Peter Elliott, Author at Anglican Journal https://anglicanjournal.com National News from the Anglican Church of Canada Wed, 17 Dec 2025 21:43:46 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://anglicanjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/AJ-logo-01.svg Peter Elliott, Author at Anglican Journal https://anglicanjournal.com 32 32 170042892 Unexpected loves https://anglicanjournal.com/unexpected-loves/ Fri, 01 Dec 2023 14:00:31 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=173612 Hallmark Christmas movies don’t have much to do with Christmas. Or do they? Have you ever watched a Hallmark Christmas movie? We began watching them ironically. I mean, how terrible could they be? And it turned out, they could be pretty awful. But after a while they became like salty snack food—popcorn or chips: We […]

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]]> 173612 An Institution in Transition https://anglicanjournal.com/an-institution-in-transition/ Wed, 10 May 2023 18:23:43 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=172527 The Coronation of King Charles III and Queen Camilla Golden horse-drawn carriages, crowns and gowns, marching troops and Anglican liturgy with resplendent music surrounded the coronation of King Charles III and Queen Camilla. Shorter in length than the 1953 coronation of the late Queen Elizabeth II, this celebration sought to modernize the rite to be […]

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]]> 172527 Do Look Up! https://anglicanjournal.com/do-look-up/ https://anglicanjournal.com/do-look-up/#respond Tue, 18 Jan 2022 16:46:18 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=170461 It’s not subtle; it’s bold and direct, a commentary on social norms like those its author and director Adam McKay developed countless times when he was head writer for Saturday Night Live.

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/do-look-up/feed/ 0 170461 The Courage to Understand and Draw Conclusions: Exterminate All the Brutes and White Supremacy https://anglicanjournal.com/the-courage-to-understand-and-draw-conclusions-exterminate-all-the-brutes-and-white-supremacy/ https://anglicanjournal.com/the-courage-to-understand-and-draw-conclusions-exterminate-all-the-brutes-and-white-supremacy/#respond Wed, 16 Jun 2021 21:50:48 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=167869 If you found Anglican Video’s award-winning film Doctrine of Discovery: Stolen Lands, Strong Hearts to be as powerful and disturbing as I did, you’ll want to see Exterminate All the Brutes, a four-part documentary on HBO. Exterminate offers an unflinching look at the impact of white supremacy or, more specifically, whites’ presumption to supremacy from […]

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/the-courage-to-understand-and-draw-conclusions-exterminate-all-the-brutes-and-white-supremacy/feed/ 0 167869 Eyes wide open: Race, class and gender on pandemic TV https://anglicanjournal.com/eyes-wide-open-race-class-and-gender-on-pandemic-tv/ https://anglicanjournal.com/eyes-wide-open-race-class-and-gender-on-pandemic-tv/#comments Wed, 21 Apr 2021 04:00:49 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=167470 In 1974 the feminist poet Carole Etzler wrote a song with this chorus: Sometimes I wish my eyes hadn’t been opened Sometimes I wish I could no longer see All of the pain and the hurt and the longing of my Sisters and me as we try to be free Once your eyes have been opened […]

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/eyes-wide-open-race-class-and-gender-on-pandemic-tv/feed/ 1 167470 A Parable for Pandemic Lockdown: The Map of Tiny Perfect Things https://anglicanjournal.com/a-parable-for-pandemic-lockdown-the-map-of-tiny-perfect-things/ https://anglicanjournal.com/a-parable-for-pandemic-lockdown-the-map-of-tiny-perfect-things/#comments Fri, 09 Apr 2021 01:01:36 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=167566 Am I the only one who needs, in these pandemic times, to be reminded what day it is?

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/a-parable-for-pandemic-lockdown-the-map-of-tiny-perfect-things/feed/ 1 167566 Why Christmas isn’t my favourite season https://anglicanjournal.com/why-christmas-isnt-my-favourite-season/ https://anglicanjournal.com/why-christmas-isnt-my-favourite-season/#comments Wed, 09 Dec 2020 15:07:47 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=166345 For many years Christ Church Cathedral hosted readings of A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. Co-sponsored by CBC radio, these enormously popular readings were held across Canada bringing communities together to hear Dickens’s much-loved tale of the transformation of Ebenezer Scrooge from a grumpy miser into a generous benefactor. There was something appealing about being […]

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/why-christmas-isnt-my-favourite-season/feed/ 1 166345 Kings and queens of love https://anglicanjournal.com/kings-and-queens-of-love/ https://anglicanjournal.com/kings-and-queens-of-love/#comments Tue, 08 Dec 2020 20:28:04 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=166309 In a review of the fourth season of Netflix’s “The Crown,” Dean Peter Elliott considers the intersection of royal fairy tales and sin. An estimated 750 million people worldwide watched the wedding of Charles and Diana, sparking a renewed interest in the life of the British royal family. At St. Paul’s Cathedral, London, on July […]

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/kings-and-queens-of-love/feed/ 8 166309 A journey through erased history: Kent Monkman’s Shame and Prejudice https://anglicanjournal.com/a-journey-through-erased-history-kent-monkmans-shame-and-prejudice/ https://anglicanjournal.com/a-journey-through-erased-history-kent-monkmans-shame-and-prejudice/#comments Thu, 29 Oct 2020 17:38:11 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=165956 You move through Kent Monkman’s art exhibit Shame and Prejudice: A Story of Resilience encountering found objects from Canadian museums, large canvases in the grand manner of European and American history paintings, and three-dimensional installations that tell the story of Canada from the all but erased Indigenous perspective.

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/a-journey-through-erased-history-kent-monkmans-shame-and-prejudice/feed/ 2 165956 Meanness, lies and conspiracy theories: Boys State and the state of politics https://anglicanjournal.com/meanness-lies-and-conspiracy-theories-boys-state-and-the-state-of-politics/ https://anglicanjournal.com/meanness-lies-and-conspiracy-theories-boys-state-and-the-state-of-politics/#comments Mon, 14 Sep 2020 17:32:42 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=165642 While politics has long been a blood sport, the current political climate in Canada, the U.S., Britain, Europe and beyond seems unusually volatile and unpredictable. At the convention of the Democratic Party—a “virtual” online event this summer—former U.S. President Barack Obama summarized why many are cynical about politics: “I understand why … a young person […]

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