ABSTRACT
This focused concentration and celebration of Anglican life could not be more timely. Debates on sexuality and gender (including women bishops), whether or not the church has a Covenant, or can be a Communion, and how it is ultimately led, are issues that have dominated the ecclesial horizon for several decades. No book on Anglicanism can ever claim to have all the answers to all the questions. However, Martyn Percy’s work does offer significant new insights and illumination - highlighting just how rich and reflexive the Anglican tradition can be in living and proclaiming the gospel of Christ. These essays provide some sharply-focused snapshots of contemporary Anglicanism, and cover many of the crucial issues affecting Anglicans today, such as the nature of mission and ministry, theological training and formation, and ecclesial identity and leadership. Church culture is often prey to contemporary fads and fashion. Percy’s work calls Anglicanism to deeper discipleship; to attend to its roots, identity and shape; and to inhabit the world with a faith rooted in commitment, confidence and Christ.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|62 pages
Confidence in Formation
chapter Chapter 1|16 pages
A Flight of Starlings: Cuddesdon and the Forming of Anglicanism
chapter Chapter 2|12 pages
Sacred Sagacity: Formation and Training for Ministry
chapter Chapter 3|16 pages
Yeast and Salt: Ministerial Formation for Rural Contexts
chapter Chapter 4|16 pages
Pitching Tents: Formational Sketches on Sacred Space
part II|62 pages
Commitment and Mission
chapter Chapter 5|14 pages
Many Rooms in My Father's House: The Parish Church
chapter Chapter 6|18 pages
Mind the Gap: Mission, Youth and Generational Change
chapter Chapter 7|14 pages
Opportunity Knocks: Church, Nationhood and Establishment
chapter Chapter 8|14 pages
Old Tricks for New Dogs: A Critique of Fresh Expressions
part III|64 pages
Communion and Polity