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Title: Welcome to the Episcopal Church: An Introduction to Its History, Faith, and Worship
ISBN: 0819218200
Author:
Christopher L. Webber
Frank T., III Griswold
Publicate Date: 1999-12-01
Publish: 1999-12-01
List Price: $13.00
Average Customer Rating: 4.5
Format: Paperback
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1: Good Book.
Good book for anyone interested in how this church differs from other Christian denominations...good history and in depth look into the church's spiritual roots and views. Easy to read.
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2: Wonderful, Inspirational, Clear, and Concise
I would recommend this book for any one considering the Episcopal Faith, or for any Episcopalian. An informative and easy read.
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3: Great Introduction
I am a new member of the Episcopal Church and I have been reading and studying quite a lot about the church and it's history and teachings. This book was an excellent introduction to the Episcopal Church and it was very helpful to me, a new member. This isn't a very big book but it is quite informative. I think anyone interested in the Episcopal Church would do well to read this.
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4: Serious, but not overly solemn
WELCOME TO THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH is a realtively short book (less than 150 pp.), but a useful one. It deals with the history of the church going back to the English Reformation, the style of contemporary worship, the importance of the sacraments of Eucharist (communion) and baptism, the significance of the Bible, and the primacy of the 1979 Book of Common Prayer (which, indeed, many Episcopalians simply call "the prayer book").
The intended target for this book and others in the series (WELCOME TO THE BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER, WELCOME TO SUNDAY, and others) is probably a prior Protestant or Roman Catholic getting ready to join the Episcopal Church. This is not the place for in-depth history or theology, nor is it meant to be. I agree with the reviewer below who found the suggestions for further reading a little weak. An index would have been nice.
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5: Pleasantly surprised.
This is my first "Welcome to.." book and I was very pleasantly surprised by how straightforward and easy to read it was. The author does a very good job of solidifying key concepts in different parts of the book so that you don't feel like you've forgotten information. I also really liked how tenderly he regards the Episcopal Church without coming across as overly biased toward it.
This book is a very good read, and not at all boring as one reviewer said. I myself finished it in a day and I think it'll be useful in the future if I need to quickly look something up. Also, I might add, it has really good analysis questions at the end of each chapter. That way you think about what you just read and provide an answer that best fits your beliefs.
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