The fate of communion : the agony of Anglicanism and the future of a global church
https://archives.anglican.ca/link/catalog5463
- Publication Date
- c2006
- Material Type
- Book
- Location
- Trinity College (Graham Library)
- Call Number
- BX 5149 C5 R33 2006
- Place of Publication
- Grand Rapids MI and Cambridge
- Publisher
- William B. Eerdmans
- Publication Date
- c2006
- Physical Description
- xiii, 306 p. ; 22.7 x 15.2 cm.
- Material Type
- Book
- Notes
- "[By] Ephraim Radner and Philip Turner".
- "Foreword by Stanley Hauerwas".
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- "Current debates over a host of issues, particularly those relating to homosexuality, have left the Anglican Communion straining to understand what it means to be a communion -- and even wondering whether life as a communion is possible. In this timely book two priest scholars ... examine tthe future of the concept of 'communion' as a viable church structure, tracing its historical development as a self-consciously Anglican third way between Protestant congregationalism and Catholic centralism. In examining this essential issue, Radner and Turner relate the specific challenges of the U.S. Episcopal Church to the unity of the worldwide communion, touching on such divisive subjects as the place of Scripture, liberal theology, and episcopal authority." -- inside front cover.
- "This volume is the result of a decade of collaborative effort by a group of scholars both in the United States and the United Kingdom meeting under the auspices of the Anglican Communion Institute (ACI). The conversations we have had with the various members of this group have contributed in essential ways to both the content and tone of these essays". "The essays collected here are a representative sample of essays written during the past five years by two people who have been part of this group. Each essay seeks to display the calling and nature of the church within a global setting". -- Acknowledgements, p. xii.
- Contents divided into four sections: The Challenge of the Present Moment -- Questions of Authority -- Questions of Communion -- The Future of Communion.
- Contents: Foreword / Stanlet Hauerwas -- Introduction: Unity, Obedience, and the Shape of Communion -- The End of a Church and the Triumph of Denominationalism: On How to Think About What is Happening in the Episcopal Church -- Children of Cain: The Oxymoron of American Catholicism -- Apprehending the Truth: Anglican Conservatism and Common Discernment -- The Scriptural Community: Authority in Anglicanism -- Diversity and Integrity: The Challenges of Life Together -- The Virginia Report: How Firm a Foundation ? -- The Windsor Report: A Defining Moment for a Worldwide Communion -- Conciliarity and the American Evasion of Communion -- ECUSA's God and the Idols of American Protestantism -- The Humiliation of Anglicanism and Christian Life -- Conclusion: The World is Waiting for Holiness -- Index.
- Added Entry
- Radner, Ephraim L. (Ephraim Louis), 1956-
- Turner, Philip W. (Philip Williams), 1935-
- Anglican Communion Institute
- Subjects
- Lord's Supper - Anglican Communion
- Lord's Supper
- Christian union
- Ecumenical movement
- Christianity - Forecasting
- Anglican Communion - Parties and movements
- Anglican Communion - Forecasting
- Authority - Religious aspects - Anglican Communion
- Bible - Criticism, interpretation, etc. - Anglican Communion
- Episcopacy - Anglican Communion
- Diversity - Religious aspects - Anglican Communion
- Virginia Report
- Windsor Report
- Episcopal Church - Relations - Anglican Communion
- Conciliar theory - Anglican Communion
- Christianity and culture - Episcopal Church
- ISBN
- 0-8028-3282-2
- 978-0-8028-3282-5 (cloth: alk. paper)
- Call Number
- BX 5149 C5 R33 2006
- Location
- Trinity College (Graham Library)