THE SUMMER 2014 ISSUE of the Anglican Way magazine has hit the press, and this issue's theme is poetry, liturgy, and the relationship of aesthetics to doctrine. Included in this issue is Joan O'Donovan's review of Alan Jacobs' book The Book of Common Prayer: A Biography. The Rev. Gavin Dunbar has discussed the meaning of sola scriptura, correcting contemporary misinterpretations and setting the term within its historical context. Bill Murchison has contributed the second part to his tale of … [Read more...]
Scruton’s Church: A Personal History
Our Church: A Personal History of the Church of England, by Roger Scruton. (London: Atlantic Books, 2012.) One of the most interesting public intellectuals in the English world has written about his love of the Church of England and the 1662 Book of Common Prayer. Roger Scruton, author of books on art and aesthetics, politics, eighteenth century philosophy, religion, wine and hunting, has written Our Church as a personal history to explain his attachment to the Church of England. One might … [Read more...]