Anglican Tradition

by Richard Holloway and ed. Holloway, Richard

5 5/8 x 8 1/4 inches. 129 pages. Small ownership inscription to ffep unobtrusively whited out, else fine. Perfect bound in publisher's original glossy cardstock. A collection of essays by eminent... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0819213381
• ISBN13: 9780819213389
• Release Date: January 1984
• Publisher: Morehouse Pub Co
• Length: 129 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.0" x 0.5" x 5.0"

Customer Reviews

Attempting to Ground 'A Church Adrift'

In the first essay in this collection, editor Richard Holloway addresses the question, 'Anglicanism: A Church Adrift?' If the question has become more acute in the 15-plus years since this book was first published, Holloway's answer is even more important: the Anglican Communion (particularly the Episcopal Church branch of it in the USA) needs to re-ground itself in its traditions, theological, liturgical, and spiritual.The essays in this book were originally presented as a series of lectures, and sometimes still read like lectures. But in the context, that's not troublesome. It gives the chapters a more intimate feel, and lets the authors cover a lot of ground without the reader feeling he is being overwhelmed by names, dates, or arguments.Contributor John Macquarrie writes, '[W]hile the majority of Anglicans have been happy to refrain from close dogmatic definition, it does not follow that there is no recognizable Anglican position in theology or even a distinctively Anglican way to go about the theological task.' Anglicans would do well (all Christians would do well) to study Church history and their tradition's interpretations and approaches. Anglicanism can look particularly 'fuzzy' to outsiders, and many on the inside as well. I recommend this title as a useful tool for grounding new and old Anglicans alike to the distinctives of their Communion's traditions and practices.