Zionism, Mission, and the Episcopal Church


Review by Daniel Joslyn-Siemiatkoski

Among Episcopalians, antipathy toward Zionism often veered into racial antisemitism and theological anti-Judaism. What would it take for Anglican advocacy for the rights and dignity of Palestinians to finally fully divest it of anti-Jewish bias? Read the review.

The Seriousness of Trivial Things


Review by Eugene R. Schlesinger

The best-known issues leading to the great East-West schism include the Filioque and the primacy of the Pope. But less-weighty issues also were potent, including leavened bread and whether clergy should have beards. What contemporary issues that are so obviously vital to us here and now will seem like so much triviality with the passage of time? Read the review.

Reflections Worth Taking Your Time


Review by Marcia Hotchkiss

The author has a knack for clearly stating the human needs highlighted by each devotional entry. In an entry titled “Choose Life!” she thanks God for the Holy Spirit, who “leads and guides me into all truth.” We liturgical sorts can easily forget that the Spirit brings more transformation than our own efforts do. Read the review.

A New Cloud of Witnesses


Review by J. Peter Pham

More than 400 years after the original, a new Book of Martyrs has the same ambition: to glory in the sacrifice of the victims and record the infamy of their persecutors. It is as true in the 21st century as it was in the second that the blood of martyrs is the Church’s seed. Read the review.

From the Archives: An Adventurous Archdeacon


Review by Rob Price

Hudson Stuck was an adventurer with a prayer book in his hand and wanderlust in his heart -- an intrepid churchman and missionary whose greatest accomplishments were made off the mountain’s peak. Read the review.
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