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** A Worthy Successor in English Hymnals
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Review by Stephen Platten
An outstanding contribution to the Anglican tradition, this hymnal succeeds in what Rowan Williams calls "using our words and music as a means of allowing the patterns and rhythms of God’s own action to shape our lives."
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** The Era of the Digital Bible
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Review by Molly Jane Layton
John Dyer examines the historical shift in how Christians access the Bible, a change "on par with the first-century shift from scroll to codex and the 15th-century invention of the printing press" to understand its implications for people’s engagement with scripture. Read the review ([link removed]) .
** Grappling With Our Troubling History
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Review by Eugene R. Schlesinger
A compelling investigation of the Episcopal Church's legacy of colonialism which tells a story of cultural imposition and erasure and the imbibing and reinforcing of racist ideologies. Read the review ([link removed]) .
** God's Presence in War
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Review by Jamal Scarlett
The Church Militant is both an analysis of the Anglican experience of war and conflict and a masterful portrayal of "the courageous military chaplains who played a vital role in curing souls in their charge." Read the review ([link removed]) .
** A Place and a Voice for Anglican Women
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Review by Sheryl A. Kujawa-Holbrook
This is book which breaks new ground, providing an in-depth historical examination at how women "created spaces to expand their agency, authority, and autonomy." Read the review ([link removed]) .
** Translating Ben Hogan's Wisdom
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Review by Christopher Beeley
Levenson offers up "his own reflections on the character of the Christian life and our pursuit of a relationship with God, the One who is in fact pursuing us far more than we could ever pursue him."
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