Conversations in Global Anglican Theology - by Michael Battle

Book Synopsis

A new collection of thought-provoking essays explores the impact of questions of culture and history across the Anglican Communion.

Edited by Michael Battle, an Anglican thought leader and innovator, Conversations in Global Anglican Theology: Culture, the second book in this new series, appears at a moment in time when culture wars bedevil national and international politics, as well as Christian communities across the globe.

Featuring contributions by a diverse group of theologians including Mercy Tabitha Wambui Kamau, Khushnud Azariah, Walter Brownridge, James Tengatenga, Noah Mbano, and Chanmi Byun, this volume addresses the most pressing questions facing the churches of the Anglican Communion. From classical issues such as Christ against Culture, to the possibility of common prayer among diverse cultures, to the problems of ethnocentrism, the conversation on Culture challenges the Western church how to better engage the global one.

As the world seems to be pivoting away from a compassionate global order the voices in this volume shy away from the typical tropes of peace on earth and instead present the practical steps needed to first practice and resemble a communion of churches.

Platforming non-Western theologians, the Conversations in Global Anglican Theology series addresses the most pressing questions facing the churches of the Anglican Communion, featuring thought-provoking essays by established and emerging scholars.

Review Quotes

"This challenging and illumining group of essays offers a prismatic view into the history, diversity and promise of global Anglicanism. Through the lens of culture, the reader is offered personal accounts, application of social sciences, and theological interpretation of cultural context. I can imagine these essays being read in group study, serving as a catalyst for confession and forgiveness, for repentance and renewal, for the mystery of unity in diversity in Christ becoming embodied anew."

-- "Mary C. Earle, Episcopal priest and faculty member at Oblate School of Theology, and author of The Desert Mothers: Spiritual Practices from the Women of the Wilderness"

"This volume describes how a transformation in understanding of the Holy Spirit animates and galvanizes the decolonization of the Anglican Communion and raises up the limitless energies of the people of God."

-- "Samuel Wells, from the foreword, vicar, St. Martin-in-the-Fields, and visiting professor of Christian ethics, King's College, London"

"You don't have to be Anglican to appreciate the impressive new Culture volume in Conversations in Global Anglican Theology. Edited by Michael Battle, this volume brings together six theologians from around the world as they share our common struggle to emerge from an age of colonialism, even as new forms of authoritarianism, oligarchy, exploitation, and hegemony vie for domination. What is at stake is not simply an Anglican question: it is a Christian question, and we would all do well to learn from these wise leaders."

"You don't have to be Anglican to appreciate the impressive new Culture volume in Conversations in Global Anglican Theology. Edited by Michael Battle, this volume brings together six theologians from around the world as they share our common struggle to emerge from an age of colonialism, even as new forms of authoritarianism, oligarchy, exploitation, and hegemony vie for domination. What is at stake is not simply an Anglican question: it is a Christian question, and we would all do well to learn from these wise leaders."

-- "Brian D. McLaren, author of Faith After Doubt and Do I Stay Christian?"

"A book like this is itself an act of faith."-- "from the Foreword by Rowan Williams in Conversations in Global Anglican Theology: Faith"

"This challenging and illumining group of essays offers a prismatic view into the history, diversity and promise of global Anglicanism. Through the lens of culture, the reader is offered personal accounts, application of social sciences, and theological interpretation of cultural context. I can imagine these essays being read in group study, serving as a catalyst for confession and forgiveness, for repentance and renewal, for the mystery of unity in diversity in Christ becoming embodied anew."

"This volume describes how a transformation in understanding of the Holy Spirit animates and galvanizes the decolonization of the Anglican Communion and raises up the limitless energies of the people of God."

"A book like this is itself an act of faith."