SEARCH Journal

Autumn 2016

VARYING STYLES of spirituality – what we might call “approaches to God” – are the focus for this issue of SEARCH. And while the pilgrim paths up the mountain may appear initially to be many, readers may nd they turn out to have more in common than expected. On the evidence of what follows, one pilgrim will easily recognise another on the interweaving way.

Summer 2016

NEVER MIND all the stories, stars and sensationalism of 1916 – what about the symbolism? This is the concern of the first two articles in this issue of SEARCH. From a Northern perspective, psychologist Roddy Cowie, seeks out the deep symbolism behind the stories of World War I heroism and its socio-political implications. He asks: “Can we find a common symbol of the time to unite North and South?” Then William Olhausen looks at Pearse’s central theme of blood sacrifice and questions its Christian credentials. The theme of self-sacrifice for a transcendent cause may be common to both sides of the border, but historical and communal differences remain.

Spring 2016

It was intriguing last November to note that a black man had succeeded a white woman as Presiding Bishop of The Episcopal Church in the United States. This had to be a very special individual. And so it proved, when the Most Revd Michael Curry responded with such grace and confidence to the humiliation of TEC at the Primates’ meeting in January. We offer two views of the new PB, one by a TEC priest who is also black, one by a white woman who worked with him closely in North Carolina.