Psephizo: Does theology matter in the Church of England anymore?
by Harry Farley, Christian Today:
In the age of echo chambers and the Twitterati, the Psephizo blog is something of an enigma.
Run by the Rev Dr Ian Paul, a member of the Church of England’s general synod and former lecturer at St John’s theological college in Nottingham, Psephizo hosts posts that are lengthy, normally on theology, and always requiring serious thought and engagement.
Yet nearly four years after it was launched the site regularly receives more than 2,000 views a day. A recent post received more than 300 comments and while monitoring them is not quite a full time job, Dr Paul typically spends 15 hours a week writing, editing, checking the comments and engaging in the (largely informed and well mannered) debates that take place under each article.
This serious discussion, he says, is unique among similar blog sites.
Psephizo comes from the Greek word meaning to meaning ‘to calculate’, ‘work out’ or ‘reckon’ and Dr Paul says the debate and engagement that his blog both requires and stimulates is its main attraction.
‘What my blog does is quite unusual actually in giving people reasonable, substantial pieces to get their teeth into.’ He tells Christian Today he wants it to be scholarly, serving the Church and ministering. ‘I want scholarship to serve ministry,’ he says.
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