Theological Journals, Part 1: 9/5/2022

Anglican Theological Review: in “Kathryn Tanner and the Receptivity of Christ and the Church,” Dr. Mike Higton (U. of Durham, UK) continues the exposition of Tanner’s wonky views—whiffs of adoptionism and universalism? Not an exegetical text is in sight. This much: won’t be buying Tanner’s volume. Trinity Journal (TEDS, Spring 2022): in “Repetition with Variation in the Dialogue and Narrative of Judges,” Dr. Elizabeth Backfish comments on the Samson passages and his weaknesses. Anglican and Episcopal History (June 2022): BOOK REVIEW: “In Spirit and Truth: a Vision of Episcopal Worship:” apparently, liturgical reform is percolating in the back channels of the church—beyond the 1979 Book of Common Prayer, or, Books of Common Prayer. The old BCP is lost after 1979 except as retained by the PBS. The modern generations don't know the old BCP. Anglican and Episcopal History (June 2022): BOOK REVIEW: “Anselm of Canterbury and the Search for God” by John Slotemaker. He covers the Monologion, Proslogion and Cur Deus Homo and Anselm’s fides quaernes intellectum—faith seeking understanding. We’d add that is still the vital hermeneutic of theology. Credo ut intelligam. Anglican and Episcopal History (June 2022): BOOK REVIEW: “Teach us to Pray: the Lord’s Prayer, Catechesis and Ritual Reform in the Sixteenth Century” by Katherine Mahon. The title says it all but the reviewer offers a slender analysis without any theological context. Maybe the book is different? Not on the purchase list.