Young Anglican Theology

24th Jul 2023

Women’s Voices: Women in the Bible

School carol services provided (alongside Christingle services) my first encounters with the Word of God. Different students from each year group would be selected to do the Bible readings and in the Senior School, it was tradition for John 1 to be read every year by the Headmistress. So it was that my abiding memory…
17th Jul 2023

Women’s Voices: On Motherhood, Pregnancy and Priesthood

by Sorrel Shamel-Wood My Journey On Saturday, my son celebrated his first birthday. On Monday, my maternity leave ended and I returned to my role as assistant curate in the Dorchester Team Ministry, Diocese of Oxford. A lot has changed in the year of my absence: for a start, there is a new Supreme Governor…
13th Jul 2023

Women’s Voices: Female Character at Church, Family, and Society in Taiwan

by Chia-Lin Wang When people talk about female experience at churches in East Asia, the first image that comes into mind is the Rev. Florence Li Tim-Oi who was the first female to be ordained as priest in the Anglican Communion. Thinking of the Rev. Florence Li Tim-Oi, females in leadership can be very challenged…
10th Jul 2023

Women’s Voices: Interview: Hannah More and ‘Moderation’ in Evangelism

with Esteban Crawford
6th Jul 2023

Women’s Voices: Four biblical women teach us about church leadership

Rahab, Mary, the Bleeding Woman, and Jairus’ Daughter by Revd. Olivia Haines Rahab, Mary (Jesus’ mother), the bleeding woman, and Jairus’ daughter: each of these women had a life changing encounter with God. Each can teach us something of the kind of leadership and ministry the church of the future needs. Rahab Rahab is placed…
19th Jun 2023

Editorial: Women’s Voices in the Church

(ENG) The theme “Women’s Voices in the Church” is deliberately broad. In this cycle of posts, we will hear from women across the anglican communion. We will hear about what women are doing and saying. And we will hear of anglican women from history, who have contributed to and shaped our faith. Our sincere thanks…
20th Feb 2023

Conflict and Forgiveness: Solidarity with young mothers in the church

Eva Abel (Anglican Church of Kenya, Religious and Ecumenical Studies student) My name is Eva Abel. I was born and raised in Kenya in a Pentecostal church (Full Gospel Church), but now I am a member of the Anglican Church of Kenya (ACK) through marriage. My husband is an Anglican priest in the same church.…
6th Feb 2023

Conflict and forgiveness: A feminist critique of reconciliation in the Church

The contemporary popularity of the language and theology of reconciliation has been such that one might be forgiven for thinking that it is a concept born in post-1994 South Africa, with its link with the Truth and Reconciliation Commission process of 1996 led by the erstwhile Archbishop of Cape Town, Desmond Mpilo Tutu. In fact,…
23rd Jan 2023

Conflict and Forgiveness Interview: “The Stuggle of Love” in Sri Lanka

In this next contribution to our Conflict and Forgiveness cycle, Fr Thomas Sharp interviews Miranga Peiris. Miranga finished his theological training at the Theological College of Lanka, Kandy, in June last year. He is now based in Colombo, undergoing training for ordination at the Cathedral Institute. He is currently working with St Michael and All…
9th Jan 2023

Conflict, Forgiveness, and Seeing The Truth of The Other: Why and How Faith in Times of War Must Look Beyond Symbols

In his book Writing in the Dust: Reflections on 11th September and Its Aftermath, Rowan Williams says that when we only see humans as “symbols”, we do not see their living reality and true humanity. We see them as “other” from us. War makes this worse and leads to death. To overcome this, a vision…