Except for the King James Bible, no book has done more to influence the lives and language of English-speaking people than the Book of Common Prayer. The first Book of Common Prayer was printed in ...
There is nothing in the world quite so English as the Book of Common Prayer, and as England fades from existence, you might expect it to do the same. Yet long after England is absorbed into Airstrip ...
The archbishop in his library -- One book for one country -- Revision, banishment, restoration -- Becoming venerable -- The book in the social world -- Objects, bodies, and controversies -- The ...
A “biography” of the Book of the Common Prayer. My mother, now with the Lord, used to have a stack of devotionals that she would work through systematically. An old-guard evangelical, and without any ...
In the last year, my church—St. George Episcopal in Leadville, Colorado—has gained a number of Latino and Latina members. Last week we held our first ever bilingual vestry meeting, at which we quickly ...
I’m an atheist, but don’t get me wrong—I have the same yearnings as a religious person. I think we all do and, in a way, we all pray. Religion is a window on humanity, a Rorschach blot for ...
I’m an atheist, but don’t get me wrong—I have the same yearnings as a religious person. I think we all do and, in a way, we all pray. Religion is a window on humanity, a Rorschach blot for ...