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41. A History of the Episcopal Church by Robert W. Prichard | |
Paperback: 343
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(1999-08-01)
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Editorial Review Product Description "A truly inclusive story of the church's life in the USA and overseas. The attention to women, African-Americans, Native-Americans, and hearing-impaired, and also to those of recent 'lifestyles' is well done." Robert W. Prichard is Professor of Church History at the Protestant Episcopal Theological Seminary in Alexandria, Virginia. Customer Reviews (5)
Informative
great book
A good introduction Despite the fact that many people came to the Americas for religious freedom (and one of the churches against which they were rebelling was the Anglican church), the Anglican church arrived on American shores very early, with the establishment of colonies on the southern coast of North America (Virginia, the Carolinas), which had official sanction by the Royal authority, and thus official ties to the official church.However, this was a strange situation for Anglicans to find themselves in - while still the official state religion and dominant group back home, they were outnumbered by other immigrants to North America by a significant margin, and this did not even count the numbers of Native Americans.Continuing immigration from non-Anglican parts of the British Isles (Scotland, Ireland, and non-Anglican English and Welsh) caused religious ambiguity in colonial social life and governance also in the New England settlements, which had prior Dutch Calvinist colonies already. Prichard traces this beginning through the Great Awakening, which had Anglicans experiencing internal difficulties, and the Revolutionary War period, where many Anglicans were viewed with suspicion for their ties to the Royalist cause.One of the difficulties caused for Anglicans in America by the Revolutionary War was a suspension of formal ties to the Church of England, where bishops had to swear allegiance to the crown, something the newly independent Americans were not willing or able to do.The consecration of Seabury took place therefore under the auspices of the Anglican church in Scotland, who required as covenant for their transference of episcopal orders the acceptance by the new institution in America of certain liturgical forms, such as the prayer of consecration from 1549 rather than the more common 1552. This also represented the period of the growth of Methodism, with the figure of John Wesley prominent in the activity - Prichard states that while the Methodist movement grew out of and had respect for the Anglican traditions and institution, the only Anglican clergyman whose authority they accepted over themselves was that of John Wesley.Prichard's discussion of the strands that came from earliest Anglicanism is interesting for the future development of various denominations in America, and shows how much common lineage the Christian community in America shares. Prichard's text continues with discussion of the mission and expansion period of American growth, the Civil War period, the settlement of the West and looking toward foreign missions, the Depression and War periods, and finally the second half of the twentieth century with its period of institutional strength, shifting theologies, and prospects for renewal. In each of these sections, Prichard draws upon a variety of historical resources.He does not confine himself to looking simply at events, institutions, or personalities, but weaves these together as they are necessary to achieve an overall narrative story.Liturgical and theological shifts are discussed but not fully developed (this is not a theology or a liturgy text); attendant events and developments in the general history of the United States are brought in both for context and for influence. There is a generous assortment of illustrations - line art, wood cut and photographs - as well as tables of information (dioceses admitted to the church as states were admitted to the union, etc.).There are no maps, which might in a few instances have aided the discussion.There is a useful index.Each chapter has a series of endnotes immediately following the chapter, but there is no general bibliography or list of selected readings. In general, this is a very good text for learning the history of the church in the United States.There are occasional mis-statements, and occasional omissions one might quibble about, but on the whole, it is accessible, readable, and useful for the general reader and student.
Just the facts, ma'am To his credit, Prichard does try to cover the history of the church in America, taking us from the first years of colonization up to the election of Frank Griswold as Presiding Bishop.This is a formidable task, and Prichard is to be commended for giving it a go. Having said that, however, three things about the book are troublesome.First, I'm afraid that it's written in the dryest style imaginable, bringing back unpleasant memories of standardized textbooks struggled through in high school. Second, it's more of a rather breathless compendium than an integrated history.By that, I mean that the approach is rather positivistic:history is presented as little more than one fact after another arranged in chronological fashion.There's very little attempt to weave these facts into a broader context or to show interrelations between them.As a consequence, the social context of the church is all but ignored.Instead, Prichard focuses ad tedium on the institutional development of the church.This is obvious an important part of its history.But how informative or fruitful for the general layreader is a history of General Convention? Finally, Prichard never makes any systematic effort to tie together theology and history.He focuses exclusively on the institutional church but ignores its spiritual progression.As a consequence, the account seems, at best, lopsided.To give but one example:on pp. 188-89 Prichard writes of William Porcher DuBose, arguably the greatest episcopalian theologian of the 19th century.But he mentions him primarily in reference to an historical debate about church structure, and throws in only a one-line aside about DuBose's incarnationalist theology.This refusal to weave spiritual and institutional history renders Prichard's work rather soulless, if I may use that word in this context. The book is worthwhile as a quick reference for dates and events.But I'm afraid that a popular history of the Episcopal Church still remains to be written.
An excellent introduction and handy reference This book is very readable. It contains many illustrations, which are quite helpful. Compared to David L. Holmes' _A Brief History of the Episcopal Church_ (1993), Prichard narrates the history mostly chronologically and not thematically. He discusses different theological trends that existed in the Church, and follows their interactions and developments. He talks of the changes in women's status in the Church. He neither leaves out the Church's works among ethnic minorities nor foreign missions. The author touches many other historical events as well as important figures. These facts makes the book an excellent introduction and handy reference to the history of the Episcopal Church. ... Read more |
42. The Annotated Book of Common Prayer: Being an Historical, Ritual, and Theological Commentary on the Devotional System of the Church of England (Classic Reprint) by Church of England | |
Paperback: 758
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(2010-09-08)
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43. Common Worship: Advent 2006 to the Eve of Advent 2007: Lectionary (Common Worship: Services and Prayers for the Church of England) by Church of England | |
Paperback: 80
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(2006-04-21)
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44. Last Rites: The End of the Church of England by Michael Hampson | |
Paperback: 208
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(2006-10-01)
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45. Documentary annals of the reformed Church of England: Being a collection of injunctions, declarations, orders, articles of inquiry, etc., from the year ... 1716; with notes historical and explanatory by Edward Cardwell | |
Paperback: 476
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(1844-01-01)
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46. Protestantism and the National Church in Sixteenth Century England by Peter Lake, Maria Dowling | |
Hardcover: 240
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(1987-11)
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47. Women in the Church: A Fresh Analysis of 1 Timothy 2:9-15 | |
Paperback: 334
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(1995-10)
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The Rarest Fruits are the Sweetest
Drop your biases and examine the text
Be Careful If You Choose to Read this Book
Must buy for those seeking truth |
48. Ethics After Easter (The New Church's Teaching Series, V. 9) by Stephen Holmgren | |
Paperback: 193
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(2000-01-25)
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Fresh approach to Christianity
How should one act? This ninth volume, 'Ethics after Easter' by Stephen Holmgren, looks at the issues of ethics and morality in an Anglican fashion.The first question Holmgren addresses is what are called to do from our Baptimal covenant?How now should we live?There are questions in this of worship, of theology and of spirituality, but Holmgren specifically addresses the question from the standpoint of moral theology - a high-sounding phrase that really focuses upon the basic question of our vision of God, and how God would want us to live. There is much discernment to be done, by the individual and by the community.Holmgren addresses topics such as social justice, war and peace, sin, love, and other key issues.He sets out various approaches to ethics - do we look at the issue from the standpoint of human civil laws, or from the standpoint of God's desires for us, or both?Drawing from this, there are three ethical approaches - natural law, the historicist view, and the 'positivist' view, the one where we make a choice based on our own and communal discernment.None of these are guaranteed to give a right or wrong answer (indeed, all may lead to the wrong answer!), and rarely are any used in exclusion of the others. Holmgren looks the issues of sin, love, law, justification, sanctification and many other 'theological' concepts in application to daily life and work, as well as broader planning and communal living and decision-making.At the end of each chapter, Holmgren sets forth axiomatic statements that build a framework (axioms are basic 'truths' widely accepted as being true, relevant and applicable generally).The system of twenty-two axioms are set out in the conclusion/appendix. Stephen Holmgren is an Episcopal priest in Wisconsin, having also served in Tennessee.He is a professor of ethics and moral theology at Nashota House, one of the Episcopal seminaries in the church.He also is active in the area of medical ethics, and is a regular conference leader and speaker. Each of the texts is relatively short (only two of the volumes exceed 200 pages), the print and text of each easy to read, designed not for scholars but for the regular church-goer, but not condescending either - the authors operate on the assumption that the readers are genuinely interested in deepening their faith and practice. Each volume concludes with questions for use in discussion group settings, and with annotated lists of further readings recommended.
Oh dear . . . Perhaps one of the reasons this book is so dissatisfying is that it struggles so hard to play it safe.Author Holmgren provides a very traditional account of moral knowledge derived from reason and from revelation, nods to the very obvious fact that agreement on moral principles doesn't entail agreement about practice, and points out the equally obvious fact that principles are general and moral dilemmas are concrete and situational and that casuistry is the discipline of trying to apply the one to the other.All this is as predictable (and as stimulating) as the Baltimore Catechism.Holmgren only begins to enter into interesting waters when he reflects on the tension between the human desire for the good and human fallenness, but he quickly pulls back by offering the reader a deadly account of the seven deadly vices.Reading his book, one would never suspect that Christian ethics is an incredibly rich, incredibly complex, incredibly diverse, and incredibly rewarding area of investigation that draws on anthropology, psychology, sociology, and philosophy as well as scripture and tradition.There's a certain quaintness to the book that makes it seem as if it written in the mid-nineteenth century before moral theologians such as Rowan Williams, John Macquarrie, Gene Outka or Stanley Hauerwas were born! I appreciate that the volumes in the New Church's Teaching Series, of which Holmgren's book is one, are intended as popular introductions to lay Anglicans.But the new series, with the notable exception of Margaret Guenther's beautiful book on prayer, tends, like Holmgren's book, to be simplistic, boring, and patronising.My guess is that they are bought and read by Anglicans more out of a sense of duty than joyful eagerness.That's a genuine pity, because the Anglican spiritual, theological, and moral tradition is a beautiful and insightful one.How in the world can the Episcopal Church hope to excite its members about their faith when it feeds them such pablum?! ... Read more |
49. High Churchmanship in the Church of England from 16th Century-Late 20th Century: From the Sixteenth Century to the Late Twentieth Century by Kenneth Hylson-Smith | |
Hardcover: 424
Pages
(1993-06)
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50. The Church in the Market Place by George Carey | |
Paperback: 164
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(1991-01)
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A must for all Episcopalians and Anglicans! |
51. Latitudinarianism in the Seventeenth-Century Church of England (Brill's Studies in Intellectual History) (Brill's Studies in Itellectual History) by Martin I. J. Griffin Jr. | |
Hardcover: 213
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(1992-06-01)
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52. The Beginning of Women's Ministry: The Revival of the Deaconess in the Nineteenth-Century Church of England (Church of England Record Society) by Henrietta Blackmore | |
Hardcover: 208
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(2007-06-21)
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53. Birth, Marriage, and Death: Ritual, Religion, and the Life Cycle in Tudor and Stuart England by David Cressy | |
Paperback: 664
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(1999-06-24)
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Editorial Review Product Description Each of the major rituals was potentially an arena for argument, ambiguity, and dissent. Ideally, as classic rites of passage, these ceremonies worked to bring people together. But they also set up traps into which people could stumble, and tests which not everybody could pass. In practice, ritual performance revealed frictions and fractures that everyday local discourse attempted to hide or to heal. Using fascinating first-hand evidence, David Cressy shows how the making and remaking of ritual formed part of a continuing debate, sometimes strained and occasionally acrimonious, which exposed the raw nerves of society in the midst of great historical events. In doing so, he vividly brings to life the common experiences of living and dying in Tudor and Stuart England. Customer Reviews (3)
A must read
Social history at its best
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54. Anglicanism: The Thought and Practice of the Church of England by Paul E More | |
Paperback: 812
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(2009-12-31)
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55. An Episcopal Dictionary of the Church: A User-Friendly Reference for Episcopalians | |
Paperback: 578
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(2005-09-01)
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Only Episcopalians need reply
Definitively helpful
The title says it all -- A User-Friendly Reference |
56. Documentary Annals of the Reformed Church of England: Being a Collection of Injunctions, Declarations, Orders, Articles of Inquiry, &c. from the Year 1546 to the Year 1716, Volume 1 by Edward Cardwell | |
Paperback: 476
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(2010-03-23)
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57. Studies in Church Life in England under Edward III (Cambridge Library Collection - History) by K. L. Wood-Legh | |
Paperback: 200
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(2010-05-20)
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58. The Reformation Of The Church Of England: Its History, Principles And Results A.D. 1547-1662 V2 by John Henry Blunt | |
Hardcover: 276
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(2007-07-25)
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59. History Of The Church Of England V1: From The Abolition Of The Roman Jurisdiction, Henry VIII, 1529-1537 (1878) by Richard Watson Dixon | |
Hardcover: 552
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(2008-08-18)
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60. Vindication of the Government of New England Churches by John Wise | |
Hardcover: 122
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(2010-09-10)
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