The Episcopal Church in Crisis: How Sex, the Bible, and Authority Are Dividing the Faithful (Religion, Politics, and Public Life)
"It's one thing to know what's been happening, but quite another to think through the clashing agendas and what they imply for the future of Anglicanism….[A]nyone seriously concerned with the current crisis will nevertheless need to take account of this book and its analysis of The Episcopal Church's situation."-The Living Church"Kirkpatrick….comprehensively addresses church history and beliefs as a background for the complex issues affecting unity or division within today's Episcopal Church….He covers pertinent details of issues raised--e.g., biblical authority, church history, ecclesiastical authority, and the place for human reasoning--in a multiplicity of meetings and conferences….Recommended for academic libraries."-Library Journal"Kirkpatrick (Trinity College, CT) neatly describes the crisis in which the worldwide Anglican Communion is currently embroiled….This excellent book provides a heavily researched and dense overview of what promises to be an ongoing debate….Recommended."-Choice"I don't think you can find in one place a better synthesis of the historical, moral, theological, cultural, and ecclesiological dimensions of the issues and interrelated matters. Kirkpatrick's careful organization of an enormous volume of material and events puts before the reader decades of cultural and political trends. He does that in a very readable way, using engaging illustrations and connecting some of the true ironies of recent and longago history that got us where we are."-The Episcopal New Yorker