Study of Anglicanism [Paperback]

Stephen Sykes (Author), John Booty (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 1998

In this authoritative volume, thirty-one of the world's leading Anglican scholars present the first sustained and thorough account of the history and ethos of the Churches of the Anglican Communion from the Anglican reform of the sixteenth century to its global witness today. Thoroughly revised, augmented, and updated, this new edition of The Study of Anglicanism offers a comprehensive interpretation of the character of Anglicanism-including its history, theology, worship, standards and practices, and its future prospects worldwide. A fascinating and unique work, it remains the one indispensable key to this rich and pluriform heritage for both the general reader and the student.

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About the Author

John Booty (Editor) is Professor of Anglican Studies in the School of Theology at the University of the South, Sewanee, Tennessee.

Stephen Sykes (Editor), formerly Regius Professor of Divinity at the University of Cambridge, England, is now Bishop of Ely.

Jonathan Knight (Editor) is Research Assistant to Stephen Sykes.

Contributors: Stephen Sykes is Bishop of Ely, UK.

John E. Booty is Professor Emeritus of Anglican Studies, School of Theology, University of the South Tennessee, USA, and Historiographer of the Episcopal Church, USA.

Jonathan Knight is Research Assistant to Stephen Sykes.

William P. Haugaard is Diocese of Chicago Professor Emeritus of Church History, Seabury Western Theological Seminary, Illinois, USA.

Perry Butler is Priest-in-Charge of St. George's, Bloomsbury, London, and a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, UK.

Reginald H. Fuller is retired Professor of New Testament at the Protestant Episcopal Theological Seminary, Virginia, USA.

Sir Henry Chadwick is the retired Master of Peterhouse, Cambridge, and formerly Regius Professor of Divinity in the University of Cambridge, UK.

A. S. McGrade is retired Professor of Philosophy at the University of Connecticut, USA.

Marion J. Hatchett is Professor of Liturgics, University of the South, Tennessee, USA.

Peter Toon is President of the Prayer Book Society of the Episcopal Church and a Priest of the Diocese of Quincy, Illinois, USA.

Paul F. Bradshaw is Professor of Theology at the University of Notre Dame, Indiana, USA.

James Hartin (deceased) was Professor of Pastoral Theology and Lecturer in Church History at Trinity College, Dublin, Republic of Ireland.

W. Taylor Stevenson (deceased) was Professor of Theology at Seabury Western Theological Seminary, Illinois, USA.

Frederick H. Shriver is retired Professor of Church History, The General Theological Seminary, New York, USA.

Daniel B. Stevick is Professor Emeritus of Liturgics and Homiletics, Episcopal Divinity School, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.

Philip H. E. Thomas is Vicar of Heighington, County Durham. He held the St. Augustine (Stephen Bayne) Fellowship at Oxford University, 1995--96, UK.

Fredrica Harris Thompsett is Academic Dean and Mary Wolfe Professor of Historical Theology, Episcopal Divinity School, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.

David R. Holeton is Professor of Liturgics at the Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic.

William R. Crockett is Professor of Systematic Theology, Vancouver School of Theology, British Columbia, Canada.

John B. Webster is Lady Margaret Professor of Divinity in the University of Oxford, UK.

Richard A. Norris is Professor Emeritus of Church History, Union Theological Seminary, New York, USA. 710+

A. M. Allchin is Honorary Canon of Canterbury Cathedral, and Honorary Professor in The University of Wales, Bangor, UK.

Paul Elmen is retired Professor of Christian Ethics at Seabury Western Theological Seminary, Illinois, USA.

O. C. Edwards Jr., is retired President and Dean, Seabury Western Theological Seminary, Illinois, USA.

Peter Hinchliff (deceased) was Regius Professor of Ecclesiastical History in the University of Oxford, UK.

W. S. F. Pickering is retired Senior Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK.

Mary Tanner is General Secretary of the Council for Christian Unity, Church of England, London, UK.

John S. Pobee is head of the Department of Ecumenical Theological Education of the World Council of Churches, Geneva, Switzerland.

Paul Avis is Vicar of Stoke Canon, Poltimore with Huxham and Rewe with Netherexe in the Diocese of Exeter; Sub Dean of Exeter Cathedral; and Director of the Centre for the Study of the Christian Church, UK.

J. Robert Wright is St. Mark's-in-the-Bowery Professor of Ecclesiastical History, General Theological Seminary, New York, USA.

T. E. Yates is an Honorary Canon of Derby Cathedral, UK. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Paperback: 468 pages
• Publisher: Fortress Pr (September 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0800620879
• ISBN-13: 978-0800620875
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.7 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,024,122 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Exhaustive Overview of Anglicanism, July 2, 2006

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Chip Webb (Fairfax Station, VA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Study of Anglicanism (Paperback)

The title of this book says it all: The Study of Anglicanism. Sykes, Booty, and research assistant Knight, have edited and assembled a very academic work that is sure to be a difficult read for many people. But for those who really want to study Anglicanism, the essays contained in this work are a gold mine, written by scholars from a variety of segments of Anglicanism.

If you are coming to this book with little Anglican background, make sure to first read Part I, The History of Anglicanism. The information in these first two chapters will go a long way to helping you understand the material in the later essays.

There is practially nothing to quibble about in this book; it provides as exhaustive an overview of Anglicanism as anyone could reasonably expect from one book. A mini-library in itself, it should prove invaluable to anyone really wanting to learn about Anglicanism. Given the different factions within Anglicanism, it undoubtedly won't please everyone, but that's to be expected.

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A great help, December 6, 2005

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Daniel J. Justin (West Hollywood) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Study of Anglicanism (Paperback)

I have found this book extremely helpful in understanding Anglicanism. I am new to the Episcopal Church and this book really helped me in discovering the difference (and similarities) from my previous tradition. I am currently in seminary and found this book to be a great supplement for my Systematic Theology course.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An amazing source of information about Anglicanism, October 1, 2007

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Roberta G. Sautter "Rabid Anglican" (San Francisco, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Study of Anglicanism (Paperback)

This book gave me a tremendous amount of information about the history of the theology of the Church of England, the Episcopal Church in the United States, and to a lesser extent, the rest of the Anglican Communion. I am a life-long Episcopalian, and was fascinated to see that many of the things I consider as hallmarks of the modern Episcopal Church, such as the critical (non-literal) interpretation fo the Bible were there from the earliest theology of the Church of England Under Elizabeth I. Highly recommended!