Why I am still an Anglican : essays and conversions / edited by Caroline Chartres.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Chartres, Caroline.

Charlton Yarnall Fund.

Yarnall Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Anglicans.

Church of England.

Anglican Communion.

Physical Description:

vii, 167 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Continuum, 2006.

Summary:

The Anglican church has been no stranger to controversy over its long history but the debates raging now are among the very hottest it has known, threatening to split the Anglican Communion.What better time, then, to ask a dozen prominent Anglicans why they are still in the church and what they love about it?

Contents:

Introduction / Caroline Chartres

Pursuing truth and unity / John Stott

As it was in the beginning / P.D. James

Living a life / Anne Atkins

One common humanity / Emeka (Eleazar Chukwuemeka) Anyaoku

Matters of life and death / Elizabeth Butler-Sloss

Building on the past / Frank Field

Faith and work / Andreas Whittam Smith

Hearing the call / Stephen Layton

Alpha Plus / Nicky Gumbel

Atheist with doubts / Ian Hislop

Follow me / Hugh Montefiore

Branded a heretic / Rupert Sheldrake

Converted by St. Paul / Fay Weldon

Signposts in society / Lucy Winkett

Home thoughts from abroad / Edward Lucas

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Charlton Yarnall Fund.

ISBN:

0826481434

OCLC:

70720860