The Anglican Tradition
Description
129 pages
$7.95
ISBN 0-919891-10-1
$7.95
ISBN 0-919891-10-1
Publisher
Year
1984
Contributor
Edited by Richard Holloway
Reviewed by P.J. Kemp
P.J. Kemp was a journalist living in Brigham, Quebec.
Review
Introspection and self-analysis are natural companions of religious feeling, but in volumes like The Anglican Tradition they become more of a neurotic manifestation. The writers try to offer some historical and critical overview of Anglicanism, but the results are a rather wistful and fretful questioning of why the Anglican religion doesn’t appear as compelling and dynamic as, for instance, Catholicism. Moreover, it isn’t a question that gets answered — it is just defensively picked apart. Holloway et al. should realize that this rather defensive attitude renders a religion only another social system, thereby losing what appeal and force it may have had.
Citation
“The Anglican Tradition,” Canadian Book Review Annual Online, accessed December 2, 2024, https://cbra.library.utoronto.ca/items/show/36944.