Reformed Churchmen

We are Confessional Calvinists and a Prayer Book Church-people. In 2012, we remembered the 350th anniversary of the 1662 Book of Common Prayer; also, we remembered the 450th anniversary of John Jewel's sober, scholarly, and Reformed "An Apology of the Church of England." In 2013, we remembered the publication of the "Heidelberg Catechism" and the influence of Reformed theologians in England, including Heinrich Bullinger's Decades. For 2014: Tyndale's NT translation. For 2015, John Roger, Rowland Taylor and Bishop John Hooper's martyrdom, burned at the stakes. Books of the month. December 2014: Alan Jacob's "Book of Common Prayer" at: http://www.amazon.com/Book-Common-Prayer-Biography-Religious/dp/0691154813/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1417814005&sr=8-1&keywords=jacobs+book+of+common+prayer. January 2015: A.F. Pollard's "Thomas Cranmer and the English Reformation: 1489-1556" at: http://www.amazon.com/Thomas-Cranmer-English-Reformation-1489-1556/dp/1592448658/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1420055574&sr=8-1&keywords=A.F.+Pollard+Cranmer. February 2015: Jaspar Ridley's "Thomas Cranmer" at: http://www.amazon.com/Thomas-Cranmer-Jasper-Ridley/dp/0198212879/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1422892154&sr=8-1&keywords=jasper+ridley+cranmer&pebp=1422892151110&peasin=198212879

Monday, April 1, 2013

Divinity School Aps for Liberals (Don't Laugh Too Hard)

http://homebrewedchristianity.com/2009/07/22/divinity-school-application-for-liberals-dont-laugh-too-hard/

Divinity School Application for Liberals….don’t laugh too hard.

Divinity School Application for Liberals
 
Beginning term: [_] Fall [_] Spring [_] Summer ___ [_] Other?
 
Indoctrination: [_] Master of Divinity [_] M.Div./MA Counseling [_] M.Div./JD
[_] M.Div./MBA [_] Certificate Health and Spirituality [_] PhD [_] DMin [_] Exploratory
 
Personal Information
 
Imposed Name: ____________ Patriarchal Name: _________________
 
Real Name: ____________
 
Are you a citizen of the American Empire: ______
 
Why:_______________________________
 
Where the Federales Deliver Your Documents______________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________
Phone: (home) ______________ (cell ______________ Email:_________________________
Blog:_________________________ Facebook:___________________ Twitter:___________
 
Institutions of Past Indoctrination and / or Liberation
Undergraduate
 
School: ___________________________________ Location: _________________ Years Attended: _______
 
Degree: Yes / Not a meaningful concept. Major(s): __________________ GPA? ____
 
List all the good you did, including marches, protests, speeches, and sticking it to the man: __________________________________________________________________________________________
 
Ever suspended, dismissed, or arrested? Yes / hell yes / not yet
 
List all other schools through which you passed on your pilgrimage to your true self:
 
School: ___________________________________ Location: _________________ Years Attended: _______
School: ___________________________________ Location: _________________ Years Attended: _______
 
Specialized Training or Skills, especially in useful areas (organic horticulture, interpretative dance, deconstruction of metanarratives, making tea, guitar, etc.) _______________________________________________________________________
 
Perceived experiences of what some term “work”:
 
What did you do?
 
Who paid the bills?
 
How did this make the world a better place?
 
How did you grow as a person?
 
Meaningful relationships?
 
Please provide a journal or other artistic expression of your engagement in the world.
 
Demographic Information (so the government knows how much money to give you)
 
My ancestors were oppressed by Europeans by [_] being taken from Africa in slavery [_] Spanish colonization of the “New World” [_]colonization of Asia [_] conquest of the Pacific Islands [_] English colonization of the “New World” [_] economic exploitation of globalization OR [_] I have benefited from the exploitation of other peoples (I’m white, but overcoming)
 
Gender: M/F/L/G/B/T/Q [_] Other________
Political Affiliation: [_] Democratic Party [_] Green Party [_] Freedom Socialist Party [_] Labor Party [_] Peace and Freedom Party
Involvement in Church?
 
[_] spiritual not religious [_] worship the goddess within [_] worship the earth
[_] oldline liberal [_] evangelical (I like the music and the gym) [_] Episcopal
 
What else would you like to share with us?
 
Did you violate any of the arbitrary norms of bourgeois society and experience confinement? Are you likely to? Are you sure? Will you be cool dealing folks who aren’t like you? Do the authorities have records of your perceived misdeeds?
 
Please provide us with the names of people who will write a letter telling us how wonderful you are – even though we all know its propaganda.
 
Name:_____________________________ Relationship: _________________________
Name:_____________________________ Relationship: _________________________
 
Will you be willing to attend most classes and do some of the reading? ______________
 
How did you hear about our community of seekers? [_] drugs [_] friends [_] online
[_] at the health food co-op [_] from those engaged in justice work [_] at the coffee shop
I certify that all the information provided on this application, any attached paperwork, and the attached essays are accurate and truthful even though we all know that truth is a relative term that supports the entrenched power of elite institutions and contributes to the oppression of peoples everywhere.
 
Signature: _____________________________________
Date: _______________

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