Rev. Canon Dr. William J. Danaher Jr.

About Rev. Danaher

The Reverend Canon Dr. William J. Danaher, Jr. was called to serve as the 8th Rector of Christ Church Cranbrook in September of 2014. He came to Christ Church Cranbrook after serving as the Dean of the Faculty of Theology at Huron University College, in London, Ontario. He also served…Continue reading “About Rev. Danaher”

July 29th, 2018

I want to take a risk today. I don't have an opening that's going to be a joke. I don't have a story for you. I don't have anything that's…

July 22nd, 2018

Every time I come to this part in the cycle of the year, I have this moment in which I go back in my mind and I have a bit…

June 24, 2018

Rev. Canon Dr. William Danaher Jr. June 24, 2018 One of the greatest gifts of my ministry, the thing that I feel most alive doing as a priest. The thing…

June 17, 2018

20 Jun 20187 Aug 2018

Earlier this week as I was thinking about what to say today, I kept on going back to this part in the reading today from 2 Corinthians from Paul’s letter…

Academic Writings…

Some Reflections on the Theology of Reconciliation

5 Jun 20187 Aug 2018

Last January, I attended an academic conference in Pittsburgh. During a break, we were given the option of visiting the Andy Warhol Museum or meeting representatives from South Africa's Truth…

Academic Writings…

Particularity, Reality, and Reparative Thinking: Another Reformation by Peter Ochs

5 Jun 20187 Aug 2018

There are very few books that transcend their subject matter. Those that do address broader and deeper issues than their ostensive topic. They also come to serve as models for…

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Pacifism, Just War and the Limits of Ethics

5 Jun 20187 Aug 2018

[1] There was a time when being a pacifist was something brave and bold-a stand of nonconformity over and against a church that had grown complacent in its assimilation of…

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Healing Broken Bodies: The Missional Ecclesiology Behind J. H. Oldham’s Middle Axioms

5 Jun 20187 Aug 2018

This essay explores J. H. Oldham’s development of the middle axiom approach, in particular the missional ecclesiology that framed it, found in the publications he developed for the Oxford Conference…

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“Fire Enfolding Itself”: Jonathan Edwards, the Merkabah, and Reparative Reasoning

Abstract This essay draws from the theory of “reparative reasoning” developed by Nicholas Adams and Peter Ochs to examine Jonathan Edwards’s interpretation of the Merkabah (Ezek. 1:4-28). Specifically, Edwards’s interpretation is an…

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Beyond Imagination: “Mutual Responsibility and Interdependence in the Body of Christ” (1963) and the Reinvention of Canadian Anglicanism

This essay explores “Mutual Responsibility and Interdependence in the Body of Christ” (MRI), an influential document issued in 1963 at the close of the Anglican Congress in Toronto. A foundational…