About This Guide
A guide to the theology, polity, worship and ethos of the Episcopal Church (USA) and its parent body, the Anglican Communion.
Both basic guides and advanced information for seminary students and clergy.
Organized around the seven subjects covered by the General Ordination Exam:
- Holy Scriptures.
- Church History (inc. Ecumenical Movement)
- Theology
- Ethics / Moral Theology.
- Contemporary Society (inc Racial and Minority Groups)
- Liturgics / Music.
- Theory / Practice of Ministry.
Pages are arranged from general to specific
--Basic information on top
--Advanced material on bottom
Links
--Book titles link to DiscoverE catalog
--Book cover images link to Amazon.
--Periodical titles link to online page or to DiscoverE.
Basic Periodicals and Magazines
Episcopal Life
--Officially-sponsored by Episcopal Church
--Independently-edited
--Monthly newspaper of the Episcopal Church.
--Also online.
--Independently-edited
--Monthly newspaper of the Episcopal Church.
--Also online.
The Living Church
--Weekly independent
--Tend to conservative Anglo-Catholic editorial positions.
--Some material is online; subscribers get full access.
--Tend to conservative Anglo-Catholic editorial positions.
--Some material is online; subscribers get full access.
Church Times
--Weekly independent Church of England newspaper.
--Limited online access to non-subscribers.
--Limited online access to non-subscribers.
Church of England Newspaper
--Independent Anglican weekly
--Conservative editorially.
--Website with limited access to articles.
--Conservative editorially.
--Website with limited access to articles.
Anglican Journal
Online newspaper for Anglican Church of Canada.
Anglican Theological Review
Quarterly theology review, the "unofficial journal of the seminaries of the Episcopal Church in the United States and the Anglican Church of Canada." A website and online access for Emory community.
Anglican and Episcopal History
--Quarterly Journal of the Historical Society of the Episcopal Church.
--Online
--Online
Sewanee Theological Review
--From the School of Theology, University of the South.
--Online
--Online
Journal of Anglican Studies
Online English quarterly on all aspects of Anglicanism.
Introductions to the Episcopal Church and Anglicanism
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Welcome to the Episcopal Church: An Introduction to Its History, Faith, and Worship
Call Number: BX5930.2 .W43 1999
Introduction to history, theology, and worship.
Call Number: BV4501.3 .G56 2002
--Introduction to the church
--Excerpts from major thinkers.
--Excerpts from major thinkers.
Historical Dictionary of Anglicanism
Call Number: REFERENCE BX5007 .B83 2006
--Chronology
--Brief descriptions of terms, persons, places, polity
--Weak on liturgical terms
--No annotation for individual entries
--Extensive whole book bibliography.
--Brief descriptions of terms, persons, places, polity
--Weak on liturgical terms
--No annotation for individual entries
--Extensive whole book bibliography.
The Episcopal Handbook
Light-hearted approach to historical and theological background of the Episcopal Church, for newcomers.
An Episcopal Dictionary of the Church: A User-Friendly Reference for Episcopalians
Also in an online edition.
User's Guide to the Book of Common Prayer
Basic introduction for those unfamiliar with the Book of Common Prayer. Two volumes include The Holy Eucharist Rites I and II, and Baptism and Confirmation.
What Is Anglicanism
Call Number: BX5006 .H64 1982
Anglicanism
Call Number: BX5005 .N4
Finding Books about the Episcopal Church in the Catalog
Finding Articles
Here are some sources for finding articles on Anglicanism and the Episcopal Church:
ATLA Religion Database (EBSCO)
Australasian Religion Index Online
Catholic Periodical and Literature Index (EBSCO)
Christian Periodical Index (EBSCO)
Religion and Philosophy Collection (EBSCO)
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Churches in the Anglican Communion
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Provinces listed alphabetically by country.
- The Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand & Polynesia
- The Anglican Church of Australia
- The Church of Bangladesh
- Igreja Episcopal Anglicana do Brasil
- The Anglican Church of Burundi
- The Anglican Church of Canada
- The Church of the Province of Central Africa
- Iglesia Anglicana de la Region Central de America
- Province de L'Eglise Anglicane Du Congo
- The Church of England
- Hong Kong Sheng Kung Hui
- The Church of the Province of the Indian Ocean
- The Church of Ireland
- The Nippon Sei Ko Kai (The Anglican Communion in Japan)
- The Episcopal Church in Jerusalem & The Middle East
- The Anglican Church of Kenya
- The Anglican Church of Korea
- The Church of the Province of Melanesia
- La Iglesia Anglicana de Mexico
- The Church of the Province of Myanmar (Burma)
- The Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion)
- The Church of North India (United)
- The Church of Pakistan (United)
- The Anglican Church of Papua New Guinea
- The Episcopal Church in the Philippines
- L'Eglise Episcopal au Rwanda
- The Scottish Episcopal Church
- Church of the Province of South East Asia
- The Church of South India (United)
- The Anglican Church of Southern Africa
- Iglesia Anglicana del Cono Sur de America
- The Episcopal Church of the Sudan
- The Anglican Church of Tanzania
- The Church of the Province of Uganda
- The Episcopal Church
- The Church in Wales
- The Church of the Province of West Africa
- The Church in the Province of the West Indies
Extra-Provincial Churches
There are six extra-provincial churches in the Anglican Communion; all but Cuba are under the authority of the Archbishop of Canterbury.
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