Reviews for The Anglican spirit

The average rating for The Anglican spirit based on 2 reviews is 4.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2018-02-20 00:00:00 Chad Boyan The chapters on Anglicanism and Catholicism and Orthodoxy are actually fantastic. He gives a decent overview of Vatican II (even if he makes it sound a little more radical that perhaps it was....perhaps not though), and his overview of Orthodoxy is spot on. If a read knew nothing about Catholicism or Orthodoxy he could do worse than to start with these chapters. Even this semi-liberal former Archbishop of Canterbury admits that women's ordination in the Anglican communion destroyed any chance of relations with the Orthodox. And he seems genuinely sad. Otherwise it's a good high level discussion of Anglicanism. Not a lot of new stuff. He discusses the Tractarians and tries to refute them, but then he seems to later give props to people that did what the tractarians did. He's kind of a muddled thinker. But he's aware enough of his own prejudices on these matters that he occasionally stops just shy of making ridiculous statements. It's not as good as Kalistos Ware's Intro to Orthodoxy, but it's probably a good intro book for Anglicanism.

Review # 2 was written on 2017-01-16 00:00:00 Marc Truka Thoroughly enjoyed this short but rich survey of Anglican history and thought. The section on how the Anglican approach of Scripture--Antiquity--Reason facilitated the integration of science and faith in the 18th and 19th centuries was excellent. I also appreciated the explanation of the significance of Vatican II for Christendom.