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The Right Reverend Pierre W. Whalon is
a regular columnist and essayist at Anglicans Online
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- Haiti and
the Devil: Debunking the claims that Haiti's earthquake
tragedy was God's revenge
on Haiti for making a 'deal with the devil'.
- What
We Think We Are Doing: Wherever one is on the spectrum
of opinion, to have no theology for full inclusion,
while more or less practicing it, is worse than having bad
theology. Bad theology cries out for better theology. No theology,
however, calls the whole enterprise into question.
- Covenant—was
ist das auf Deutsch?: Looking at what 'covenant' might mean in other languages.
- What
Didn't Happen at General Convention 2009 and What Did? Don't believe all the headlines
- Covenanting
to Covenant: Reflections on the Third ('Ridley')
Draft of the proposed Anglican
Covenant.
- Off With 'On War': A review of Girard's 'Achever Clausewitz'
- On Polygamy, Homosexuality, and Generosity: Systematic vs. Moral Theology?
- Peering
Past Lambeth:
Thinking about what the future might look like after Lambeth 2008.
- What’s
Really At Stake for the Episcopal Church and the Anglican Communion
- A
Bishop's Estimate of the Situation: Placing the current
Anglican turmoil in a larger context, and making recommendations for
action.
- Where
Have All the Christians Gone? A report of a visit to Teheran
in January 2007. (In
French [online] and in
Farsi [PDF]).
- Alive
and Well: rumours of the demise of the Anglican Communion are
greatly exaggerated. December 2006.
- Ecclesia
Semper Reformanda or So It Goes: In a new two-part
essay, Bishop Pierre Whalon considers 'where The Episcopal Church is at
present with respect to its inner life and the wider Communion' and
then attempts to provide 'some analysis of what needs to happen next'.
- Anglicans
in Europe—A Model? Bishop Whalon reflects on the Anglican
diocesan structure in Europe to see if it might be a model for other
places.
- 'I
saw the Holy City...' The bishops of the Episcopal Church
confront the necessity of rebuilding after disaster.
- A
review of Grace and Necessity Bishop
Pierre Whalon takes a careful look at the ambitious undertaking of the
Archbishop' of Canterbury, to consider the role of art and the artist
in society.
- Dispatch
from St Peter's Basilica The Inauguration of Pope Benedict
XVI and the audience
with the Pope the following day.
- The
Ghost of Bishop Pike, Revisited On the recent Covenant issued
by the US House of Bishops
- To
Whom Do We Belong? On identity, membership, and communion
- Leading
'the Church Throughout the World' On the global role of
bishops
- Back
to Iraq On being a Christian in a non-Christian country.
- 'Playing
at Cassandra?' The Anglican Communion after the Eames
Commission report: The day after tomorrow...
- Thought,
Love, and Bishops, or, The Ghost of James Pike On building a
theological basis for recent events.
- The
Hard Work of Reconciliation Just what's behind the Delegated
Pastoral Oversight plan approved by the House of Bishops.
- Postcard
from Camp Allen The first few days of the House of Bishops
meeting in March 2004, at Camp Allen, Texas.
- The
Conflicts of Apostles on Christian unity.
- The
Blight of Parallel Jurisdictions With 20,000 denominations,
does it matter? Yes.
- Why
This Issue? Bishop Whalon pointedly asks the question. And he
essays an answer.
- At
General Convention Reflections from the floor of the House of
Bishops, August 2003
- Crossing
Boundaries Why there is a need for dioceses to be aware of
their edges: June 2003.
- Can
Sheherazade Tell Us One More? Bishop Whalon's report
and photo
journal of his trip to Baghdad in February 2003.
- Whose
Sin is it, Anyway? What's right with the original sin.
- Is
It Just War? Wondering aloud if a preventive strike against
Iraq is morally justifiable. This
article was also published in the International Herald Tribune on 14
November 2002 in a shortened version, titled 'A Moral Justification for
Going to War'. You can read the IHT version here.
- How
Should We Christians Relate to People of Other Faiths? At the
anniversary of September 11, finding the answer is evermore urgent.
- Israel,
Jews, Islam, Muslims, and European Christians How Christians
should react to right-wing violence.
- Nous
sommes tous des américains On France and its role in
religious politics.
- Piety
Reconciling an old concept with a modern world.
- Becoming
a Bishop in Rome One day in November 2001 ...
- A
letter from Paris 11 September 2001
- Join
the Ministry and ... ? More thoughts on the 20/20 Vision.
- The
Travail of Planting New Churches First we stop the committee
meetings.
- What
Will it Take to Double Our Size? Musing about evangelism in
the Episcopal Church in the USA.
-
What is the Difference between Anglicanism and Roman Catholicism?
(See also our Spanish
and French
translations of this essay.)
- The
Discipline of Canonical Enforcement Anglicans have
traditionally avoided canonical discipline. When that changes, what
happens next?
- Our
Piece of the Puzzle The Communion begins at our parish
doorstep.
- Flying
Bishops Revisited Will this Church of England concept work in
ECUSA?
-
Nothing in common? What does koinonia really mean?
-
Resolution D039 Why all the fuss?
- Episcopalian
Democracy General Convention matters.
- Planting
a Rainbow Why aren't we planting churches in black
communities?
- The
True Measure of a Successful Parish: There's a problem when
you count only live bodies in pews.
- Pour
être bon catholique, j'ai dû quitter l'Église
de Rome
'To become a good Catholic, I had to leave the Church of Rome'. In
French.
- Heresy
versus Schism Is it better to be heretical or schismatic?
- The
Centrist Moment Has the time come?
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