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["Matthew Davies" <mdavies@episcopalchurch.org>]

>Episcopal Life Daily
>July 18, 2008

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>Today's Episcopal Life Daily includes:

* TOP STORY - Lambeth Conference Daily Account: New Jersey Bishop George
Councell
* DIOCESAN DIGEST - MILWAUKEE: All Saints' Cathedral sells thousands of
books to alleviate hunger
* WORLD REPORT - AUSTRALIA: Pope speaks about church unity in Sydney
* MULTIMEDIA - Video: Lambeth Conference Daily Account: New Jersey  Bishop
George Councell
* MULTIMEDIA - Video: Lambeth spouses share hopes for conference
* DAYBOOK - July 19, 2008: Today in Scripture, Prayer, History
* CATALYST - The Christian World: A Global History

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>TOP STORIES

Lambeth Conference Daily Account: New Jersey Bishop George Councell

[Episcopal News Service] New Jersey Bishop George Councell offers the
following Daily Account as the bishops attending the 2008 Lambeth  Conference
concluded their second day of retreat July 18 in the precincts of  Canterbury
Cathedral.

Daily Account: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/79901_99094_ENG_HTM.htm

More Top Stories: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/elife

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>DIOCESAN DIGEST

MILWAUKEE: All Saints' Cathedral sells thousands of books to alleviate
hunger
http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81803_99105_ENG_HTM.htm

More Diocesan news: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81803_ENG_HTM.htm

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>WORLD REPORT

AUSTRALIA: Pope speaks about church unity in Sydney
http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81808_99099_ENG_HTM.htm

More World news: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81808_ENG_HTM.htm

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>MULTIMEDIA

Video: Lambeth Conference Daily Account: New Jersey Bishop George  Councell

[Episcopal News Service] New Jersey Bishop George Councell offers the
following Daily Account as the bishops attending the 2008 Lambeth  Conference
concluded their second day of retreat July 18 in the precincts of  Canterbury
Cathedral.

Video: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/89878_97371_ENG_HTM.htm

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Video: Lambeth spouses share hopes for conference

[Episcopal News Service] Participants at the 2008 Lambeth Spouses  Conference
share their hopes for the July 16-August 3 gathering in Canterbury,  England.

Video: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/89878_97371_ENG_HTM.htm

More Multimedia: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/80056_ENG_HTM.htm

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>DAYBOOK

>On July 19, 2008...

* 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 Prayer for Lambeth:

Give a spirit of forbearance and understanding to the bishops and  colleagues
assembled at the opening retreat, that they may open their hearts and  minds
to each other and to God's mission as they look forward to the  deliberations
that lie ahead.

* Today in History: On July 19, 1997, Frank T. Griswold was elected the  25th
Presiding Bishop by 214 bishops gathered at historic Christ Church in
Philadelphia.

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>CATALYST

"The Christian World: A Global History" from Random House, Inc., by  Martin
Marty, 262 pages, hardcover, c. 2007, $25

[Source: Random House, Inc,] In this cogent volume, renowned Christian
historian Martin Marty delivers a brief yet sweeping account of  Christianity
and how it spread from a few believers two thousand years ago to become  the
world's largest religion.

Comprising nearly one third of the world's population-more than two  billion
followers-Christianity is distinctive among major faiths in that it  derives
both its character and its authority from the divinity of its central
figure, Jesus Christ. Examining this facet of Christianity from  historical
and sociological viewpoints, Marty lays bare the roots of this faith, in
turn chronicling its success throughout the world.

Writing with great style, and providing impeccable interpretations of
historical, canonical, and liturgical documents, Marty gives readers of  all
faiths and levels of familiarity with Christian practices and history a
highly useful and supremely accessible primer. He depicts the life of  Christ
and his teachings and explains how the apostles set out to spread the
Gospel. With a special emphasis on global Christianity, he shows how the
religion emerged from its ancestral homelands in Africa, the Levant, and
Asia Minor, was imported to Europe, and then spread from there to the  rest
of the world, most often via trade and conquest. While giving a broad
overview, Marty also focuses on specific issues, such as how  Christianity
struggles with the polar tensions inherent to many of the faith's
denominations, and how it attempts to reconcile some of its stances on  armed
conflict, justice, and dominion with the teachings of Christ.

The Christian World is a chronicle of one of the great belief systems  and
its many followers. It's a magnificent story of emperors and kings, war  and
geography, theology and politics, saints and sinners, and the earthly  battle
to save souls. Above all, it's a remarkable testament to the teachings  of
Christ and how his message spreads around the globe to touch human
experience everywhere.

To order: Episcopal Books and Resources, online at
http://www.episcopalbookstore.org, or call 800-903-5544 -- or visit your
local Episcopal bookseller, http://www.episcopalbooksellers.org

More Catalyst: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/83842_ENG_HTM.htm