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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Rather short, but quite meaningful in these times,
This review is from: Anglican-Orthodox Pilgrimage (Paperback)
ANGLICAN-ORTHODOX PILGRIMAGE is a collection of seven personal testimonials by ten people, some clergy and some lay, who left the Episcopal Church of the United States of America (ECUSA) and its Anglican tradition for the Orthodox Church. The book is quite short, a mere 67 pages. However, it is still interesting and, though published in 1993, quite pertinent to the current situation in ECUSA.
The first essay by Father William Olnhausen talks of the pain of leaving a comfortable position as an Episcopalian priest and the great joy of entering a more satisfying spiritual tradition. Olnhausen's essay is more on the virtues of Orthodoxy and what it has to offer than criticizing Anglicanism, which he is hestitant to do. Olnhausen ends with a note to those who decide to remain Anglicans, explaining that they still have his friendship and love. The following essay by Mary M. Stolzenbach "Taste and See" is the most insubstantial of the writings here, offering little theological argument, but charting her disappointment with modern Anglicanism. The third essay is a letter from three lay Episcoplians explaining their decision. It is by far the most interesting essay for those considering abandoning ECUSA in these current times. The three laymen, Henry and Leaella Shirley, and William Draper, show specific examples of what they consider apostasy and how it has made Anglicanism cease to be a viable option. These include the unilateral decision to ordain women without the consent of other catholic "branches", the sanctioning of abortion, the condoning of sexual relations outside of marriage, the revision of liturgy and hymnody for the sake of "inclusiveness", and the failure to censure clergy when have denied points of the Nicene Creed. While this letter was written in 1988, it is still quite striking to contemporary conservative Anglicans. The letter reminds us that these current problems are nothing new, that they were already present with Bishop Pike in the 1960s and Bishop Spong in the 1980s. "The more things change..." Dr. Kent and Dena Berquist's "From Kansas to Constantinople" is another brief essay. Like Stolzenbach before, the couple came to Anglicanism only after exploring other Protestant options, and were similarly disappointed that the dream of Anglicanism does not match the reality. "Finding a Home in the Eastern Rite" by Father David Mustian begins with an apology for his transition from Anglicanism--as experienced in the great changes of the 1970s--to Orthodoxy and then discusses why the author thinks the Eastern Rite the better option for converts. Father John M. Reeves' "Excess Baggage" is the essay most critical of ECUSA here, and he sees the problems of Anglicanism as deriving from a flawed Western and modernist mindset. The author writes in a rather crotchety style, but does make some good points. Finally, Franklin Billerbeck's "Reluctant Journey" shows how one former Episcoplian swam the Bosphorus and yet maintained good relations with the members and priest of his former parish; it will certainly instill hope in those hestitant about the change. While the book is very brief and offers little in the way of sophisticated theological argument, I think that ANGLICAN-ORTHODOX PILGRIMAGE is still worth reading for those considering a move from Anglicanism to Orthodoxy. It's a pity an expanded version has not appeared, for this movement has in recent years grown ever larger and many new cases could be examined.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
A quick little read,
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This review is from: Anglican-Orthodox Pilgrimage (Paperback)
This thin book was a quick little read. It chronicles the pilgrimage of ten people to the Eastern Orthodox Church. Its similar to other books I've read and reviewed. However, this one I found kind of dissapointing. Each of the writers seems to rant more about their extreme dislike for their former Churches rather than a Love for their newly adopted Church. Eliminate the negative and emphasize the positive.
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Yet another 'conversion' book (compilation) ... and one of the worst compilation,
By Gabriel E. Borlean (Odense, Denmark - birthtown of fairytale-writer H.C. Andersen) - See all my reviews (VINE VOICE) (REAL NAME)
This review is from: Anglican-Orthodox Pilgrimage (Paperback)
This book(let) has been a big disappointment for me. I finished the 71-page compilation in one evening. It contains 7 testimonies of former Evangelicals and Anglicans who 'converted' to Orthodoxy and the emotional, theological, and social difficulties of their becoming Eastern Orthodox.
While Conciliar Press puts out some very good titles, I felt that this print was just a random collection of people's stories. Some of the stories are really out of date (about their struggles in the mid 70s) and related to the changes in the Episcopal Church USA in the 60s and 70s. Some of the stories were merely based on emotional warm-fuzzes. Reading many of the stories I felt that the authors' 'conversion' was not substantiated by concrete theological, liturgical, or historical arguments. The exceptions to the overall tone of this compilation are the last two 'conversion' stories: "Excess Baggage" and "A Reluctant Journey." I learned just as much about the Episcopal Church as I did about the Eastern Orthodox Church and had quite a few things to underline. As a Christian and an Evangelical Protestant I have a great admiration for the Eastern-rite liturgy, the Orthodox faith, and the Orthodox believers. This book helped very little in justifying a 'conversion' within Christianity from one church to another. I wish I could have given it more stars.
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