
Deschooling Theology
In a further contribution to debate on the future of theological formation, Tom Plant argues for the maximum possible decentralisation of ministerial education. He wonders whether the ideas of Ivan…

Covenant June 2020 | Eucharistic Participation and Pastoral Care
The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed deep cleavages within society and the Church. The suspension of public liturgies and physical distancing requirements have brought about crises of …

All Things Lawful and Honest | From Anamnesis to Amnesia
How the Neo-Puritans in charge want to erase the Church’s memory

COVENANT May 2020 | Life Without Mark or Measure
By Thomas Plant They were alone in a grey formless world without mark or measure. Only far away north-west was a deeper darkness against the dying light: the Mountains of Mist and the forest at the…

How to Destroy a Civilisation | The Rev’d Dr. Thomas Plant
“The natural man lives for himself; he is the unit, the whole, dependent only on himself and on his like. The citizen is but the numerator of a fraction, whose value depends on its denominato…

Palm Sunday | The Rev’d Dr Thomas Plant
The “palms” of Palm Sunday are a symbol of victory. Usually, on this day, Christians go out into the streets to wave them, as did the crowds who welcomed Jesus to his final triumph in Jerusalem. Pe…

COVENANT 1 August 2019 | Consumer Culture and Authentic Freedom
Whether it’s religions or potential mates, in the end everything is a product: one choice among many in the supermarket of personal values. And the individual is the neutral, liberated consumer who…

COVENANT 31 May 2019 | Why the Church Needs to Abandon Christian Values
It’s time the Church left the world scrabbling around for values, and let herself instead be conformed to the virtues of Christ.
THE EASTERN BUDDHIST 2013 | Book review: In the Company of Friends
Carter’s book works on largely Protestant assumptions, and from this point of view is a valuable summary of a life of interfaith dialogue between Christians and Buddhists, but some sacramental theology may have yielded very different results.

PBS JOURNAL Lent 2015 | Frankenstein’s Worship: Against Liturgical Relativism
‘This morning’s worship didn’t do much forme, Father,’ says the parishioner. To which the grumpy priest replies, ‘That’s OK. We weren’t worshipping you.’
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The Prayer Book Today is the Prayer Book Society’s full-colour magazine, containing news, views, and articles.