Category Archives: Books

Sabbatical Report #8: Book Review

Posted on May 21, 2012 by

Note: This is part of a series of reposts from my sabbatical leave from mid-April to mid-July 2007. This piece was originally posted on May 15th 2007. Stuart Murray: Biblical Interpretation in the Anabaptist Tradition My book this past week has … Continue reading →

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Sabbatical Report #6: More on Post-Christendom

Posted on May 20, 2012 by

Note: This is part of a series of reposts from my sabbatical leave from mid-April to mid-July 2007. This piece was originally posted on May 1st 2007. Stuart Murray: Post-Christendom – my own reflections Having given two posts over to a summary … Continue reading →

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Sabbatical Report #4 (a repost from April 27th 2007)

Posted on April 30, 2012 by

Note: this is another repost from my Sabbatical blog, ‘An Anabaptist Anglican‘, from five years ago. This post was originally posted on April 27th 2007. Stuart Murray: Post-Christendom, Part 2. This is the second half of my summary of the argument … Continue reading →

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Sabbatical Report #3 (a repost from April 26th 2007)

Posted on April 30, 2012 by

Note: this is the fifth in a series of reposts from my Sabbatical blog, ‘An Anabaptist Anglican‘, from five years ago. This post was originally posted on April 26th 2007. Stuart Murray: Post-Christendom (part one of a summary of the book). Over … Continue reading →

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‘Understanded of the people…’

Posted on April 27, 2012 by

If I was in London in May, I’d definitely want to see this, as I am a fan of the Book of Common Prayer (although I prefer the 1962 Canadian revision to the 1662 version): Journalists, politicians, church leaders and … Continue reading →

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Highly recommended…

Posted on February 5, 2012 by

Just wanted to say that Wendell Berry is fast becoming one of my all-time favourite writers. Find out more about him here.

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John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, born January 3rd 1892

Posted on January 3, 2012 by

Today I pause to honour a great man, a man who many think one of the greatest writers of the 20th century, J.R.R. Tolkien. Had he lived, he would have been 120 today; not a great age for a hobbit, … Continue reading →

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700 years old

Posted on October 25, 2011 by

According to this website, this year (2011) is the 700th anniversary of the publication of the first part of Dante’s masterwork the Divine Comedy: his Inferno. Of all the books published in any given year, only a few will still be … Continue reading →

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On having passed the hairy shanks of Lucifer…

Posted on October 17, 2011 by

And if you don’t understand the allusion in that title, then I would invite you to begin as soon as possible to sample the rich feast that is Dante’s Inferno. Reading Dante is another one of those literary surprises I’ve … Continue reading →

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The love that rules the stars

Posted on October 7, 2011 by

O felix hominum genus Si vestros animos amor Quo caelum regitur regat. O happy race of men, If the love that rules the stars, May also rule your hearts. Boethius, Consolation of Philosophy II.vii (h/t to Joe)

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