Episcopalianism category: 259 books
by John Claypool
Language: English
Release Date: January 25, 1999
Language: English
Release Date: January 25, 1999
In three meditations John Claypool speaks eloquently of the wounds all of us carry through life—the wounds of grievance, guilt, and grief—and how they can be healed. The wound of grievance comes from our suffering at the hands of others, we are pierced by guilt when we inflict pain in return,...
Episcopal Questions, Episcopal Answers
Exploring Christian Faith
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2014
• An accessible Q&A introduction to the Episcopal Church • Use with new members, as a confirmation resource, and in youth and adult study groups • Written by two established and well-recognized figures in the Episcopal Church Everybody enjoys a simple Q&A: it provides a quick, easy,...
by Titus Presler
Language: English
Release Date: May 25, 2001
Language: English
Release Date: May 25, 2001
In this volume of The New Church's Teaching Series, Titus Presler offers a fresh vision of mission in the multicultural environment of a global community. Arguing that Christian mission expresses God's longing to embrace humanity in love, Presler explores how gospel understandings are being reshaped...
by Louis Weil
Language: English
Release Date: January 25, 2001
Language: English
Release Date: January 25, 2001
In this exploration of the foundations of Anglican worship, Louis Weil invites the laity to claim their true baptismal role and serve alongside the ordained as ministers and celebrants of the liturgy. He explains how the contribution of the people of God has steadily diminished over the centuries...
Liturgical Sense
The Logic of Rite
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2013
Louis Weil looks back on his work shaping the liturgical life of the Episcopal Church through his involvement with the development of The 1979 Book of Common Prayer— and looks forward to the future of the church and its liturgical life. Through stories and first-person anecdotes, Weil does “narrative...
Hatch, Match, and Dispatch
The Life and Times of The Almost Reverend William Billow
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2018
Being a priest is likened to being a shepherd. People do, from time to time, need a poke here or a prod there. But mostly, they need to know someone is watching out for them. Rev. William Billow has been that gentle guiding hand for multiple communities across the nation, but he is best known for...
by Barbara Cawthorne Crafton
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2003
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2003
In times of great national crisis, composers and artists have responded by producing some of the greatest works known to us. No less an artist than writer Barbara Cawthorne Crafton has risen to the challenge in our time. In this elegant and provocative book, she confronts us with the language of the...
People of the Way
Renewing Episcopal Identity
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2012
There is a renewed conversation about identity and mission in American Anglicanism today, based on the recognition that the church’s context in the U.S. has dramatically changed. The legacies of establishment, benefactor approaches to mission, and the ‘national church’ ideal are no longer adequate...
Pilgrim
A Course for the Christian Journey - The Commandments
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2016
Pilgrim is a teaching and discipleship resource that helps inquirers and new Christians explore what it means to travel through life with Christ. A Christian course for the twenty-first century, Pilgrim offers an approach of participation, not persuasion. Following the practice of the ancient disciplines...
Ridiculous Packaging
Or, my long strange journey from atheist to Episcopalian in two acts
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2005
Karen Favreau is a Generation X seeker who has run the spiritual gamut. Raised Catholic, she lapsed into atheism and began a long, strange journey back to Christian faith. In Ridiculous Packaging she chronicles her trip, offering a humorous, non-preachy, and heartfelt memoir in which she attempts...
Pathways to Peace
Interreligious Readings and Reflections
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2005
“Religion can be a realm of extraordinary power,” says U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan. “It can offer solace in troubled times. It can make sense of the seemingly senseless.” In Pathways to Peace, A. Jean Lesher, a dedicated participant in interfaith dialogue initiatives and an accomplished...
by Stephanie Spellers, Eric H. F. Law
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2014
• Updated content and approach, compared to earlier New Church’s Teachings series, with emphasis on mission and applicability • Interactivity is emphasized throughout with robust study guides, links to a host of web and video resources, and jargon-free language The New Church’s Teachings was...
Christ's Passion, Our Passions
Reflections on the Seven Last Words from the Cross
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2003
Margaret Bullitt-Jonas not only takes us to the foot of the cross of Jesus, she invites us to consider the breadth of Christ's healing, saving love for us, for those we love, and for the whole creation. Each reflection is followed by a series of prayer-provoking questions designed to draw us deeper into the mystery of extravagant generosity.
Archbishop Justin Welby
The Road to Canterbury
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2013
This biography of the 105th Archbishop of Canterbury traces the story of Welby's life and ministry from his earliest years to the eve of his enthronement in March 2013. It examines his conversation to Christianity as a student at Cambridge University, his career as a treasurer in the oil industry...