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In the course of a career that combined scholarship with ordained ministry, David Jasper has influenced, inspired, challenged and encouraged many students and colleagues. In The End of the Church?, fourteen scholars capture some of David Jasper’s energy in contributions that signal continuing development and exploration.
The End of the Church? seeks to indicate the ambiguity and creative tension in Jasper’s relationship with the institution he has served as a priest and as a theologian. On the one hand, he has lamented its institutional myopia; on the other hand, he has loved its capacity (even if this is often submerged) to express something of the beauty, truth and mystery of God.
Bridget Nichols lectures in Anglicanism and Liturgy at The Church of Ireland Theological Institute in Dublin. She began her doctoral research under David Jasper’s supervision in Durham and has written on Anglican Prayer Books and liturgical language. She is co-editor with Gordon Jeanes of Lively Oracles of God: Perspectives on the Bible and Liturgy (Liturgical Press, 2022).
Nicholas Taylor is Rector of St Aidan’s, Clarkston, in the Diocese of Glasgow and Galloway of the Scottish Episcopal Church. He was awarded his PhD by the University of Durham and has published in the fields of New Testament and origins, and the interface between theology, liturgy and ministry. He has taught in universities and colleges in the United Kingdom and in central and southern Africa and is Canon Theologian of Mutare Cathedral.