For For a historian of ecumenism in England. Not for a general reader.
Should I read this?
For the general reader
1 of 5specialist interest
For the researcher
3 of 5worth your time
Difficulty
3 of 5demanding
Joint evangelical and Anglo-Catholic proposals, written as an alternative to the Anglican-Methodist scheme.
How it proceeds
Philosophic2 of 5
Scriptural2 of 5
Experiential0 of 5
Sociological4 of 5
Historical3 of 5
Independent intensities, 0–5 — what the work is made of, not how good it is.
Growing into Union: Proposals for Forming a United Church in England was published by SPCK in 1970. It came out of a dialogue between evangelical and Anglo-Catholic Anglicans who opposed the Anglican-Methodist scheme and offered an alternative path to unity; Packer wrote it with Colin Buchanan, E. L. Mascall and Graham Leonard. Gerald Bray's tribute for the Latimer Trust (2020) notes that the rapprochement it represented came to nothing.
