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1. Commentary on the American Prayer Book
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Number of reviews: 4
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3. Inwardly Digest: The Prayer Book as Guide to a Spiritual Life
Sentiment score: 3
Number of reviews: 2
5. The Oxford Guide to The Book of Common Prayer: A Worldwide Survey
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7. Readings for the Daily Office from the Early Church
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8. Walk in Love: Episcopal Beliefs and Practices
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10. To Be A Christian: An Anglican Catechism
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11. The Desert Fathers: Sayings of the Early Christian Monks (Penguin Classics)
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Number of reviews: 1
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13. The Book of Common Prayer (Prayer Book)
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Number of reviews: 1
14. Christianity: The First Three Thousand Years
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Number of reviews: 1
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15. The Book of Common Prayer: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)
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16. The Bible Tells Me So: Why Defending Scripture Has Made Us Unable to Read It
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17. Revealing Heaven: The Eyewitness Accounts That Changed How a Pastor Thinks About the Afterlife
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18. Christianity's Dangerous Idea: The Protestant Revolution-A History from the Sixteenth Century to the Twenty-First
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What an awesome practice! The Daily Office is such a rich expression of prayer that I wish more people would try! So kudos to you for trying it out.
On your questions...
Best of luck in this endeavor - it sounds like such a worthy effort!
Welcome. Good luck on your path. Do know that faith ebbs and flows. Right now, you've had a powerful experience that moved you significantly--to a whole new faith. That's great. In a few months, or years, or maybe never, things may settle down and feel less powerful. But that doesn't mean they're less genuine. Be open to the journey and its ebbs and flows. Though if you're a fan of Ignatian spirituality you probably have a sense of that!
As far as books, I think The Anglican Way and Your Faith, Your Life are great introductions to the Anglican/Episcopal traditions. They are basic, but they might help you pick up some facts you're missing out on. For better understanding the Book of Common Prayer and liturgical worship, I'd recommend Inwardly Digest to start and the Commentary on the American Prayer Book if you really want to dive deep on specific aspects of the book. To understand the Nicene Creed, one of our primary statements of faith, try The Nicene Creed. It's written by a Catholic theologian but really helped me understand more pieces of this prayer that Christians share.
If you are interested in the more mystical/Ignatian modes of spirituality, both of these are Catholic but apply well to Anglicanism: Richard Rohr's Center for Contemplation in Action (love their daily reflections!) and many of the books by Father James Martin, SJ.
Lastly, read the Bible just a little bit every day! It will help you get more familiar with things. Try choosing a daily devotional like Sacred Space or Day by Day which will give you snippets of reading and reflection. It'll help you grow to understand scripture better.
So Anglican theology is deeply liturgical - i.e. we see our theology as being expressed, experienced, and enforced in our worship - "lex orandi, lex credendi." This principle comes to a zenith in our theology behind the sacraments, which has often relied on liturgical texts and actions in a way unique among other Christian churches. This makes our theology as much of an experience as it is a set of intellectual commitments (not to artificially split the two though). However, it means that Anglicans, especially today's Anglicans, often have an implicit theology behind the sacraments, a theology relying on liturgy more than explicit explanations, which can make expressing a coherent theology difficult.
Regardless, the first place you should go if you want a taste of Episcopal "sacramentality" today is our current worship, the 1979 Book of Common Prayer. Our service for Baptism begins on p.298 (be sure to look at the Baptismal Covenant on p.304). We have two rites for the Eucharist, Rite I on p.323 and Rite II on p.355. As an example of Episcopal sacramental theology, it is very significant that Baptism and Eucharist are considered important enough to warrant their own liturgies.
But don't just read the texts - attend worship to understand! Theology is practiced and trained by worship.
Two other documents in the Prayer Book are of note: first, a very brief contemporary Catechism, which covers the Sacraments on pp.857-861. The other are the 39 Articles of Religion of the Church of England (dating back to the 16th century), which are not considered authoritative for Episcopalians today, but are an important historical document that highlights the deeply Reformed dimension of Anglicanism's development during the English Reformation (a fact that frankly embarrasses many today, for better or worse). Articles #25-31 cover the sacraments on pp.872-74.
Here's a link from a contemporary Episcopalian's attempt to coherently explain the basics of sacramental theology in our church today. It was written in response to a practice that he (rightly, imo) identified as a perversion of proper sacramentality: http://www.episcopalcafe.com/sacramental_theology_101_baptism_and_eucharist/
There are several good books on sacraments within Anglicanism by Anglican authors:
I hope this post did not give you a heart attack.
Okay... larger list:
So the 39 Articles sketch out a good view of baptism, justification, salvation, etc.
http://justus.anglican.org/resources/bcp/
This is an excellent resource for seeing all the various iterations of the Book of Common Prayer and how it has changed, in such variegated ways, over Anglican history. My favorite BCPs are the 1929 Scottish, 1928 American, 1928 English Proposed, and the 1954 South African. There's some cool stuff in the Indian 1960 too.
http://justus.anglican.org/resources/bcp/everyman_history/
Good old St Dearmer! Here's his history of the Book of Common Prayer.
Some podcasts I like: there's the Young Tractarians which definitely has a conservative Anglo-Catholic bent that talks extensively about the Prayer Book and what it is, so I'd recommend that. I'd also recommend understanding the BCP in the context in which it was written, namely the Thirty-Nine Articles of Religion. And finally, there's also these two special editions, one of the 1662 with an essay at the beginning from Penguin (you may be able to find this without having to buy 1662, but it's a gorgeous essay I would really recommend) and the Oxford Guide to the Book of Common Prayer.
As a historian who studies Reformation England, I'd highly recommend the Oxford Guide to the Book of Common Prayer for anyone wanting an introduction to the history behind the it. It's especially good at covering the reciprocal relationship between theology and society/culture/politics. It's a pretty hefty book, but it's broken up into chapters not only on specific eras, but ones on specific themes as well. So it's pretty easy to find your way around while covering a lot of information.
All right, I guess I'll go first.
Assuming based on post history you're looking for 1979 prayerbook resources, I use the settings in the 1982 hymnal for most of MP and EP, and this for chanting psalms.
Also, hidden in the organist edition of the hymnal (but not the pew edition) is plainchant settings for noonday and compline, which is very annoying to me. You can purchase them separately here, but they often go out of stock/the algorithm sends them to unreasonable prices.
edit: if you have more questions I'm happy to answer them :)
Walk in Love: Episcopal Beliefs and Practices is a great place to start.
OP: I started with the linked material here; it's an excellent resource and served me for at least a year or two.
I recently got the Plainchant Psalter for Christmas and am in love with it.
Here are a couple books to look at. Btw, NT Wright is an Anglican. And he's terrific if you haven't read him. Check out Surprised By Hope.
What Anglicans Believe in the Twenty-first Century (Continuum Icons) https://www.amazon.com/dp/0826476899/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_tai_yh2Xzb7CE5F45
Anglican Theology (Doing Theology) https://www.amazon.com/dp/0567008029/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_tai_4i2Xzb0SY5ZC0
The Study of Anglicanism https://www.amazon.com/dp/B002SG7H2I/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_tai_sj2Xzb83PQ5CJ
I highly, highly recommend Derek Olsen's excellent book on this exact subject:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0880284323/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i1
It's hard to debate with someone who seems to auto-set themself to "Christ Against Culture" and then sets about condemning everyone else.
Like somehow, the character of Christ can be divined by grabbing a random slice of local pop culture, doing the opposite of that, and BAM! Instant Presence of Jesus!
Have you read Christ and Culture by, Niebuhr? It's this...
Christ and Culture (Torchbooks) https://www.amazon.com/dp/0061300039/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_d-p.zbPKG5310
For the record, I'm Christ and Culture in Paradox. If you want understand that, I guess buy the book?
Christ Against Culture is hopeless... Simplistic, incomplete, and human-centered. I can't reasonably debate it, because it is inherently unreasonable.
Christ in Culture, I can kind of do...
Christ Transforming Culture, that's certainly part of it.
But you seem to be looking for which human culture is RIGHT. And the Paradox says NONE and never will be... Further, you cannot comprehend a Christ Centered Culture, and neither can I.
So knock off the competition between your church and mine... It's a fight between Tweedledee and Tweedledum. You're one, I'm the other.
Pick one.
Congratulations. You're wrong.
And so am I.
What do you have issue with in Episcopalianism anyway? The gays?
Jesus didn't talk about that and you know it.
I always loved Sr Benedicta Ward's "Sayings of the Desert Fathers" https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0140447318?tag=amz-mkt-fox-uk-21&ascsubtag=1ba00-01000-org00-mac00-dsk00-nomod-uk000-pcomp-feature-scomp-wm-5&ref=aa_scomp
Nice! I'm going to be reading Lent with the Desert Fathers this year. I'm really looking forward to it.
I have an interesting book that you may want to read written by an Episcopal priest. http://www.amazon.com/Revealing-Heaven-Christian-Near-Death-Experiences/dp/0062197711
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00JHQOA8Q/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr
The Anglican Way by Thomas Mckenzie gives a good overview of what makes Anglicanism distinctive.
If you are an American, then I'd say Thomas McKenzie's Anglican Way. Certainly pushed me closer to Anglicanism.
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https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00JHQOA8Q/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1
There is a book put out by Church Publishing called "Readings for the Daily Office from the Early Church", though I don't know if it's in print. And I have a copy of one of the two volumes of this English book which serves the same function.
The monastic house I'm associated with uses a reading from the Rule of S. Benedict at Compline.
Here’s the relevant Enns book.
https://www.amazon.com/Bible-Tells-Me-Defending-Scripture/dp/0062272039
The Anglican Way by Thomas McKenzie
The Anglican Way: A Guidebook https://www.amazon.com/dp/0996049908/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_.DBJBb170QV9B
There's "Christianity: The First Three Thousand Years" by Diarmaid MacCulloch.
https://www.amazon.com/Christianity-First-Three-Thousand-Years/dp/0143118692
I am partial to Alastair McGrath's Christianity's Dangerous Idea: The Protestant Revolution: A History from the Sixteenth Century to the Twenty-First
Rev. McGrath, as an Anglican theologian of a more reformed persuasion, capably discusses Anglicanism and the broader protestant movement.
No, the problem is the link itself, not how it's displayed. You can remove everything after https://www.amazon.com/Commentary-American-Prayer-Marion-Hatchett/dp/0060635541 and it will still work (and not be caught by spam filters). In fact, all you really need is https://www.amazon.com/dp/0060635541
The ?tag= thing in the link means it's an affiliate link and someone is getting a cut of the purchase as a referral fee. That's generally frowned upon on Reddit.