The Anglican Communion at a Crossroads

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1. The Cultural Logic of Symbols and Anglican “Orthodoxy”

2. Globalization, Communication, and the Redistribution of Religious Authority

3. The Global South and the Communion: Africa as the New Anglican “Center of Gravity”

4. Local Disagreement in the Midst of a Global Dispute: The View from the Pews in the Diocese(s) of Pittsburgh

5. National Strictures, Global Structures, and the Ties That Bind

6. Authority, Practice, and Ecclesial Identity

7. Anglican Identity in the Twenty-First Century

Conclusion: The “End” of the Communion?

Notes

Bibliography

Index

“Of the books on the state of the Anglican Communion in the last two decades, Brittain and McKinnon offer the best analysis to date, offering a lucid, coherent, and balanced presentation of the situation the Anglican Communion finds itself in.”

—James Tengatenga, Anglican Theological Review