Get to know the first five Black women to be elected diocesan bishops within the Episcopal Church. During this moment, with the #metoo movement, Black Lives Matter, and the increased feelings of division in our country, Black women clergy in the Episcopal Church have voiced a need to come together, believing that their experiences and concerns may be very different than those of other clergy. That need is answered here in This Band of Sisterhood. The five Black women bishops featured in this...
Liturgie Und Objektive Theologie (Paderborner Theologische Studien)
by Martin Rieger
Bayern Und Der Vatikan (Veroeffentlichungen Der Kommission Fur Zeitgeschichte, Reihe B: Forschungen)
by Joerg Zedler
Nuntius Antonio Albergati (Nuntiaturberichte Aus Deutschland)
by Peter Schmidt
Why Celibacy: Reclaiming the Fatherhood of the Priest
by Fr Carter Griffin
Priestly celibacy, some say, is an outdated relic from another age. Others see it as a lonely way of life. But as Fr. Carter Griffin argues in Why Celibacy?: Reclaiming the Fatherhood of the Priest, the ancient practice of celibacy, when lived well, helps a priest exercise his spiritual fatherhood joyfully and fruitfully. Along the way, Griffin explores: - the question of optional celibacy - some pitfalls of celibate paternity - the selection and formation of candidates for celibate priesthood...
New York Times–bestselling author Garry Wills provides a provocative analysis of the theological and historical basis for the priesthood In a riveting and provocative tour de force from the author of What Jesus Meant, Pulitzer Prize winner Garry Wills poses the challenging question: Why did the priesthood develop in a religion that began without it and, indeed, was opposed to it? Why Priests? argues brilliantly and persuasively for a radical re-envisioning of the role of the church as the Body...
Aimed principally at all those involved in parish leadership, The Parish Survival Guide is based on the premise that by carrying out careful foundational work, many of the problems threatening the life of the Church, and of individual clergy, can be prevented. It falls into three sections: 1. Preventing things going wrong, including risk management; 2. Management when things are going wrong; 3. Damage limitation when things have gone wrong.