Always open : being an Anglican today
https://archives.anglican.ca/link/catalog4932
- Author
- Giles, Richard, 1940-
- Publication Date
- c2004
- Material Type
- Book
- Location
- Trinity College (Graham Library)
- Call Number
- BX 5005 G55 2004
- Author
- Giles, Richard, 1940-
- Place of Publication
- Cambridge MA
- Publisher
- Cowley Publications
- Publication Date
- c2004
- Physical Description
- 150 p.; 21.5 x 13.7 cm.
- Material Type
- Book
- Notes
- "[By] Richard Giles".
- Originally published in English under the title: How to be an Anglican. Norwich: Canterbury Press, 2003.
- "These notes were written with some particular friends in mind: a group of adult confirmation candidates from a variety of backgrounds -- some Roman Catholic, some Pentecostal -- who found themselves at home in the parish I served, and who wanted to know more about the Anglican middle way. But whoever or wherever you may be, I hope that by reading this little book you will find something of value in our Anglican approach that might encourage you to keep us company on our journey home to God." -- Intro., p. 2.
- "We are always open because we know only too well our constant need of God's mercy. Cast iron certainties are inappropriate when we can never be sure how God will choose to surprise us next. It might be in a carpenter's son from a one-horse town called Nazareth, or in the stranger in need of a bed for the night, or in the person that others want to banish from the church. One can never be too sure: best to remain open, always". -- back cover.
- Contents: Introduction : Being Rather than Doing -- What's in a Name ? -- To Begin at the Beginning -- Building Blocks : Essential Elements of Anglicanism -- From Chains to CD Rom : The Anglican Approach to Scripture -- Dogmas and Dugouts : The Anglican Approach to Doctrine -- Us and Me : The Anglican Approach to the Church -- Bouquets and Bandages : The Anglican Approach to the Sacraments -- Decently and in Order : The Anglican Approach to Worship -- Learning Good Habits : The Anglican Approach to Prayer -- Checks and Balances : The Anglican Approach to Authority -- Loitering with Interest : The Anglican Approach to Membership -- Seeing Both Sides : The Anglican Approach to Moral Questions -- Sending Us Out : The Anglican Approach to the Wider Community -- Taking a Lower Seat : The Anglican Approach to Other Traditions and Faiths -- Where Do We Go from Here ? -- Notes.
- Author is an Anglican priest, formerly of the Church of England, now Dean of the Philadelphia Cathedral in the Episcopal Diocese of Pennsylvania.
- Added Entry
- How to be an Anglican
- Subjects
- Anglican Communion
- Anglican Communion - 21st century
- Anglican Communion - Doctrines
- Theology, Doctrinal - Popular works
- ISBN
- 1-56101-259-9 (pbk.: alk. paper)
- Call Number
- BX 5005 G55 2004
- Location
- Trinity College (Graham Library)