Editor's notes

It is a great pleasure to publish in this issue an article by Dr David Cunningham, the new Associate Professor of Theology and Ethics at Seabury-Western Theological Seminary-the institution which has always had a strong tie to the Anglican Theological Review. Professor Cunningham's article explores the controversial questions surrounding the naming of God in the doctrine of the Trinity. He is a most welcome addition to the pages of the journal.

It should also be noted that the Dean of Seabury-Western and President of the Board of the ATR, the Very Revd Mark Sisk, has been elected Bishop Coadjutor of the Diocese of New York. All of us associated with the Review wish him well in the very arduous work of the episcopate, and we very much hope that he will continue his close relationship with the journal.

This issue also includes a sermon by Professor Richard Norris, given at the memorial eucharist for W. Norman Pittenger at The General Theological Seminary. Dr. Pittenger was a frequent contributor to the ATR and a highly regarded theologian, whose roots in the Anglican tradition were very deep. He was also a most beloved and inspiring teacher and priest, as Professor Norris makes clear, for many of us who knew him and studied with him.

Anglicanism has always had a strong literary tradition, so it is good to have in this issue articles examining two noted writers from the recent past, C. S. Lewis and Charles Williams, and one who is more recent, Susan Howatch. Each of the articles explores some of the theological themes which appear in their writings.

And finally, I am happy to publish an article on experimental programs for theological education in South Africa. Theological education in all parts of the world is changing as the churches face new situations. It is good to have a report from one part of the Church in the African continent where Christianity is flourishing.

At the annual meeting of the Board of the Anglican Theological Review, we elected a new editor for poetry, David Middleton, who is both a literary scholar and a poet. His address appears inside the front cover of this issue for those who wish to communicate with him. Because of his election we shall now be able to resume the publication of poetry in the Review, and thus continue the Anglican connection with literature.

Finally, the Board also added three new and distinguished members: Rozanne Elder, Director of Publications for Cistercian Studies, Charles T. Matthewes from the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, and Anna Williams, from Yale Divinity School. Each will bring considerable gifts to the work of the ATR as we seek to explore the richness of the theological tradition in Anglicanism and in the larger Christian community.

As always I want, also, to thank those individuals, parishes, and institutions which have contributed so generously to the work of the journal. Because of them we are financially stable for another year, and for a theological journal that is very good news indeed!

JAMES E. GRIFFISS

EDITOR

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