Period Drama
Posted by Andrew Butcher on June 22nd, 2006With cassocks and garters, bells and candles, sung liturgy and prayer, and standing on ceremony, I can see why a colleague of mine referred to the Anglican Cathedral Service as a period drama.
Archive for June, 2006
Making Sense of Multicultural New Zealand
Posted by Andrew Butcher on June 22nd, 2006This 2004 report by Paul Spoonley and Andrew Trlin, which I drafted the literature review for, presents the results of a study that examined the way in which the issue of immigration and immigrant settlement has been dealt with by the print media in New Zealand. Read more…
Forthcoming publications 2006
Posted by Andrew Butcher on June 21st, 2006Butcher, A., Fare Thee Well? Five Years On from A Churchless
Faith - A Review. Stimulus: The Journal of Christian Thought and
Practice. - July
Butcher, A., Spoonley, P., and Trlin, A., Settling and Being
Accepted: Social Exclusion of Refugees and Migrants in New Zealand. Palmerston North: Massey University, New Settlers Programme. - July
Butcher, A., McGrath, T., Smith, H., and Pickering, J., Engaging
Asian Communities in New Zealand - An Investigation of what works
in Williamson, A., and De Souza, R. (eds), Researching with
Communities. Auckland: Wairua Publishing. - Nov.
Butcher, A. et al, ‘The Policy Implications of promoting the
engagement of Asian communities in New Zealand’, Social Policy
Journal of New Zealand - under review
Butcher, A., et al, ‘Social Cohesion and the Engagement of Asian
communities in New Zealand’, New Zealand Sociology, under review
The Armed Man - June 28, 2006
Posted by Andrew Butcher on June 21st, 2006The Armed Man – Karl Jenkins
Wellington Town Hall, June 28th, 8pm
Soloists: Jenny Wollerman, Helen Medlyn, Jack Bourke and Grant Dickson; Vector Wellington Orchestra; Conductor: Michael Fulcher
The Armed Man, a mass for peace by Welsh composer Karl Jenkins, has taken the UK choral scene by storm – it has gained huge attention, admired by choirs and audiences alike.  It was commissioned by Guy Wilson, Master of the Royal Armouries, to mark the millennium. Troubled by the state of world conflict, he wanted a work that would reflect on war and peace in a multi-cultural, global society.  The result is this powerful cycle of songs, which Jenkins dedicated to the victims of Kosovo, where tragedy was unfolding as he composed the piece.
Should there be a difference between the economic and immanent Trinity?
Posted by Andrew Butcher on June 21st, 2006To speak of the Trinitarian God is to speak of mystery. A lot of ink has spilled trying to explore, understand, and grasp this mystery. But, it is the nature of God-as-Trinity that God will never be fully grasped or understood. The mystery will always remain. Read more…
Trinitarian theology and the first Christians
Posted by Andrew Butcher on June 21st, 2006I believe there is an argument to say that Trinitarian belief began with the first Christians’ experience of Jesus. That is not to say that the Trinity itself began with the first Christians. Nor is it to impose upon the first Christians’ experiences of Jesus the model or language of understanding the Trinity that developed later on. What we can say, however, is that in order to make sense of, or at least acknowledge, the claims made by and about Jesus, there needed to be some form of a Trinitarian belief amongst the first Christians.
Read more at Trinity-Essay-Trinitarian-theology-began-with-first-Christians.doc (Word, 38kb)
You take the weather with you
Posted by Andrew Butcher on June 16th, 2006In this past week, New Zealand has had its share of bad weather: snow, rain, wind, hail, storms, black-outs and cold, cold weather. Now is the winter of our discontent.
A Time to Gather in stores
Posted by Andrew Butcher on June 15th, 2006You can now purchase A Time to Gather from:
Epworth Books, Wellington www.epworthbooks.org.nz 157b Karori Road, Marsden Village, Karori, Wellington 0800 755 355 (Free phone within NZ) $14.00
OC Books, Dunedin www.ocbooks.co.nz, 99 Stuart Street, Dunedin, 0800 886 226 (Toll free within NZ)Â
Never have your God stuffed
Posted by Andrew Butcher on June 8th, 2006Never have your dog stuffed. So the American actor Alan Alda titled his autobiography. The title comes from an experience of stuffing his pet dog and then finding that his pet dog, now stuffed and still, was far from the friendly pet he once had; rather, it was more of an ominous, unfriendly – and really quite stuffed – animal.
And Dwells Amongst Us
Posted by Andrew Butcher on June 2nd, 2006
From And Dwells Amongst Us: Finding Christ in the Dust of Life, published in 2004. Â
In prison, in hospital, in a café, or on a beach; in darkness and in light; in peace and in chaos; in company and in solitude; in a manger and on a cross: all places where God is pleased to dwell.
