Review by Wesley Hill “Becoming Anglican is trendy,” a Lutheran friend once said to me, referring to evangelicals’ popular “Canterbury trail” pilgrimages, and it was clear he did not mean it as a compliment. “Anglicanism is a sinking ship,” opined a Roman Catholic friend around the same time. “Anglicanism is Protestant,” a fellow Episcopalian assured me. Guffaws greeted … [Read more...] about Covenantal Theology for the Anglican Communion
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Toward Greater Unity
Like Episcopalians in the United States, Anglicans in Britain are considering full communion with Methodists. The Church of England and the Methodist Church in Britain are to consider proposals that would bring them into a new relationship of full communion, after 200 years of formal separation. The proposals are presented in “Mission and Ministry in Covenant,” a joint … [Read more...] about Toward Greater Unity
The Compass Rose and Koinonia
Adapted from an essay by the Rev. Canon John Gibaut distributed by Anglican Communion News Service.“What’s in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet”? Romeo and Juliet, ShakespeareWould the Anglican Communion — and our Compass Rose — smell as sweet if we were a “Federation” or “Association”? What is in the name “Communion” that shapes who we … [Read more...] about The Compass Rose and Koinonia