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Title: Evangelicals on the Canterbury Trail: Why Evangelicals Are Attracted to the Liturgical Church by Robert E. Webber ISBN: 0-8192-1476-0 Publisher: Morehouse Publishing Pub. Date: February, 1989 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.79 (14 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: A must read for evangelicals wanting more
Comment: If your experience in the evangelical tradition leaves you wanting more then this is the book for you. Webber explains in a succinct and lucid manner his personal journey from an evangelical (Baptist, Bob Jones graduate, Presbyterian minister, and Wheaton professor) to an Anglican. The second half of the book is devoted to six others who have similar stories. This book is not really an apology for Anglicanism, but the story of seven writers who looked at their spiritual lives in the evangelical tradition and found them wanting. They eventually discovered fulfillment in the Anglican Church. The writers are not hostile to their former traditions and do not take an elitist view of their journeys. Still, they do point out some of the problems of modern evangelical worship and doctrine. Also, the writers are traditional Anglicans; they are not associated with the more liberal side of the Church. As a lifelong evangelical who is now a communicant member in the worldwide Anglican Communion, it is almost as if Webber and his friends were telling my story. I just wish I could have found this book sooner. I highly recommend it!
Rating: 5
Summary: An eye-opener
Comment: A line from Robert Webber's book that may startle both evangelicals and Anglicans alike reads, "As I meditate on my worship experience in the Episcopal tradition, I find I am drawn to it because it is so thoroughly evangelical." This book tells his story and the story of several others at Wheaton College who found themselves drawn to the Anglican tradition. For a time I lived in a foreign country and a city where the best choice for worship was the Anglican church; otherwise, as a good card-carrying evangelical, I may never have set foot in one. What I found was eye-opening to me, and I was thrilled to find that Robert Webber has written a book that puts this experience into words.
Liturgy is evangelical? Absolutely. As Webber points out, in the average Anglican service, more Scripture is read than at most community Bible churches. Responsive readings invite people to interact with the Word. The atmosphere of doctrinal litmus-testing that is so readily apparent in most evangelical churches takes a backseat, allowing honest study and inquiry-people can come to God first before they must seek approval from the congregation. The "point" of the service is worship and communion with God (not least because communion/Eucharist happens every week), and not entertainment by the worship team and pastor. The worship and activities of the church are tied to a rich historical tradition, thus freeing them from the mood of the moment, whatever the modern culture or a particular congregation feels comfortable with. Webber explains these things well though doesn't go into much of the historical or structural detail of the Anglican church (for this try _What is Anglicanism?_ by Urban T. Holmes III).
Of course, perfection is God's alone and any church or tradition will fall short. In the U.S. in particular, Anglicanism has often wandered far from historical and Scriptural roots. (One glance at Bishop Spong's books will confirm this!) Anglican churches that hold to high-church forms feel much more foreign to me than the little provincial church I called home for a time. But we should take this and any opportunity to see our own tradition more clearly, its positives and negatives. Unlike Webber and the others who tell their stories in the book, I haven't become an Anglican, but what I discovered and find well-documented by it is that there is something missing in evangelical worship which we would do well to reclaim. Our brothers and sisters in the liturgical church can help us do it, and in this little readable book Webber gives an apologetic and an explanation in terms we understand. Hurrah for the Body of Christ!
Rating: 5
Summary: Webber understood my spiritual journey
Comment: Without ever meeting Robert Webber, I was convinced that when I did, he would understand how I maintained my evangelical theology but not the mainstream US evanglical style. When I was faced with major trauma in my life, I found that my traditional spiritual experience was insufficient to explain my personal spiritual yearnings. I could put no label on them but reading this book, was if Dr.Webber had walked in my shoes and had found new life within a different worship framework that I knew. This book will help the conservative Christian understand why anyone might seek the Anglican tradition of worship. I experienced the Lord deeper within this worship style and especially through the music and the Eucharist than I had ever done in my younger life. I recommend this book with no reservations.
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Title: Evangelical Is Not Enough: Worship of God in Liturgy and Sacrament by Thomas Howard ISBN: 0898702216 Publisher: Ignatius Press Pub. Date: September, 1988 List Price(USD): $11.95 |
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Title: Liturgy Explained by Thomas Howard, Betsey Corwin ISBN: 0819212857 Publisher: Morehouse Publishing Pub. Date: September, 1981 List Price(USD): $7.95 |
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Title: Ancient-Future Faith: Rethinking Evangelicalism for a Postmodern World by Robert E. Webber ISBN: 080106029X Publisher: Baker Book House Pub. Date: November, 1999 List Price(USD): $19.99 |
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Title: The Younger Evangelicals: Facing the Challenges of the New World by Robert E. Webber ISBN: 0801091527 Publisher: Baker Book House Pub. Date: October, 2002 List Price(USD): $16.99 |
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Title: Ancient-Future Evangelism: Making Your Church a Faith-Forming Community (Webber, Robert. Ancient-Future Faith Series.) by Robert E. Webber ISBN: 0801091608 Publisher: Baker Book House Pub. Date: October, 2003 List Price(USD): $14.99 |
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