Christopher Craig Brittain, Author at Anglican Journal https://anglicanjournal.com National News from the Anglican Church of Canada Wed, 17 May 2023 19:23:29 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://anglicanjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/AJ-logo-01.svg Christopher Craig Brittain, Author at Anglican Journal https://anglicanjournal.com 32 32 170042892 ‘Fear is always at our side’ https://anglicanjournal.com/fear-is-always-at-our-side/ Wed, 17 May 2023 19:19:38 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=172560 The Church and human rights abuses in the Philippines “It is not easy to be a church in this country.” This was a message a bishop of the Philippine Independent Church (Iglesia Filipina Independiente), a member of the Anglican Communion, shared soon after we met over lunch at his diocesan office. The bishop’s claim may […]

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]]> 172560 On virtual communion: A tract for these COVID-19 Times (Part II) https://anglicanjournal.com/on-virtual-communion-a-tract-for-these-covid-19-times-ii/ https://anglicanjournal.com/on-virtual-communion-a-tract-for-these-covid-19-times-ii/#comments Mon, 25 May 2020 16:53:05 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=164286 In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, several Christians are advocating for the practice of online “virtual communions.” Virtual celebrations of the Eucharist are a gathering of individuals on a social media platform, during which participants place a piece of bread and some wine in front of their computer screen while a priest recites the […]

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/on-virtual-communion-a-tract-for-these-covid-19-times-ii/feed/ 4 164286 The Eucharist and coming out of lockdown: A tract for these COVID-19 times https://anglicanjournal.com/the-eucharist-and-coming-out-of-lockdown-a-tract-for-these-covid-19-times/ https://anglicanjournal.com/the-eucharist-and-coming-out-of-lockdown-a-tract-for-these-covid-19-times/#comments Thu, 14 May 2020 17:33:57 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=164227 The challenges presented to churches by COVID-19 are numerous. Debates over whether to celebrate the Eucharist during the height of the crisis, and when to resume the sharing of the sacrament as lockdown restrictions are eased, are a case in point. In what follows, I argue that what the church is presently engaged in is […]

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