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Fearing a continuing decline in works of "serious theology," the scholarly new Episcopal bishop of Los Angeles has spearheaded the formation of a publishing house linked with SCM Press Ltd., Britain's leading theological publisher. Bishop Frederick Borsch, a New Testament scholar who has written or edited 12 books, will serve as the chairman of Trinity Press International, which was given a start by a $1.5-million matching grant from Trinity Episcopal Church in New York.

Fearing a continuing decline in works of "serious theology," the scholarly new Episcopal bishop of Los Angeles has spearheaded the formation of a publishing house linked with SCM Press Ltd., Britain's leading theological publisher. Bishop Frederick Borsch, a New Testament scholar who has written or edited 12 books, will serve as the chairman of Trinity Press International, which was given a start by a $1.5-million matching grant from Trinity Episcopal Church in New York.

Leading U.S. Buddhist monks with religious roots in Sri Lanka, Thailand and other South Asian countries will take the first step Sunday in Los Angeles toward restoring a long-dormant order of nuns by ordaining a Massachusetts woman as a novice. Orders of nuns have been ordained in the northern Asian countries of Mahayana Buddhism since the practice was transmitted through China around the 4th century.