Episcopal Life Online Daybook -- Today is Tuesday, December 4, 2007. The Church calendar remembers John of Damascus, priest, (676-760).
* Today in Scripture: Daily Office meditation: 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 1093, Anselm was consecrated Archbishop of Canterbury.
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Catalyst: "A Church for the Future: South Africa as the Crucible for Anglicanism in a New Century" from Church Publishing, Inc., by Harold T. Lewis, foreword by Archbishop Desmond Tutu, 161 pages, paperback, $18
[Source: Church Publishing, Inc.] This book examines current issues facing the Anglican Communion through the prism of the history of the Southern African church and people. Through this combined narrative of the global and local church, the author offers a remarkable story combining history, race, class and culture in Africa. Lewis traces the paradigm shift in Anglicanism as its vitality moves beyond the borders of England and America to the global South, with all the theological implications. Today, South African Anglicanism attempts a middle way through crucial issues like HIV/AIDS, poverty, and human sexuality. This volume is ideal for those interested in "inculturation" - the intersection of church, culture, and ethnicity.
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