Reformed Churchmen

We are Confessional Calvinists and a Prayer Book Church-people. In 2012, we remembered the 350th anniversary of the 1662 Book of Common Prayer; also, we remembered the 450th anniversary of John Jewel's sober, scholarly, and Reformed "An Apology of the Church of England." In 2013, we remembered the publication of the "Heidelberg Catechism" and the influence of Reformed theologians in England, including Heinrich Bullinger's Decades. For 2014: Tyndale's NT translation. For 2015, John Roger, Rowland Taylor and Bishop John Hooper's martyrdom, burned at the stakes. Books of the month. December 2014: Alan Jacob's "Book of Common Prayer" at: http://www.amazon.com/Book-Common-Prayer-Biography-Religious/dp/0691154813/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1417814005&sr=8-1&keywords=jacobs+book+of+common+prayer. January 2015: A.F. Pollard's "Thomas Cranmer and the English Reformation: 1489-1556" at: http://www.amazon.com/Thomas-Cranmer-English-Reformation-1489-1556/dp/1592448658/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1420055574&sr=8-1&keywords=A.F.+Pollard+Cranmer. February 2015: Jaspar Ridley's "Thomas Cranmer" at: http://www.amazon.com/Thomas-Cranmer-Jasper-Ridley/dp/0198212879/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1422892154&sr=8-1&keywords=jasper+ridley+cranmer&pebp=1422892151110&peasin=198212879

Thursday, May 22, 2014

Mars Hill Radio: Alan Jacobs on Long & Influential Influence of Book of Common Prayer

Alan Jacobs is at Part 2.

https://marshillaudio.org/catalog/volume-121

MARS HILL AUDIO Journal

Volume 121

Guests on Volume 121: Daniel Gabelman, on how George MacDonald’s celebration of the “childlike” promotes levity and a joyful sense of play, rooted in filial trust of the Father; Curtis White, on the troubling enthusiasm for accounts of the human person that reduce us to mere meat and wetware; Michael Hanby, on why there is no “neutral” science, how all accounts of what science does and why contain metaphysical and theological assumptions; Alan Jacobs, on why the Book of Common Prayer has lived such a long and influential life; James K. A. Smith, on how some movements in modern philosophy provide resources for recovering an appreciation for the role of the body in knowing the world; and Bruce Herman and Walter Hansen, on Herman’s paintings and how conversing about works of art enables us to grow in understanding of the non-verbal meaning they convey.


Click here to download printable informational materials for this issue.

Part 1

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    Daniel Gabelman on how George MacDonald’s celebration of the “childlike” promotes levity and a joyful sense of play, rooted in filial trust of the Father

  • George MacDonald: Divine Carelessness and Fairytale Levity (Baylor, 2013)
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  • Curtis White on the troubling enthusiasm for accounts of the human person that reduce us to mere meat and wetware

  • The Science Delusion: Asking the Big Questions in a Culture of Easy Answers (Melville House, 2013)
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  • Michael Hanby on why there is no “neutral” science, how all accounts of what science does and why contain metaphysical and theological assumptions
  • No God, No Science? Theology, Cosmology, Biology (Wiley-Blackwell, 2013)

Part 2

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    Alan Jacobs on why the Book of Common Prayer has lived such a long and influential life
  • The Book of Common Prayer: A Biography (Princeton, 2013)

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    James K. A. Smith on how some movements in modern philosophy provide resources for recovering an appreciation for the role of the body in knowing the world
    Imagining the Kingdom: How Worship Works (Baker Academic, 2013)
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    Bruce Herman and Walter Hansen on Herman’s paintings and how conversing about works of art enables us to grow in understanding of the non-verbal meaning they convey

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