SEI Journal

An Outreach of the Scottish Episcopal Institute

The Scottish Episcopal Institute’s vision – to form and develop people as godly, competent and confident ministers – includes the whole of the Scottish Episcopal Church.

The Journal is a vehicle for debate on current issues in the Anglican Communion and beyond. It invites dialogue on what it means to think as an Episcopalian in Scotland in the twenty-first century.

The Scottish Episcopal Institute hopes the Journal to be a catalyst for prayer and theological reflection at the heart of the Scottish Episcopal Church.

Issues in Gender & Liturgy Conference

A conference on Issues in Gender and Liturgy sponsored by the Scottish Episcopal Institute will take place in Edinburgh on 23 March 2026, from 9am – 4.30pm.

Eight speakers will give a short presentation on their essays published in two recent editions of the Scottish Episcopal Institute Journal: Gender (spring 2025) and The Future of Liturgy (autumn 2025).

The conference will be hybrid format, taking place at St John’s Episcopal Church on Princes Street and online.

The speakers are:

Alison Jasper – En/gendering God and Church? What does it look like? How does it feel? What does it mean?
Merete Thomassen – Gender Inclusive Language in the Church of Norway: A Story of Silence, Resistance and Silence Again. NB This presentation will be online.
Kathryn Wills – The Work of Imagination and the Word: Art as a Para-Liturgy of Protest. 
Naomi Browell – Theology on Male Sexual Violence against Women. 
Bishop Robert Gillies – At Work with Our Prayers. NB This presentation will be online.
David Jasper – Liturgy and the Problem of Metaphors.
Bridget Nichols – Great Expectations: Liturgy in the Age of Resources.
Christopher Taylor – Is This My Body? Performing the Eucharist: From Immanence to Transcendence.

For those attending in person, there will be a small charge of £5.00 to cover the cost of coffee, light lunch and tea.

Those wishing to attend in person should please fill out this form: Issues in Gender and Liturgy – Fill in form. Those whishing to join online or those with any other queries should contact Dr Victoria Turner, SEI Director of Studies, at Victoria.Turner@scotland.anglican.org

Volume 10.1: Spring 2026

The Scottish Episcopal Institute is pleased to present the Spring Journal 2026, ‘Pastoral Supervision’, guest edited by Rev Liz Crumlish, Pastoral Supervisor and Educator, IME2 Officer in the SEI and Priest in Charge, St Oswald’s, Maybole in the Diocese of Glasgow and Galloway. The Journal’s editor, Dr Victoria Turner, presents this issue below:

We have a brilliantly creative collection of articles that think about pastoral supervision in a range of contexts and how this practice assists those with high pressured/emotionally strained vocations. The articles cover both the practical elements of pastoral supervision along with the theory and theology behind adopting it in church contexts. Articles published are written by Heather Forrest, Anna-Claar Thomasson-Rosingh, Jane Bingham, Sarah Brown, Keith Thomasson and Liz Crumlish. Two book reviews by Liz Crumlish and Alison Jasper consider a new collection of prayers written by Ross Stirling-Young and a co-edited book revisiting Faith in the City 40 years on by Victoria Turner and Chris Baker. 

List of Journals available for download:

The Journal – peer-reviewed, electronic and free-of-cost – welcomes previously unpublished contributions. Each issue of the Journal is in two sections: Articles of 2,000 to 5,000 words (including citations) that offer a focused contribution to the life of the church on any level (allowing for articles beyond 5,000 words to appear in parts); and Book Reviews of 500 to 1,500 words that appraise and discuss contemporary theological, liturgical, pastoral and ministerial works.

SEI’s Director of Studies convenes the Journal’s Editorial Board. It includes four other members: the Convener of the Doctrine Committee of the Faith and Order Board of the SEC (ex officio) and one other member of that Committee, and two other SEC communicant members (who may or may not be members of the Doctrine Committee or SEI’s teaching staff). Other than the Convener of the Doctrine Committee, the Director of Studies appoints the other three members (and additional members if helpful).

The Editorial Board members are the Dr Victoria Turner (Convener), Director of Studies at SEI (ex officio); Dr Elizabeth Corsar, Tutor in Biblical Studies, St Padarn’s Institute, Cardiff; Dr John Reuben Davies, Senior Research Fellow (History), School of Humanities, University of Glasgow; and the Rev Canon Prof Michael Hull, Principal and Pantonian Professor of Divinity at SEI.

The Journal accepts manuscripts only in electronic form, preferably in MSWord and following the Modern Humanities Research Association Style Guide: A Handbook for Authors and Editors (3rd edition; London, 2013), available here. Please email submissions by attachment to Dr Turner (victoria.turner@scotland.anglican.org). For additional information, please contact Dr Turner at the Scottish Episcopal Institute, General Synod of the Scottish Episcopal Church, 21 Grosvenor Crescent, Edinburgh EH12 5EE, 0131 243 1347.

The Journal is published quarterly. Its International Standard Serial Number (ISSN) is 2399-8989.

The submissions and publication dates for each year are:

(1) Spring: submissions by 1 February with publication on 20 March; (2) Summer: submissions by 1 May with publication on 20 June; (3) Autumn: submissions by 1 August with publication on 20 September; (4) Winter: submissions by 1 November with publication on 20 December.

Disclaimer

The opinions, beliefs and viewpoints expressed by the authors in the Scottish Episcopal Institute Journal do not necessarily reflect the opinions, beliefs and viewpoints of the Scottish Episcopal Church, the General Synod of the Scottish Episcopal Church or the Scottish Episcopal Institute.