Table of Contents

Foreword
Acknowledgments

1 Dispersed Authority - Dispersed Communion
2 Authority, Conflict, and Communion
3 Windsor and the Windsor Covenant - Trending towards the Center
4 Communion and the Dialectic of Open Reception
5 A "Down-Under" Perspective: Communion Themes and Australian Debates
6 Developing a Polity of Persuasion for the Twenty-First Century
7 Holy Trinity - Unholy Conflict

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About the Author

Jeffrey W. Driver is the Anglican Archbishop of Adelaide in Australia. He is an adjunct lecturer in Charles Sturt University's School of Theology.

Reviews

"[A] timely and readable study[ - ]The Anglican Communion is called to model difference without destruction, passionate conviction without wrecking the peace, for this vulnerable planet. But what to do when mere persuasion fails, differences are tested to destruction, and the peace is shattered? Is that where the provisions of the Anglican Covenant come in? Driver makes a persuasive case to that effect." Revd Dr. Paul, Church Times, vol 19, issue 26, December 2014 "Driver has provided a timely analysis of the present mood of Anglicanism. Chapter by chapter, Driver is essentially championing Anglican models of dispersed authority as they have developed around the world. However, he not only champions what is, but envisages a rich future of what Anglicanism might become. Driver encourages the communion not to flee from conversation but to commit to ongoing dialogue across continents, cultures and churches, no matter how difficult those conversations often are. This accessible publication is highly recommended to all those interested in Anglican studies, lay and ordained alike." Luke Hopkins, Modern Believing vol.56 (2), April 2015