Cover; Contents; List of Contributors; Editor''s Preface; 1 THE LANDSCAPE OF RECEPTION; 2 RECEPTION: Towards an Anglican Understanding; 3 RECEPTION AND COMMUNION; 4 THE EPISCOPAL MINISTRY ACT OF SYNOD IN CONTEXT; 5 COMMUNION AND THE KINGDOM OF GOD; 6 RECEPTION AND THE ACT OF SYNOD; 7 RECEPTION AND DIVISION IN THE CHURCH; 8 LEARNING TO LIVE WITH DIFFERENCE; 9 THE EPISCOPAL MINISTRY ACT OF SYNOD 1993: A ''Bearable Anomaly?; Index of Names; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; V; W; Y; Z
Summary
This timely book, which arises out of consultations under the auspices of the Centre for the Study of the Christian Church, examines the Church of England''s decision to ordain women to the priesthood and to make pastoral provision for those opposed. It attempts to discover and define the theological principles underlying both the ordination of women and the determination of the Church to maintain communion when these developments provoke fundamental disagreements
