The Church Club of New York

The Rev. William Danaher on "Money Matters"

The Rev. William Danaher of General Theological Seminary concluded the Church Club's 2008 lecture series with a talk called, “Money Matters: On Anglican Economics & Millennium Development Goals."

He spoke about the role of the Anglican Communion in providing the leadership necessary to fulfill the goals outlined by the United Nations in reducing global poverty.

You can listen to his talk here (40 minutes), and follow the discussion afterwards here (15 minutes).

Fr. Danaher's lecture concludes this year's series titled, "Anglicanism and the Moral Challenges of the Day."

You can listen to the first two lectures here (Prof. Gary Dorrien) and here (the Rev. Victor Austin).

UPCOMING EVENTS: Annual Dinner & Pilgrimage to Rome

The Church Club's 121st Annual Dinner will be held on April 30, 2008 at the Harvard Club.  This year's speaker and honoree will be the Rev. Canon John L. Peterson, Canon for Global Justice and Reconciliation at the Washington National Cathedral and former Secretary General of the Anglican Communion.

You can read his bio here.

A reception will be held at 6:00 PM, followed by dinner at 7:00.

Also, there are a few spaces left on the Club's Pilgrimage to London: Crossroads of Anglicanism, May 1 - 11, 2008.  Here is the itinerary and here is an overview.

Victor Austin, Moral Authority & Anglican Cohesion

The Rev. Victor Austin, theologian in residence at St. Thomas Church in Manhattan, gave the second lecture in the Church Club's annual series. He spoke about moral authority, the power from which it derives, its relationship to truth, and its capacity to bind disparate groups within the Anglican Communion.

Despite centuries of reliance of scripture, tradition, and reason, the global Anglican Communion is under increasing strain, as questions of authority abound.  Fr. Austin noted the "characteristic Anglican willingness to muddle through imperfect structures." 

Listen to his talk (about 45 minutes) by clicking here.

Gary Dorrien Talks Theology, Liberalism & Love

Prof. Gary Dorrien, the Reinhold Niebuhr Professor of Social Ethics at Union Theological Seminary, kicked off the Church Club's 2008 Lecture Series with a talk about liberal theology and the need for a clear intellectual and moral purpose, with love at its core.

His talk "The Liberal Vision" is the first installment in the series titled, "Anglicanism and the Moral Challenges of the Day." The event was held at Church of the Incarnation on Madison Avenue.  Information about the rest of the series may be found here.

You can listen to Prof. Dorrien's talk, about 40 minutes, by clicking here.

(The tropical decor comes from Incarnation's annual Shrove Tuesday pancake supper.)