‘Surviving Dull Sermons in Reformation England’. 2013 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING AND LECTURE The 2013 Annual General Meeting and Annual Lecture by Revd Dr. Andrew Atherstone, will take place in the Main Chapel, Lambeth Palace, on Tuesday 2 July and will be entitled ‘Anglicanism in India: Politics, Theology and Scandal in the Ministry of Archbishop Daniel Wilson of Calcutta 1832-58’ Further details are given on the back cover of this report. Members are welcome to bring guests, but in view of the venue, it is essential that they notify Dr. Michael Snape, the Honorary Secretary, of their intention to attend. 3 MEMBERSHIP Although the Society manages to recruit new members each year, the overall total membership remains fairly static at around 400. The Society's membership is inevitably depleted by deaths, resignations and lapses. Members are encouraged to draw the attention of their colleagues and postgraduate students to the excellent value of membership. Members are also reminded that back-issues may be purchased at substantially less than the retail price. Institutions comprise less than a quarter of the present membership. In view of the continuing financial constraints on the budgets of university libraries, members are asked to consider subscribing on behalf of institutions or younger scholars. NOTIFICATION OF PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO CONSTITUTION At recent Council meetings there has been an extensive discussion about how to make best use of the knowledge and experience of the ordinary members of Council. As a result of this, Council has agreed in principle that ordinary members should serve for a term of five, rather than four years. Council, however, did not feel that the added costs of an enlarged Council membership could be justified. This will mean that, for the future, the number of Council members elected each year will vary. Normally, there will be one or two vacancies, as members retire at the end of a five year term, but it is possible that occasionally there may be no vacancies in a particular year. Council therefore proposes to the members of the Society that Article 6 of the Constitution be amended as follows: The management of the affairs of the Society and of its funds shall be vested in a Council consisting of the Officers of the Society, namely the President, the Honorary Secretary, Honorary Treasurer, Honorary General Editor, and eight ordinary members to be elected at an annual general meeting of the Society. The ordinary members shall serve for not more than five years successively, elections taking place as vacancies occur. The Officers of the Society shall be elected annually, those retiring being eligible for re-election in that year. Nominations for Officers and members of the Council may be made by the Council and by any two members of the Society, and shall be communicated in writing to the Honorary Secretary not less than three weeks before the Annual General Meeting. Retiring Council members shall not be eligible for re-election in that year. The Honorary Secretary shall be elected from among the Council Members.
Load more

Recommended publications
  • Officers, Fellows & Members; Congregation
    Transactions of the Burgon Society Volume 2 Article 6 1-1-2002 Officers,ellows F & Members; Congregation 2002 - Chairman's address; Fellowship of the Burgon Society 2002 Michael Powell Follow this and additional works at: https://newprairiepress.org/burgonsociety Recommended Citation Powell, Michael (2002) "Officers,ellows F & Members; Congregation 2002 - Chairman's address; Fellowship of the Burgon Society 2002," Transactions of the Burgon Society: Vol. 2. https://doi.org/ 10.4148/2475-7799.1006 This Front Matter is brought to you for free and open access by New Prairie Press. It has been accepted for inclusion in Transactions of the Burgon Society by an authorized administrator of New Prairie Press. For more information, please contact [email protected]. THE BURGON SOCIETY ANNUAL 2002 Published by New Prairie Press, 2016 THE BURGON SOCIETY Founded to promote the study of Academical Dress ANNUAL 2002 Contents Front Cover: Officers of the Society in their Robes of Office: (l to r) Dean of Studies Nicholas Groves, President Dr John Birch, Chairman Revd Philip Goff, Registrar Dr Stephen James. Page Officers, Fellows and Members of the Society 2 Congregation 2002 - Chairman’s address 6 Fellowship of the Burgon Society 2002 8 Burgon - A Hooded Progress. John Birch, President of the Burgon Society 11 Who may wear the ‘Literate’s Hood’? Nicholas Groves, Dean of Studies 15 French University Dress: Regulations and Custom. Bruno Neveu, Président de l’Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes 17 The Evolution of the Oxford Simple Shape. Bruce Christianson 30 Burgon Society Visit To Ede & Ravenscroft at Waterbeach. Burgon Society Annual Lecture & Dinner, Friday, September 20th 2002.
    [Show full text]
  • God Be in My Head Soprano Solo and SATB a Cappella
    General paraclete press PPM01821 $1.20 Selected Works Published by Paraclete Press E/M Barton, David Be Thou My Vision— PPM01703 SATB and piano We Pray for Peace—PPM01704 Two vocal parts and piano with opt. instrumental parts Diorio, Michael J. Christmas 1945—PPM01705 SATB a cappella Hill, Jackson St. Chad Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis--PPM01707 God Be in SATB and organ Nixon, June arr. Stille Nacht—PPM01709 SATB with some divisi a cappella My Head Phillips, Craig The Lord is Risen Indeed!—PPM01710 SATB and organ with brass quintet and timpani Russell, Carlton A Trilogy of Prayer—PPM01712 SATB with some divisi a cappella Tipton, Noel arr. This Place, Our Anchorage—PPM01713 COPY SATB, piano or organ White, David Ashley Christ has Opened Paradise—PPM01715 SATB and organ (opt. brass quartet) June Nixon FROM OUR HYMNS OF PRAISE SERIES: Nixon, June arr. O Praise Ye the Lord—PPM01656 SATB with organ, trumpet and congregation NOT A BEST SELLER! Barton, David Carol of the Light—PPM01654 Soprano Solo and SATB a cappella Unison voices and keyboard FOR LENT: DO Casurella, Stephan arr. There is a Balm—PPM01617 Two-part treble choir and organ FOR ORGAN: Powell, Robert J. Twenty-five Organ Accompaniments for Unison Hymn Singing—PPM01711 paraclete press P.O. Box 1568, Orleans, MA 02653 1-800-451-5006 www.paracletesheetmusic.com June Nixon One of Australia’s best known organists, choir trainers, and composers, June Nixon initially obtained her Diploma of Music (Piano) and Bachelor of Music (Organ) from Melbourne University, Australia. Post-graduate scholarships enabled further study in London where she became the first woman to receive the John Brooke prize for the Choir Training Diploma of the Royal College of Organists.
    [Show full text]
  • DISPENSATION and ECONOMY in the Law Governing the Church Of
    DISPENSATION AND ECONOMY in the law governing the Church of England William Adam Dissertation submitted in part fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy of the University of Wales Cardiff Law School 2009 UMI Number: U585252 All rights reserved INFORMATION TO ALL USERS The quality of this reproduction is dependent upon the quality of the copy submitted. In the unlikely event that the author did not send a complete manuscript and there are missing pages, these will be noted. Also, if material had to be removed, a note will indicate the deletion. Dissertation Publishing UMI U585252 Published by ProQuest LLC 2013. Copyright in the Dissertation held by the Author. Microform Edition © ProQuest LLC. All rights reserved. This work is protected against unauthorized copying under Title 17, United States Code. ProQuest LLC 789 East Eisenhower Parkway P.O. Box 1346 Ann Arbor, Ml 48106-1346 CONTENTS SUMMARY............................................................................................................................................................IV ACKNOWLEDGMENTS..................................................................................................................................VI ABBREVIATIONS............................................................................................................................................VII TABLE OF STATUTES AND MEASURES............................................................................................ VIII U K A c t s o f P a r l i a m e n
    [Show full text]
  • 1 Pastor Bryan Ross GRACELIFEBIBLECHURCH.COM
    1 Sunday, October 14, 2012—Grace Life School of Theology—Grace History Project—Lesson 75 The Life and Times of E.W. Bullinger Introduction Despite having already spoken at length about E.W.B.’s theology, virtually nothing regarding his personal life has been discussed. Therefore, prudence dictates that we share some things regarding the remarkable and interesting life of Dr. Bullinger. The Life and Times of E.W. Bullinger Early Life and Childhood “Ethelbert William Bullinger (1837-1913) was born on December 15 in Canterbury, England. He was a distant descendant of Johann Heinrich Bullinger, a covenant theologian who succeeded Zwingli in Zurich in December of 1531.” (Richards, 66) William Bullinger, E.W’s father owned a successful grocery business and lived above the shop with his wife, Mary and their five children: James (1828), Hester Ann (1831), Eliza (1834), Zillah Jane (1836), and Ethelbert the youngest (1837). (Carey, 29) “The Bullingers were members of the Methodist Church; in fact, in later life William Bullinger would refer to himself as a “Wesleyan Preacher” as well as a grocer. Each of the Bullinger children was baptized in St. Peter’s Chapel. Ethelbert’s baptism, performed by Rev. Samuel Webb, took place on March 11, 1838. The fact that the Bullinger family was Methodist tells much about the tenor of Ethelbert’s childhood. The following account gives a glimpse into Methodism in early Victorian days, the time of Ethelbert’s childhood: o The call of the Methodists of the period was for disciplined, simple, pious lives removed from worldly pleasures and centered on home, chapel and business.
    [Show full text]
  • Burgon Notes Template
    Registered Charity No 1137522 BURGON NOTES - ISSUE No. 28 - Summer, 2014 The University of HULL 1 From the Chairman Peter Galloway, a member of the Society, we The last few months have been busy have the use of The Queen’s Chapel of the and productive for the Society. In particular, Savoy, where he is Chaplain. Another histor- we have been fortunate to have received very ical building with ties to the Monarch, I be- generous donations of many hoods and robes lieve members will find the space well-suited of the predecessor institutions of the to our needs. University of Manchester. The details of I look forward to seeing many of you these donations are in the Archivist’s column, there and hope for good weather so that we but it would be remiss of me, wearing my can use the garden. Chairman’s cap, if I did not thank publicly Mr Colin Fleming Robin Richardson, the Chairman of J. Wippell & Co., Exeter, for facilitating the From the Archivist donation of these items. Early in March 2014 I received an In this issue you will read reports of the email from Robin Richardson, Chairman of Society’s visit to the University of Hull in J Wippell & Co. in March and of the Spring Conference held in Exeter. He explained London in May. Both events were well at- that, as a result of the tended and proved stimulating. amalgamation of The second volume of Shaw III, which Victoria University of addresses the academical dress of non-degree Manchester and awarding institutions, was launched at the UMIST to form the Spring Conference and sales have been brisk.
    [Show full text]
  • Burgon Society
    Transactions of the Burgon Society Volume 5 Article 1 1-1-2005 From the Editor; Burgon Society: Officers,ellows F and Other Members; Burgon Society Events in 2005 Alex Kerr University of Oxford Follow this and additional works at: https://newprairiepress.org/burgonsociety Recommended Citation Kerr, Alex (2005) "From the Editor; Burgon Society: Officers, Fellows and Other Members; Burgon Society Events in 2005," Transactions of the Burgon Society: Vol. 5. https://doi.org/10.4148/2475-7799.1034 This Front Matter is brought to you for free and open access by New Prairie Press. It has been accepted for inclusion in Transactions of the Burgon Society by an authorized administrator of New Prairie Press. For more information, please contact [email protected]. TRANSACTIONS OF THE BURGON SOCIETY THE BURGON SOCIETY Founded to promote the study of Academical Dress VOLUME 5 2005 Published by New Prairie Press, 2016 THE BURGON SOCIETY Founded to promote the study of Academical Dress Transactions of the Burgon Society Volume 5 (2005) Edited by Alex Kerr Editorial Board: Bruce Christianson; William Gibson; Nicholas Groves Published by The Burgon Society © 2006 The Contributors ISBN 0-9544110-7-2 Information about the Burgon Society can be found on its website at www.burgon.org.uk https://newprairiepress.org/burgonsociety/vol5/iss1/1 DOI: 10.4148/2475-7799.1034 TRANSACTIONS OF THE BURGON SOCIETY Volume 5 (2005) Contents From the Editor 2 Burgon Society: Officers, Fellows and Other Members 3 Burgon Society Events in 2005 8 WILLIAM GIBSON Academic Dress in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography 9 THORSTEN E.
    [Show full text]
  • National Archdeacons' Forum
    THE ARCHDEACONS’ FORUM for the Church of England and the Church in Wales So you’re going to be an Archdeacon… A booklet for new archdeacons in the Church of England July 2020 1 What is The Archdeacons’ Forum? The Archdeacons’ Forum exists to serve all archdeacons in the Church of England and Church in Wales, including the military archdeacons and the Deans of the Channel Islands. It was originally formed in 1991 to co- ordinate the work of archdeacons and provide support, training and development for them. The current chair is the Ven Stephen Taylor, Archdeacon of Maidstone.. The Forum Executive consists of archdeacons elected from each of the English archidiaconal regions and from the archdeacons of the Church in Wales, together a representative of the archdeacons to HM Forces. We have pages on the national Church of England website. To access these, please go to: https://www.churchofengland.org/more/diocesan- resources/archdeacons-forum All archdeacons are also part of regional meetings, and you will be contacted and invited to join these. They are very useful gatherings for support and sharing. In 2010, a report on the continuing ministerial development of archdeacons was commissioned by the Forum and this was published in 2011. A copy of this report Sustaining Leaders in Mission and Change will be sent to you with this booklet. It is also available on our pages on the national Church of England website (see above). The Forum organises two regular events for Archdeacons: • A New Archdeacons’ Conference, designed for those who are about to or who have recently taken up appointment.
    [Show full text]
  • Download Download
    87 TALES OF THE UNEXPECTED: GLIMPSES OF FRIENDS IN THE ARCHIVES OF LAMBETH PALACE LIBRARY y the very nature of the collections in Lambeth Palace Library l which reflect the views of establishment figures, B Archbishops, Bishops, and to a lesser extent local clergy, it is inevitable that Friends are not always portrayed in a particularly sympathetic light, especially in the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries.2 The collections as a whole illustrate the full breadth of change in society's and the Church of England's attitudes to Friends over the years. These range from virulent attack and total incomprehension of Quaker testimonies in the late seventeenth century to mutual accommodation in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries when the Society of Friends was in general conceived less as a threat to the establishment; then finally in a more ecumenical age to an acceptance that Friends had a recognisable contribution to make as both individuals and a Society - at a time when a Quaker, Douglas Steere, was among the official observers present at a Lambeth Conference, in 1968,3 and when an Archbishop of Canterbury, Robert Runcie, used his privilege under Peter's Pence Act of 1534 to grant a Lambeth doctorate of civil law to Sydney Bailey in 1985 in recognition of his services to international justice and peace, the first Quaker to receive a Lambeth degree.4 It is not my purpose to provide a lengthy catalogue of records or a guide to references to Friends in the manuscripts and archives at Lambeth, but rather to home in on a couple of different and contrasting collections dating variously from the eighteenth and the twentieth centuries which show Friends in less expected lights.
    [Show full text]
  • Lambeth Degree Academic Dress
    Transactions of the Burgon Society Volume 5 Article 7 1-1-2005 Lambeth Degree Academic Dress Noel Cox Follow this and additional works at: https://newprairiepress.org/burgonsociety Recommended Citation Cox, Noel (2005) "Lambeth Degree Academic Dress," Transactions of the Burgon Society: Vol. 5. https://doi.org/10.4148/2475-7799.1040 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by New Prairie Press. It has been accepted for inclusion in Transactions of the Burgon Society by an authorized administrator of New Prairie Press. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Transactions of the Burgon Society, 5 (2005), pages 64–75 Lambeth Degree Academical Dress by Noel Cox In the United Kingdom the right of universities and other institutions to confer degrees is strictly controlled by legislation.1 Lambeth degrees, also occasionally and perhaps misleadingly called Canterbury degrees (as in ‘DMus Cantuar’)2 are still awarded by the archbishop of Canterbury under the general authority of the Ecclesiastical Licences Act 1533–1534,3 although he is not a university nor an educational institution per se. The continued specific authority for the archbishop to grant degrees can however be found in the Education Reform Act 1988,4 and the Education (Recognised Bodies) (England) Order 2003.5 But unlike other degree- granting bodies, the archbishop of Canterbury does not prescribe a distinct set of academical dress for the recipient of his degrees. Instead the academic dress is either that Oxford or Cambridge. This is due, at least in part, to the history and nature of the degrees which he confers.
    [Show full text]
  • Fellowship of the Burgon Society: Admissions 2003 & 2002 Chairman's Address
    Transactions of the Burgon Society Volume 3 Article 12 1-1-2003 Officers,ellows F and Members of the Society; Congregation 2003 - Fellowship of the Burgon Society: Admissions 2003 & 2002 Chairman's address Alex Kerr University of Oxford Follow this and additional works at: https://newprairiepress.org/burgonsociety Recommended Citation Kerr, Alex (2003) "Officers,ellows F and Members of the Society; Congregation 2003 - Fellowship of the Burgon Society: Admissions 2003 & 2002 Chairman's address," Transactions of the Burgon Society: Vol. 3. https://doi.org/10.4148/2475-7799.1012 This Front Matter is brought to you for free and open access by New Prairie Press. It has been accepted for inclusion in Transactions of the Burgon Society by an authorized administrator of New Prairie Press. For more information, please contact [email protected]. THE BURGON SOCIETY ANNUAL 2003 1 Published by New Prairie Press, 2016 THE BURGON SOCIETY Founded to promote the study of Academical Dress 1 The Burgon Society Annual 2003 Edited by Alex Kerr Published by The Burgon Society Copyright © 2004 The Contributors ISBN 0-9544110-3-X Information about The Burgon Society can be found on its website at www.burgon.org.uk Front cover: Academic dress two hundred years ago. Four plates engraved by John Whessell from drawings by Richard Harraden in 1803 and included (with eleven others) in Harraden’s Costume of the Various Orders in the University of Cambridge, published in 1805. They show a fellow commoner of Trinity College and a fellow commoner of any other college (except Emmanuel), a BA and a proctor wearing an MA hood squared.
    [Show full text]
  • Dec14nn:Layout 1.Qxd
    Niftynotes news & information from the Diocese www.southwell.anglican.org DECEMBER 2014 Compiled by Nicola Mellors email: [email protected] How much do we care about A window into the Christmas story the elderly and lonely? Householders will decorate their he Bishop’s Lent Appeal next year will focus on tackling social windows in the style of an care and isolation – two of the most pressing issues we face in Advent calendar as part of an Tthe UK. exciting community event being launched in Toton. More than £19bn is spent on caring for the elderly every year yet we all hear the stories about failing care homes and poorly paid care A trail of Advent windows will workers, who have less and less time to spend with the people they be created as an extra window is look after. revealed each day, starting on 1st December. According to Age UK more than half of over-75s live alone, with They will be illuminated from many saying they feel permanently 6pm to 8pm each evening, with lonely; sadly almost five million seasonal refreshments being older people say the television is served outside homes on certain their main form of company. days. The Lent Appeal will support charities working to help people The Advent windows are being trapped in these desperate designed and made by members situations – the names of the Continued on page 2 charities will be announced in the New Year. In this month’s issue: Alongside this, parishes are being encouraged during Lent to explore 2 News in brief ways of supporting the elderly and lonely, in conjunction
    [Show full text]
  • Radio Religion,” One That Is Impossible to Separate from Both the Medium and Context That Created It
    ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! RADIO!RELIGION! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ii! ! ! ! ! ! ! RADIO!RELIGION:!WAR,!FAITH!AND!THE!BBC,!193971948! ! ! By!HANNAH!ELIAS,!B.A.HONS,!M.A.! ! ! A!Thesis!SuBmitted!to!the!School!of!Graduate!Studies!in!Partial!Fulfilment!of!the! Requirements!for!the!Degree!Doctor!of!PhilosoPhy!! ! ! ! McMaster!University!©!CoPyright!By!Hannah!Elias,!August!2016! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! iii! ! ! ! McMaster!University!DOCTOR!OF!PHILOSOPHY!(2016)!Hamilton,!Ontario!(History)! ! TITLE:!Radio!Religion:!War,!Faith!and!the!BBC,!193971948!AUTHOR:!Hannah!Elias,! B.A.HONS,!M.A.!(McMaster!University)!SUPERVISOR:!Professor!Stephen!Heathorn! NUMBER!OF!PAGES:!xi,!297.! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! iv! Lay$Abstract$ This!is!a!study!of!the!place!of!religion!in!British!public!life!during!the!Second!World!War.! The!British!Broadcasting!Corporation!(BBC)!was!tasked!with!creating!popular,!upbeat! entertainment!that!could!boost!the!morale!of!the!nation!while!reminding!listeners!of!the! reasons!to!stay!committed!to!the!fight.!They!created!a!“BBC!Religion”!during!the!war,!one! that!emphasised!unity!by!stressing!commonalities!between!all!kinds!of!Christians,!and! offered!psychological!and!spiritual!comfort!to!listeners!in!a!time!of!crisis.!The!Religious! Broadcasting!Department!created!engaging!content!that!prized!accessibility!and!simplicity! above!all,!commissioning!beloved!programmes,!including!C.S.!Lewis’s!Mere$Christianity,! Dorothy!L.!Sayers’!The$Man$Born$to$be$King,$and!Lift$Up$Your$Hearts,!a!precursor!to!Radio!4’s! Thought$for$the$Day.!When!the!urgency!of!the!conflict!passed!and!victory!became!assured,!
    [Show full text]