The Vocation of Anglicanism - Softcover

Avis, Paul

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0567684490 ISBN 13: 9780567684493

Publisher: Bloomsbury 3PL, 2018

Synopsis

Paul Avis charts a pathway of theological integrity through the serious challenges facing the Anglican Communion in the first quarter of the 21st century. He asks whether there is a special calling for Anglicanism as an expression of the Christian Church and expounds the Anglican theological tradition to shed light on current controversies. He argues in conclusion that Anglicanism is called, like all the churches, to reflect the nature of the Church that we confess in the Creed to be one, holy, catholic and apostolic.

The book provides a clear view of the way that the Anglican tradition holds together aspects of the church that in other traditions are sometimes allowed to drift apart, as the Anglican understanding of the Church reveals itself to be catholic and reformed, episcopal and synodical, universal and local, biblical and reasonable, traditional and open to fresh insight. Avis combines accessible scholarly analysis with constructive arguments that will bring fresh hope and vision to Anglicans around the world.

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Review:

This is a hopeful and generous book, looking for "the Church†? and its notes of unity, holiness, catholicity, and apostolicity wherever they may be found. ... The essays collected here are excellent testimony to [Avis's] attentiveness to other voices, historical and contemporary.
Theological Studies

[Avis] has managed to combine ecumenical sensitivity with a readiness to defend Anglicanism. ... [H]e sets out his stall with admirable clarity and cogency. He also develops and interprets [his] basic understanding of Anglicanism in ways that are often stimulating.
Church of England Newspaper

Paul Avis is an erudite and perceptive writer on Anglicanism; he is also a scholar devoted to the case of Christian unity. His latest book makes all this plain, offering a generous, open-hearted view of what Anglicanism, at its best, might become (and sometimes already is).
The Expository Times

About the Author:

Paul Avis has served as the General Secretary of the Church of England's Council for Christian Unity and has been involved in numerous theological dialogues and conversations, both in the UK and internationally. He is now Theological Consultant to the Anglican Communion Office, London, supporting various international commissions. He is also convening editor of the journal Ecclesiology.

About this edition

• Publisher: Bloomsbury 3PL
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 0567684490
• ISBN 13: 9780567684493
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 204