The Anglican Communion at a Crossroads by Christopher Craig Brittain

The Anglican Communion at a Crossroads by Christopher Craig Brittain

Analyzes the tensions within the contemporary Anglican Communion, addresses the theological arguments and social forces involved, and explores the dynamics of religious conflict in a global era.

“A fascinating read, regardless of your personal faith or politics”

—Eric C. Miller Reading Religion

“The interviews and the authors’ wide knowledge of the literature on church conflict, globalisation, and related issues combine to produce a book that clearly lays out the roots of the discord within the Anglican Communion and challenges some tired explanations for the conflict.”

—Church Times

“Of the books on the state of the Anglican Communion in the last two decades, Brittain and McKinnon offer the best analysis to date, offering a lucid, coherent, and balanced presentation of the situation the Anglican Communion finds itself in.”

—James Tengatenga Anglican Theological Review

“As closely tied to national identities as the churches are themselves, the nature and fate of the Anglican Communion will be a continuing research area for some time: this book is recommended for students, scholars, and practitioners.”

—Abby Day Sociology of Religion

“This timely, lucid, and admirably balanced book should be required reading for all those who care about the Anglican Communion. The debate about same-sex relationships is correctly perceived as the presenting issue of deeper tensions, which are then explored from a variety of perspectives. I recommend it warmly.”

—Grace Davie, author of Religion in Britain: A Persistent Paradox

“Americans seeking to understand the conflict raging within the Episcopal Church will gain perspective from this valuable book. It’s not just a battle in the ‘culture war.’ Homosexuality is the ‘presenting symbol’ of broader struggles within a 500-year-old, increasingly transnational institution. Making use of sociological theory, religious history, and interviews with church leaders around the world, Brittain and McKinnon assess the fate of Anglicanism in the context of its current crisis.”

—R. Stephen Warner, author of A Church of Our Own: Disestablishment and Diversity in American Religion

Christopher Craig Brittain is Dean of Divinity and Margaret E. Fleck Chair in Anglican Studies at Trinity College, University of Toronto. His publications include A Plague on Both Their Houses: Liberal vs. Conservative Christians and the Divorce of the Episcopal Church USA, Religion at Ground Zero: Theological Responses to Times of Crises, and The Weight of Objectivity: Critical Social Theory and Theology.

Andrew McKinnon, a sociologist of religion, is Senior Lecturer of Sociology at the University of Aberdeen.

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ISBN 13	9780271080895
ISBN 10	0271080892
Title	The Anglican Communion at a Crossroads
Author	Christopher Craig Brittain
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Pennsylvania State University Press
Year published	2018-04-17
Number of pages	264
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