Tuesday, January 27, 2015

New issue of Ecclesiology: Harmon on Holmes, Chapman on Baptist-Catholic dialogue, Lim on new WCC F&O text

The new issue of the journal Ecclesiology published by Brill includes several articles and reviews of interest. Among them: my review of Stephen Holmes' book Baptist Theology in the T&T Clark Doing Theology series; David M. Chapman's article "Roman Catholics and Baptists in Dialogue: Convergence and Divergence Assessed"; and Timothy Lim's article "'What If We Could?': An Essay on Productive Ecumenism" that engages the recent text issued by the World Council of Churches Commission on Faith and Order, The Church: Towards a Common Vision. Previews and abstracts of these are available online (click on hyperlinks above). The table of contents follows:

Sunday, January 18, 2015

Week of Prayer for Christian Unity 2015

The 2015 Week of Prayer for Christian Unity (January 18-25) begins today. Resources for its observance are available online thanks to the Franciscan Friars of the Atonement/Graymoor Ecumenical & Interreligious Institute: http://www.geii.org/week_of_prayer_for_christian_unity/