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Author Mark Harris, an Episcopal priest,
says that Anglicans mostly define themselves by reflecting on their experience rather than by defining distinct theology or doctrine. Anglicans feel that their reason for being is bound up not with being Anglicans but with being Christians.
This reticence to embrace an identity using the methods of other religious communities is a clear mark of Anglicanism, and yet, the identity as the Anglican Communion is a justifiable fellowship for this community.
In this provocative text, the author addresses issues of authority and identity in the Anglican Communion as it emerges from modernity and explores a vision for it for the coming years.
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Lynn Libel
reviewed The challenge of change on July 02, 2015
The challenge of change
From the blurb, I expected this short book to be about what Anglicans believe and how Anglicanism differs from, say, Catholicism, Presbyterianism, or Calvinism. Instead this is almost entirely a history book, full of dates and names of important people throughout Anglican history. I have no doubt that it was comprehensive, but it wasn't very interesting and wasn't what it claimed to be.
The book also assumes a high level of knowledge before reading, which seems contrary to the spirit of a 'very short introduction.' An example sentence: 'In 1870, the mixed chalice, wafers, the old eucharistic vestments of chasubles and tunicles were declared legal, but this was later overturned on appeal in 1871.' There is never an explanation of what chasubles or tunicles are. Likewise with concepts like 'Sacerdotalism' or 'Barthianism' (a couple of words I highlighted early in the book to look up later, before realising that most of the book was full of unexplained words I would have to look up later).
I don't know who the target audience for the book was, but I wasn't it.
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