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Curry Tribute: A Genuine Pastor

Bishop Curry’s accomplishments, inspirational sermons, sage wisdom, and steady urging to follow in the ways of Jesus are already filling books on our shelves.

Honor, Shame, and the Gospel in the American South, Part II

In “Honor, Shame, and the Gospel in the American South, Part I,” I identified several challenges that the mimetic rivalry that race-based slavery and...

Uncle Tom or New Negro? A Black Episcopalian’s Reflections on Booker T. Washington

Robert Norrell’s Up from History: The Life of Booker T. Washington (2009) was the first full-length biography of the late 19th- and early 20th-century...

Diaspora Christians and Theological Education

Last year Covenant published a few excellent articles about the future of theological education. One issue that preoccupies many theological educators is the post-COVID...

A Priest-Educator’s Response to Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard

By Brandt Montgomery The United States Supreme Court recently released a landmark decision concerning affirmative action in Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. President and...

For and Against Consent in the Election of Charlie Holt

In the first part of this series, I explained the role of bishops in the church and the function of the consent process. As...

Love Gleaned, Offered, and Received

Ruth 1:1-2:23 By Brandt L. Montgomery On today, the Feast of the Epiphany, we are again invited on a Good Book Club journey through Scripture, starting...

He Leadeth Me: On Frances Joseph-Gaudet

By Neil Dhingra Frances Joseph-Gaudet’s 1913 memoir, He Leadeth Me, begins by telling the reader that the future missionary, prison reformer, school founder, and Episcopal...

Not Critical Race Theory, Just American History

Back in June, Eugene Schlesinger, the editor of Covenant, wrote a fine essay that raised questions about “Critical Race Theory” (CRT). He asked good...

Covenant and Reconciliation: A Black Episcopal Perspective

By Brandt L. Montgomery Some years ago, the Living Church ran a symposium entitled “Teaching Jesus and the Unity of the Church,” described as “a...

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