October 1, 2003 Books remind: this is the only church we have

Anglicans have always loved tranquillity and too often that has meant acquiescence to complacency. But today Anglicans have to be troubled Christians. Controversies are rampant and threats of division abound. Worst of all is...

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September 1, 2003 War chaplain pens book

Canon Laurence F. Wilmot, 92, of the diocese of Rupert's Land, has written a memoir of his time as an Anglican chaplain during the last years of the Second World War. Through the Hitler Line: Memoirs of an Infantry Chaplain was...

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September 1, 2003 User’s guide to prayer book falls short of its promise

More than two generations after the adoption of the 728-page 1959 Canadian Book of Common Prayer (BCP), almost a full generation after the 1985 introduction of the 928-page Book of Alternative Services, a whole people have been...

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June 1, 2003 U.S. 'zealous nationalism' decried

It is now obvious from the 9/11 experience in the United States and the SARS outbreak in Canada that North American isolation from the woes of the world is over. It is also obvious that, for better or worse, a Pax Americana is...

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June 1, 2003 Novel depicts agony of residential school life

This is the first novel that, to my knowledge, deals with the experiences of natives who attended residential school in Canada and an extraordinary work it is. Robert Arthur Alexie sets his story in the western Northwest...

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June 1, 2003 Wonder and mystery in retelling of biblical creation story

This book is a poetic retelling of the Biblical creation story, using not only the first Genesis account, but also insights from other religious traditions and the latest scientific information. It does not, however, pretend to...

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May 1, 2003 Are we ready to recognize that ‘they’ are actually ‘us?’

"Even the church cannot keep a good God down." Ever the master of the apt phrase the former Bishop of Durham, David Jenkins, has published, in what is described as "not quite an autobiography," reflections and reactions to his...

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April 1, 2003 Books examine dying, death and those left behind

If attendance figures mean anything, Good Friday gets short shrift compared to the celebration of Easter in the Anglican Church of Canada. Perhaps this is not surprising. Death is a reality that our society prefers not to think...

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March 1, 2003 Lenten books examine sin, salvation, spirituality

I am told that Lent and books go together for Anglicans. This is the season when they resolve to read a religious book for their soul's health. Here are some suggestions for Lent 2003. Writers, compilers and editors generally...

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February 1, 2003 Our history, whether we claim it or not

The denigration of the study of history in Canada over the past 50 years was unfortunate. The mistaken view that historical ignorance would free people in the present to construct an unfettered future has proven a disaster....

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