Anglicanism

I have to admit that I now know a great deal more about this subject than I did before I read the book, Much more detail than I would ever need. An excellent book, concise writing which deals both with the conflicts in the modern communion and the history of the church from its founding to date. I  was sure that there were going to be an awful lot of theological arguments in the church almost along the "how many angles can be on the end of a pin" variety and I was not disappointed. Although in the 60's most English people would have declared Cof E as their religion this is no longer the case. "the church ceased to be the major voice in the state after the idea of "national character" on which the state was founded collapsed".  So the modern Church in its highly devolved form is merely a collection of very different churches from Liberal to very conservative. Amazingly however, the British Prime minister is still involved in picking Bishops and parliament still has a say in how the church is run. There was a wonderful " Yes, Prime Minister" about the changes in the church of England and the selection of Bishops which is reflected in this introduction. A great example for the rest of teh series.