The Renewal of Anglicanism

This book is not a list of practical recommendations. I have little time for the "press-these-buttons-and-things-will-get-better" school of thought. The issues that attend the renewal of Anglicanism are too complex to be handled in this way. Rather, I have been concerned to explore what has happened recently in Anglicanism, and how this might have a bearing on the future renewal of that church in the West. Above all, I have been concerned to stress the importance of rediscovering a sense of purpose, instead of aimlessly plodding along from one issue to another, wondering what will happen next. Anglicanism needs to make its own future, instead of just allowing things - usually rather nasty things - to happen to it. Despite its many inadequacies, this book is offered as a contribution to the worldwide renewal of the church of Jesus Christ, as it prepares to face the third, and perhaps the most challenging to date, millennium of its existence. [From the Author's Introduction]