Dominic Kirkham reviews Tom Wright and Michael Bird’s Jesus and the Powers. He finds it apologetic, and contrasts its Christendom-friendly history with a non-violent, Crossan-style Jesus movement.
Final report to the 2003 AGM arguing that churches should allow more doctrinal diversity, drawing on a survey of heresy cases since 1900, theological arguments and the symbolic nature of religious language.
Contents page for the results of the doctrinal diversity study, listing the final report by Patti Whaley, its appendices and the special issue of the magazine with related articles.
Records the resolution passed at the Network’s 2003 conference: members should explore faith openly, formal discipline is not an appropriate way to handle doctrinal diversity, and the Steering Committee should watch cases.
Case studies of heresy proceedings outside Rome and America, from Voysey in 1871 to Geering, Billington, Freeman and Furlong, mostly Anglican, Presbyterian and Methodist clergy.
Describes how the Catholic Church disciplines doctrine through the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, with recent cases including Balasuriya, Dupuis, de Mello, Haight, Collins and Morwood.
Case notes on American heresy trials since 1900 in Reformed, Presbyterian and Baptist churches, including Briggs, McGiffert, Machen, Hick and several seminary dismissals.
Annotated list of background material for the doctrinal diversity study: definitions of heresy, church canons and doctrinal statements, essays, clergy belief surveys, and links to case study pages.
Terms of reference for the Network’s study of doctrinal diversity, set up after Dean Andrew Furlong’s resignation, setting out purposes, working group, tasks and timetable leading to the 2003 AGM.
Contents page and introduction to the Network’s 2002-03 study on how much doctrinal diversity the Christian churches allow, with a list of its background papers, cases and results.