Contents: Authors -- Introduction / Ian Bunting --Celebrating the Anglican Way / George Carey -- Part 1: Believing the Anglican Way -- 1. The Anglican Character / Stephen Sykes -- 2. Church and society / John Habgood -- 3. Anglican belief / Bruce Kaye -- 4. A worldwide communion / Michael Nazir-Ali -- Part 2: Belonging in the Anglican Church -- 5. Anglican origins and ethos / Elizabeth Culling -- 6. The Anglican way of worship / Michael Vasey -- 7. Word and sacrament / Philip Seddon -- 8. Churchmanship / Jonathan Baker -- Part 3: Following the Anglican Way -- 9. Praying our way through life / Graham Piggott -- 10. Sharing our faith in the world / Amiel Osmaston and Alison White -- 11. Care and change in our society / Lawrence Osbern -- Part 4: Appreciating Anglican structures -- 12. Orders and officers of the church / David Sceats -- 13. Church government / Michael Botting -- 14. Church buildings / Richard and Sarah Burton -- Part 5: The Way Ahead -- 15. The Anglican future / Ian Bunting -- 16. Praying with the church -- Further reading -- Acknowledgements -- Index.
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OTCH Note: The essay "Orders and officers of the church" is particularly useful for brief histories and descriptions of individuals and bodies such as: all orders of clergy (bishop, priest, deacon), parish, deanery, diocese, etc.
Contents: Contributors -- Preface dated June 1990 / Colin James, Bishop of Winchester -- Introduction / David R. Holeton -- 'Down to Earth Worship': the Statement of the Third International Anglican Liturgical Consultation, York, 1989 -- What does inculturation mean ? / Victor R. Atta-Bafoe and Philip Tovey -- What is the future role of liturgy in Anglican unity ? / Paul Gibson -- What is the relation between formation and inculturation ? / Robert Brooks and Michael Vasey -- Example 1: The Jando and Initiation in Southern Tanzania / Ian Robertson -- Example 2: African ancestors / Themba Jerome Vundla -- Example 3: Western and African music in Southern Africa / Janet Hodgson -- Example 4: Inner city England / Trevor Lloyd -- Example 5: Syrian versus Hindu conflict over inculturation in India: Two reports / Bryan Spinks and George Mathew -- Example 6: The Workers' Day Mass in Sri Lanka / N. Francis Wickremesinghe.
Contents divided into four main sections: Preparatory Documents -- Study Documents -- Implications across the Communion -- The Dublin Documents.
Contents: Introduction / David R. Holeton, Chair -- The Dublin Lecture: Issues concerning the Anglican Eucharist in the Twenty-First Century / Louis Weil -- Eucharistic Theology and Anglican Eucharistic Revision / William R. Crockett -- "Ubi eucharistia, ibi ecclesia" : Ecclesiological Reflections on Ministry, Order, and the Eucharist / Paul F. Bradshaw -- Towards Renewing the Shape of Anglican Eucharistic Liturgy / David R. Holeton -- One Bread, One Body : Ritual, Language, and Symbolism in the Eucharist / Ruth A. Meyers -- Whose Prayer will Make the Difference ? : Eucharistic Renewal and Liturgical Education / Elizabeth J. Smith -- Eucharist, Sacrifice, and Atonement : the "Clarifications" of ARCIC / Charles Sherlock -- Is Eucharistic Sacrifice a Culturally Relative Issue ? / Kenneth W. Stevenson -- Sacrifice in African Traditional Religion as a Means of Understanding Eucharistic Theology / Solomon Amusan -- Scripture and Eucharist / Michael Vasey -- Music and 'Renewing the Anglican Eucharist' / David Harrison -- Anglican Church Plans : a Brief History / David H. Smart -- A Study Guide to the Dublin Principles and Recommendations / Ruth A. Meyers -- Implications across the Communion : Australia / Gillian Varcoe -- Canada / John St. H. Gibaut -- Central Africa / Elson Jakazi -- Cuba / Juan Quevedo-Bosch -- England / David Kennedy and Philip Tovey -- Ireland / John Paterson -- New Zealand / George Connor -- Scotland / Ian Paton -- United States / J. Neil Alexander -- West Indies / Anthony Balgrove Aarons -- The Dublin Documents: Principles and Recommendations -- Working Group Papers -- I: Eucharistic Theology -- II: Ministry, Order, and the Eucharist -- III: The Structure of the Eucharist -- IV: Eucharist: Ritual, Language, and Symbolism -- V: Liturgical and Eucharistic Renewal -- A Study Guide to the Dublin Principles and Recommendations / Ruth A. Meyers.
The renewal of Common Prayer : uniformity and diversity in Church of England worship : essays by members of the Liturgical Commission of the Church of England
Cover title varies slightly from title-page: The renewal of Common Prayer : unity and diversity in Church of England worship : essays by the Liturgical Commission.
"Edited by Michael Perham".
Includes bibliographical references.
"In this book of essays, members of the Liturgical Commission show what the ideal of common prayer has meant throughout Anglican history; they demonstrate why its maintenance is so important today, and discuss what form it might take in the future. Approaching the question from a historical perspective, they describe the issue of common prayer from a number of different angles, in terms of theology, literature, culture and ecumenism. They are concerned to define a strong `common core' of liturgy, in which the Book of Common Prayer and the Authorized Version would have a place, alongside an evolving body of other material. This book will stimulate wide-ranging debate about revitalizing common prayer and renewing the church's common identity". -- back cover.
Contents: The Members of the Liturgical Commission -- Foreword by the Bishop of Winchester / Colin Winton [i.e. James] -- Introduction / Michael Perham -- Anglican Identity and Church of England Worship Today : An Historical Reflection / Kenneth Stevenson -- The Reformation Prayer Book Ideal / Mark Dalby -- Image, Memory and Text / Phyllis James, Michael Perham [and] David Stancliffe -- The Liturgy in its Social Context / John Gladwin -- An Ecumenical Approach to Common Prayer / Donald Gray -- Not So Common Prayer : The Third Service / Bryan Spinks -- Identity and Tradition : A Theological Reflection / John Sweet -- Promoting a Common Core / Michael Vasey -- The Training of Clergy and Readers / Jane Sinclair -- Stability and Change : Handling Liturgy in the Parish / Trevor Lloyd.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [251]-266) and index.
"The aim of this book is to provide people with a map with which to make sense of the complex subject of homosexuality and how it relates to Christian faith. .... Chapter 1 is intended to help different readers find their feet in the subject and in the perspectives from which the subject is approached. The book then falls into three parts: Part 1 looks at sexuality, nature and culture, and at what is involved in making judgements in these areas. Part 2 discusses what homosexuality -- mainly male homosexuality -- really us and what the Bible has to say about it. Part 3 explores some life issues in the light of the positions developed in Parts 1 and 2." -- How to read this book, p. [xi].
Contents: Acknowledgements -- How to read this book -- Introduction -- Starting Points -- Part I: Thinking Straight -- Sexuality and Social Order -- Sex and Symbolic Meanings -- Culture, Creation and Grace -- Part II: Understanding Homosexuality -- Identifying Homosexuality -- Same Sex Love: The Pre-Modern Matrix -- The Emergence of Gay Identity -- What Does the Bible Say ? -- Why Am I Gay ? -- Part III: Life Issues -- Gays and Society -- Gays and the Church -- Uncharted Journey -- Over the Rainbow -- Notes -- Index.
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"The St. Andrew's Statement, published in November 1995, has succeeded in attracting a range of opinions and this collection includes a number of different responses and takes the issues very much further. It will be the main resource for future discussion and essential reading for all concerned Christians". -- back cover.
Contents: List of Contributors -- Introduction -- The St. Andrew's Day Statement -- Knowing Myself in Christ / Rowan Williams -- Homosexuality in the Church: Can there be a fruitful theological debate ? / Oliver O'Donovan -- Call to Biblical Values / Gerald Bray -- Christian Same-Sex Partnerships / Jeffrey John -- Travelling Together ? / Michael Vasey -- Dancing in the Spirit / Elizabeth Stuart -- Christ, Creation and Human Sexuality / John Colwell -- Questions of Clarification / Dave Leal -- Divine Order and Sexual Conduct / Simon Vibert -- Truth and Love in Our Sexual Feelings / Martin Hallett -- A Psychiatrist's Perspective / Tom M. Brown -- Can Hermeneutics Ease the Deadlock ? / Anthony Thiselton -- Beyond Stereotypes: Towards Truth and Faithfulness.