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…
Academic Writings… 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…
Academic Writings… 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…
Academic Writings… “Fire Enfolding Itself”: Jonathan Edwards, the Merkabah, and Reparative Reasoning 5 Jun 2018 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…
Academic Writings… Beyond Imagination: “Mutual Responsibility and Interdependence in the Body of Christ” (1963) and the Reinvention of Canadian Anglicanism 5 Jun 2018 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…
Academic Writings… Embodiment and Sacrifice in J. M. Coetzee’s Elizabeth Costello 5 Jun 20187 Aug 2018 1. Introduction: Neither Fish nor Fowl A recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature and other prestigious awards, J. M. Coetzee has written novels, fictionalized biographies, and essays. Coetzee’s early…
Academic Writings… On Memory-making, Memorials and Monuments 22 Jan 2018 Please click here to read Fr. Bill's lecture on Memory-making, Memorials and Monuments.
Academic Writings… The Arguments Aren’t About Sex 21 Jan 2018 The Arguments Aren't About Sex By the Rev. Canon William Danaher Jr. About a decade ago, I organized a retreat for university students about spirituality in everyday life. I invited…
Academic Writings… The Spiritual Struggle at the Heart of Charlottesville 22 Aug 2017 I listened closely to President Trump when he called upon us as a nation to "love each other" and come together based upon our common love of God and…
