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God and the Scandal of Christianity
Craig Barry Anderson Our meaning of God is never the same as our experience of God, much less God herself/himself. Fundamentalism of any kind – biblical, theological, liturgical, and ecclesiological – makes a finite world equivalent to an infinite God. … Continue reading
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A Silent Apartheid Within – Racism against Native Americans
By Craig Anderson Racism is the greatest challenge facing the church. But we must not be tricked into thinking that the struggle against the pernicious evil of institutional racism is limited to apartheid in South Africa. The greater question before … Continue reading
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Reconciliation is a time to remember, repent, resolve
By the Right Rev. Craig B. Anderson At the recent Governor’s Council for the Year of Reconciliation meeting, the following mission statement was unanimously adopted: “to identify issues, attitudes and historical experiences that have contributed to the need for reconciliation … Continue reading
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Var rädda om djupet och friheten, manar USA-biskop
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Books: Science and Religion – Two Realms and Their Relationships
By Craig Anderson, Ph.D Three recent books add to the growing interest in the relationship between science and religion. Two of these share a common premise: Given science’s task of defining the natural world and religion’s goal of providing a … Continue reading
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Rounding Up Fellowship
What do saddle horses, bishops, prairie dogs and parish clergy have in common? About 40 dusty South Dakota Episcopalians discovered the connection recently at the second annual Rattlesnake Roundup in the tiny Badlands community of Red Shirt table. The event … Continue reading
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Bishop Anderson Talks About Leaving General Seminary & the State of Seminary Education
The Rt. Rev. Craig B. Anderson, the Eleventh Dean and President of the general Theological Seminary (GTS), announced Feb. 6 that he will leave GTS to serve as Rector of St. Paul’s School in Concord, New Hampshire. St. Paul’s School … Continue reading
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Bishop Anderson at Meeting of Anglicans in England
Amidst pomp and ceremony, a total of 525 Bishops of the Anglican Church world-wide representing some 80 million Anglicans gathered at Canterbury, England, for the 12th Lambeth Conference. The Conference, named after the first gathering of the Anglican Bishops world-wide … Continue reading
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Anderson to be president of National Council of Churches
Oakland, CA Meeting on November 17, the National Council of Churches’ 280-member Governing Board elected former South Dakota bishop Craig Anderson to serve as president-elect for the 1996-97 term and as President for the 1998-99 term. Bishop Anderson is now … Continue reading
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Council of Churches taps Young as leader – Ex-ambassador picked to raise profile
The National Council of Churches yesterday installed former United Nations Ambassador Andrew Young and an advertising executive-turned-bishop as top leaders in a four-year effort to increase its profile as the nation’s main ecumenical body. Episcopal Bishop Craig B. Anderson, 55, … Continue reading
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