Always Open
Being an Anglican Today
1st Edition
Published on 25. February 2005
150 pages
978-1-4616-6048-4 (ISBN)
Description
Seventy million assorted individuals comprise a church family that is renowned for its rich diversity. Christians of all shades of belief together make up the Anglican Communion, a fellowship of churches that extends around the world and includes the Episcopal Church in the United States. At its best, the spirit of openness that marks this fellowship is a sign of openness to the Holy Spirit. Few Anglicans would presume to have "arrived" spiritually, and the door is always open to all who are seeking God.
Whether you are a cradle Episcopalian or are exploring the denomination, Always Open is an excellent introduction to Anglican beliefs and practices. Down-to-earth and good humored, Always Open explains the essentials of the Anglican approach to authority, the Bible, social and moral questions, dialogue with people of other faiths, and much, much more.
Whether you are a cradle Episcopalian or are exploring the denomination, Always Open is an excellent introduction to Anglican beliefs and practices. Down-to-earth and good humored, Always Open explains the essentials of the Anglican approach to authority, the Bible, social and moral questions, dialogue with people of other faiths, and much, much more.
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Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Target group
Professional and scholarly
ISBN-13
978-1-4616-6048-4 (9781461660484)
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02/2005
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
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Person
Richard Giles is a leading authority on the design of liturgical space and the reordering of church buildings for contemporary worship. After thirty years as a parish priest in England, he became Dean of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1999. He is author of Creating Uncommon Worship and of the bestselling Re-pitching the Tent.
Content
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication Page
- Table of Contents
- 1: Introduction: Being Rather than doing
- 2: What's in a Name?
- 3: To Begin at the Beginning
- 4: Building Blocks: Essential Elements of Anglicanism
- 5: From Chains to CD Rom: The Anglican Approach to Scripture
- 6: Dogmas and Dugouts: The Anglican Approach to Doctrine
- 7: Us and Me: The Anglican Approach to the Church
- 8: Bouquets and Bandages: The Anglican Approach to the Sacraments
- 9: Decently and in Order: The Anglican Approach to Worship
- 10: Learning Good Habits: The Anglican Approach to Prayer
- 11: Checks and Balances: The Anglican Approach to Authority
- 12: Loitering with Intent: The Anglican Approach to Membership
- 13 Seeing Both Sides: The Anglican Approach to Moral Questions
- 14: Sending us out: The Anglican Approach to the Wider Community
- 15: Taking a Lower Seat: The Anglican Approach to other Traditions and Faiths
- 16: Where do we go from Here?
- Notes
