A correction.I was happy to see Michael Baxter Michael Arlen Baxter (born 18 May 1956, Ilford, Essex) is a British Government statistician. Education Michael Baxter was (like his brother, Laurence Baxter) educated at Ilford County High School and University College London; his father had also been to UCL. , Robert Brimlow, and Michael Budde getting some of the attention that has thus far been lavished primarily on the British "founders" of radical orthodoxy Radical Orthodoxy is a predominantly British, postmodern Christian theological movement that takes its name from the title of a collection of essays published by Routledge in 1999: Radical Orthodoxy, A New Theology [July 13]. One correction, however: the author of Torture and Eucharist is William Cavanaugh. Someone seems to have spliced Cavanaugh's theological DNA DNA: see nucleic acid. DNA or deoxyribonucleic acid One of two types of nucleic acid (the other is RNA); a complex organic compound found in all living cells and many viruses. It is the chemical substance of genes. with mine--understandable, since both of us collaborate with the authors mentioned in the article, and we were once colleagues at the University of Saint Thomas Saint Thomas, island, Virgin Islands Saint Thomas, island (2000 pop. 51,181), 32 sq mi (83 sq km), one of the U.S. Virgin Islands, West Indies. Charlotte Amalie, the capital of the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the Univ. of the Virgin Islands are on Saint Thomas. . (We are also about the same height, and we both do excellent home repair.) But Cavanaugh deserves the credit, and accurate citation, for his fine book (which I hope your readers will buy and read). The article calls for this new theological movement "to get into the world," but fails to mention the work of the Ekklesia Project (www.ekklesiaproject.org), an interdenominational in·ter·de·nom·i·na·tion·al adj. Of or involving different religious denominations. interdenominational Adjective among or involving more than one denomination of the Christian Church Adj. group of scholars and church leaders founded in Chicago in 1999 to promote radical Christian discipleship and social engagement. Many of the scholars mentioned in your article are among our founding members, but the project involves pastors, lay church leaders, and social activists. DAVID S. CUNNINGHAM Evanston, Ill. |
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