Episcopal Life Online Daybook -- Today is Thursday, October 11, 2007. The Church calendar remembers Philip, deacon and evangelist.
* Today in Scripture:
http://www.episcopalchurch.org/82457_ENG_HTM.htm * Today in Prayer: Anglican Cycle of Prayer: http://www.anglicancommunion.org/acp/index.cfm * Today in History: On this day in 1521, Pope Leo X (1475-1521) conferred the title of Fidei Defensor (Defender of the Faith) on Henry VIII of England as a reward for Henry's Defense of the Seven Sacraments, published in answer to Martin Luther's Babylonian Captivity.
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PEOPLE
California Episcopal seminary awards honorary degrees http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81831_90896_ENG_HTM.htm
More bishops named 'episcopal visitors'
http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81831_90895_ENG_HTM.htm
Church Publishing reorganizes to support lectionary-based curriculum, educational material Senior executive editor appointed, acquiring editor function streamlined http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81831_90721_ENG_HTM.htm
Veteran ecumenist Michael Kinnamon is nominee for NCC general secretary http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81831_90735_ENG_HTM.htm
New SCI chaplain covers waterways from Texas bayous to Florida Everglades http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81831_90892_ENG_HTM.htm
More People: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81831_ENG_HTM.htm
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Catalyst: "Christianity's Dangerous Idea: The Protestant Revolution -- A History from the Sixteenth Century to the Twenty-First" from HarperCollins Publishers, by Alister McGrath, 552 pages, hardcover, c. 2007, $29.95
[Source: HarperCollins Publishers] The "dangerous idea" lying at the heart of Protestantism is that the interpretation of the Bible is each individual's right and responsibility. The spread of this principle has resulted in five hundred years of remarkable innovation and adaptability, but it has also created cultural incoherence and social instability. Without any overarching authority to rein in "wayward" thought, opposing sides on controversial issues can only appeal to the Bible -- yet the Bible is open to many diverse interpretations. Christianity's Dangerous Idea is the first book that attempts to define this core element of Protestantism and the religious and cultural dynamic that this dangerous idea unleashed, culminating in the remarkable new developments of the twentieth century.
At a time when Protestants will soon cease to be the predominant faith tradition in the United States, McGrath's landmark reassessment of the movement and its future is well-timed. Replete with helpful modern-day examples that explain the past, McGrath brings to life the Protestant movements and personalities that shaped history and the central Christian idea that continues to dramatically influence world events today.
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