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In a time of uncertainty and change, how might we most hopefully envision the future of the Church of England?
This rich collection of essays by a diverse group of some of the most well-respected progressive Christian writers of our day seeks to offer an honest appraisal, and a hopeful horizon.
The contributors drawn from within the Church of England are: Mark Oakley (on a poetic and prophetic church), Helen-Ann Hartley (on hopeful endurance), Simon Cuff (on Catholicity and wholeness), Rachel Mann (on cherishing trans lives), Luke Larner (on the Church and money), Anderson Jeremiah (on racial justice), Carlton Turner (on ministry), Sharon Prentis (on collective wisdom), and Alice Goodman (on being a parson in a mortal church).
Fresh perspectives are provided by three writers outside the Church of England: Sandra Fyfe (on insights from Ezekiel), Gemma Simmonds (on disagreement and reconciliation) and Winnie Varghese (on the Church in the USA).
The collection’s editor, Charlie Baczyk-Bell, has written a chapter on the Gospel imperative of hospitality. Rowan Williams has written the Foreword, and Kay Goldsworthy offers the Afterword.
About the contributors:
Charlie Baczyk-Bell is the Associate Vicar of St John the Divine, Kennington, in the Diocese of Southwark.
Simon Cuff is the Rector of St Mary-Le-Bow, in the Diocese of London.
Sandra Fyfe is the Bishop of Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island, in the Anglican Church of Canada.
Kay Goldsworthy is the Archbishop of Perth, in the Anglican Church of Australia.
Alice Goodman is the Rector of Fulbourn and the Wilbrahams and world-renowned librettist.
Helen-Ann Hartley is the Bishop of Newcastle.
Anderson Jeremiah is the Bishop of Edmonton.
Luke Larner TSSF is the Priest-in-Charge of St Andrew’s Church, Luton, in the Diocese of St Albans.
Rachel Mann is the Archdeacon of Salford and Bolton, in the Diocese of Manchester.
Mark Oakley is the Dean of Southwark.
Sharon Prentis is the former Deputy Director of the Church of England’s Racial Justice Unit, and currently the Canon Theologian for the Anglican Church of Bermuda.
Gemma Simmonds CJ is Director of the Religious Life Institute at the Margaret Beaufort Institute of Theology in Cambridge.
Carlton Turner is Anglican Tutor in Contextual Theology and Mission Studies at the Queens Foundation for Ecumenical Theological Education.
Winnie Varghese is the Dean of the Cathedral of St John the Divine, New York, in The Episcopal Church.
Rowan Williams is the former Archbishop of Canterbury.
