The Eirenicon and the ‘Primitive Episcopacy’ of James Ussher: An Irish Panacea For Britannia's Ailment
Abstract James Ussher, Primate of the Church of Ireland (as Archbishop of Armagh), arrived in England in the early 1640s, a time when the country was in political turmoil. Scots and significant sections of English society were campaigning for the abolition of the episcopacy. During this turmoil Ussher proposed a scheme of limited episcopacy that came to be known by the keyword: the Eirenicon. This scheme offered to keep the bishops but in a form that made them answerable to a team of Presbyters. The Eirenicon failed and Ussher embarked on a literary campaign that defended the divine institution of episcopacy. This move has long been regarded as a U-turn. This paper will argue that rather than there being a change of mind, the Eirenicon and the pro-episcopal writings of Ussher should be seen as a whole, offering a compromise form of ‘primitive episcopacy’.
Catholic and reformed. The Roman and Protestant Churches in English Protestant thought, 1600–1640 . By Anthony Milton. (Cambridge Studies in Early Modern British History.) Pp. xvi + 601. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1995. £50. 0 521 40141 0
Augustiniana', topped and tailed by an arguably Augustinian picture of human depravity and a distinctively Reformational doctrine of assurance of salvation. Later on (p. 152), the best known exponent of the indirect (as opposed to the direct) temporal power of the papacy, Robert Bellarmine, is somehow misunderstood or mistranslated so as to seem an opponent of that doctrine. But such criticisms must not detract from the author's impressive achievement. Martin Jones has put together not only a wide-ranging and stimulating introduction to the Counter-Reformation but also an excellent advertisement for the series in which it appears.
The (Un)identical twins: Public administration and public management toward improving education and training for effective governance in Ghana
There are some disagreements between academics and practitioners on how to improve the performance of government officials in Ghana. While academics advocate for reforms in governance through education and training, practitioners may have differing interests and expectations. Such impasse has contributed to the lack of a unified framework of concepts in nation building. Core concepts for training public managers for good governance have fragmented within public administration, public policy, and public management. However, there is hope that pre-service and in-service training and education may provide opportunities to implement reforms through human development. There should be a closer dialogue among all schools of thought based on a generally agreed paradigm for effective governance through education and training. This article looks at education and training of public officials through the lens of the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA). It uses meta-analysis to examine the similarities and differences between public administration and management.   
 
 Key words: Public administration, new public management, traditional administration, training, and education.