Local priest up for Conn. Episcopal bishop

The Rev. Ian T. Douglas (left), a prominent and oft-quoted Episcopal theologian who teaches "mission and world Christianity" at Episcopal Divinity School in Cambridge, is one of four nominees to be the next bishop of Connecticut. In the Episcopal Church, bishops are elected by clergy and laypeople, and the online resources for the Connecticut election are impressive (better than anything I've seen local governments pull together, come to think of it) -- a website, a blog, and pitches in writing and on video by the nominees, among other bells and whistles.

The other nominees are the Rev. Mark Delcuze, rector of St. Stephen’s Church in Ridgefield, Conn.; the Rev. Beth Fain, rector of St. Mary’s Church in Cypress, Texas; and Bishop James E. Curry, a suffragan (assisting) bishop in Connecticut.

(Full disclosure: I have several times been a guest speaker in a "religion and the media" course that Douglas has co-taught at EDS.)

(Photo courtesy of Episcopal Divinity School.)