Daily Archives: April 20, 2012

Concerning Holy Women, Holy Men

I have a new piece out on Holy Women Holy Men. It’s not at the Cafe this time—it’s the lead story in the latest issue of the Living Church.

As those who have been regular readers for a while know, HWHM is a document I’ve struggled with for a while and this piece gives only a partial glimpse into the issues with the book. Some of my other thoughts were expressed in blog posts written while I was hashing out this article—others have yet to be written down. So—for further reading along this topic here are some of the previous posts:

The Liturgical Naming of Spiritual Communities

Another Issue with HWHM (Specifically on the collect issue)

Perspective on the Saints (a more poetic than analytical piece)

Naming Spiritual Communities in the Sarum Rite

On Liturgical Naming: Categories This piece plays with the ways that I think the conceptualization and identification of saints has changed between the ’79 BCP and the current practice including HWHM. I argue that we’re moving from the old “bucket” based paradigm to a “tag” and “cloud” based paradigm. This didn’t fit into the article but is definitely deserving of a follow-up.

On the Sanctity of Saints