A Church Observed: Being Anglican As Times Change by Andrew Norman
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What does ‘being Anglican’ mean as times change? A Church Observed addresses this question by scanning the Anglican horizon and zooming in on features of interest.
ISBN: 978-0-9932090-7-9
428 pages/35 colour | Paperback
RRP: £9.95 | $16.00
ISBN: 978-0-9932090-7-9
428 pages/35 colour | Paperback
RRP: £9.95 | $16.00
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The bishops of the Church of England are re-imagining ministry and mission for the 21st century, while Anglicans in over 165 countries are addressing their own local challenges. At the same time, Anglicans everywhere struggle to establish what holds them together. So what does ‘being Anglican’ mean as times change? A Church Observed addresses this question by scanning the Anglican horizon and zooming in on features of interest.
The author does so from the vantage point of his own family history and personal experience. By playing this back and commenting on what we observe together, he opens up the bigger Anglican story for us. Surveying a rich array of contexts, in the UK and across the world, he helps us discern common features and assess why Anglican practices have in some cases changed, with an eye to the future. A Church Observed is an invaluable resource for anyone interested in the unfolding story of this unique family of churches.
The author does so from the vantage point of his own family history and personal experience. By playing this back and commenting on what we observe together, he opens up the bigger Anglican story for us. Surveying a rich array of contexts, in the UK and across the world, he helps us discern common features and assess why Anglican practices have in some cases changed, with an eye to the future. A Church Observed is an invaluable resource for anyone interested in the unfolding story of this unique family of churches.
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A unique reflection on Anglican identity from someone who has ministered in a rich diversity of contexts and watched at close quarters the struggles of the last decade or so as to what Anglicanism is and might be.
What is distilled is a vision that is realistic, theologically acute – and, above all, hopeful. This is a very significant book indeed, deserving the widest welcome.
Rowan Williams, former Archbishop of Canterbury
This is a timely encouragement to all Anglicans to appreciate afresh what we share in common and continue working at the gift of being a Communion. It moves between the local and the global, situating Anglican experience in its wider context, with challenges for the future carefully identified. I will be recommending this informative and thought-provoking resource to all who rejoice in being Anglican.
Archbishop Josiah Idowu-Fearon, Secretary General of the Anglican Communion
Discreetly observed and diligently documented, this patient memoir interweaves autobiography with shrewd perspectives from inside Lambeth Palace, the Church of England and the Anglican Communion.
Bishop Graham Kings, Mission Theologian in the Anglican Communion
Andrew Norman offers an engaging and insightful analysis of the recent history and current situation of English and global Anglicanism from the perspective of a reflective insider. His book will be of great service not only to committed Anglicans but also to all who seek a rounded critical understanding of this major Christian tradition.
John Wolffe, Professor of Religious History, The Open University
A box-set of the Anglican story in wide-screen & high definition, personal, grounded, insightful and forward-looking.
Revd Steve Benoy, Diocesan Director of Ordinands, Peterborough Diocese
This is a fascinating account of the Anglican Way… [observed through the experience of the author’s two grandfather’s in the First and Second World Wars and the author’s own encounter with the church in an English public school, Oxford and time spent in different countries of the Anglican Communion and not least of all his time on the staff of two Archbishops of Canterbury. The author reflects on what being Anglican means in times of change.] For anyone interested in the journey of today’s Anglican Communion, with challenges confronting it and possibilities ahead, this perceptive book is a must.
Dame Mary Tanner, former European President of the World Council of Churches