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• For the 40 days between Ash Wednesday and Easter Sunday, observers devote themselves to fasting, prayer and acts of generous giving.
• Entitled Tarry Awhile: Wisdom from Black Spirituality for People of Faith, this selection speaks to the growing salience of Black spirituality globally, especially in regards to Christianity.
• The Archbishop’s Lenten book choice cordially redirects religious literary attention to the influence of Black spirituality in Anglican thought.

• “To tarry” is to linger in anticipation – be that of a person or an occurrence.
• In a Christian context, it is about waiting on God, expectantly.

Tarrying in the Christian tradition

• Overwhelmed with sorrow to the point of death, he asks his disciples to, “tarry here and watch with me”.
• In biblical literature, tarrying refers to an individual or community patiently, longingly waiting in one setting or state for something.
• The concept of tarrying surfaces in the historical development of academic Christian theology.

• In Black Christian spirituality, the concept of tarrying exists as a familiar, mature spiritual ritual that practically manifests in a variety of ways.
• Like meditating, tarrying prioritises mindfulness over negligence or indifference.
• Within the Pentecostal tradition, specifically, tarrying is seen as a spiritual discipline.
• Religiously, tarrying means replacing the attention seeking anxieties of everyday life with a focus on the spiritual, the social and the relational.

Dr Christopher Wadibia receives funding from a postdoctoral research fellowship specialising in race, theology, and religious studies based at Pembroke College, University of Oxford.

• SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 21, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Roman Catholic Archbishop of San Francisco ("RCASF") announced today the filing of a voluntary petition for bankruptcy relief under chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code.
• This is the second time California has allowed time-barred or expired cases of child sexual abuse to be filed by alleged survivors.
• Since that time, RCASF has paid more than $70 million to survivors in legal settlements by using insurance funds and selling excess property.
• The Roman Catholic Archbishop of San Francisco Chapter 11 case has been filed in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of California.

• NEW YORK, June 23, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Dr. Robert W. Radtke, President & CEO of Episcopal Relief & Development, was awarded the Cross of St. Augustine for Services to the Anglican Communion by the Most Rev.
• "Rob Radtke has been the trusted leader of Episcopal Relief & Development for almost 20 years," said the Most Rev.
• In 2022, Nagulan Nesiah, Senior Program Officer, Disaster Relisience, Episcopal Relief & Development, was awarded the Cross for his work coordinating the Anglican Alliance's COVID-19 pandemic response.
• "I am honored to receive the Cross of St. Augustine and am deeply grateful to the Archbishop of Canterbury," said Dr. Radtke.

• Yet easily overlooked – and equally important – is the coronation oath, which has been a fundamental component of the ceremony since medieval times.
• It is of such significance that the remainder of the rite cannot proceed unless it has been sworn.
• The oath is the essential counterpart to the recognition and acclamation.
• The recognition is the moment at the beginning of the ceremony when the monarch is presented to the people for approval.
• It is actually a series of promises in question and answer form, sealed by an oath sworn “in God’s presence”.

The makings of a modern oath

• The Glorious Revolution of 1688-1689 ushered in a major change when a revised oath became statutory.
• The version used for Queen Elizabeth II’s coronation in 1953 had three essential parts and retained the oath’s medieval core.
• Clearly, an abdication post-coronation would have been more problematic because the coronation oath establishes accountability.
• The oath is at once a conduit for tradition, a constitutional pillar, a source of legitimacy and authority and a marker of national values.
• How incongruous it would be if the person at the summit of the constitutional pyramid had no oath to swear themselves.