First in a new global series: Canterbury Studies in Anglicanism will meet the growing demand for resources that address the breadth and complexity of contemporary Anglicanism for the 75+ million members of the Anglican Communion.

• Leading Anglican thinkers including Rowan Williams and Tom Wright open up this premier volume with the themes of the 2008 Lambeth Converence for grassroots conversation and reflection
  
• Subsequent volumes will focus on women and leadership, worship, and diversity and discipleship within the Communion

In Christ and Culture leading bishops from around the world including Rowan Williams, Tom Wright, Katharine Jefferts Schori, Geoffrey Rowell, Richard Clarke, Victoria Matthews, Drexel Gomez and others, reflect on the ten main themes of the 2008 Lambeth conference:

Celebrating common ground: Anglican identity
Proclaiming the good news:  evangelism
Transforming society: social injustice
Other churches and God’s mission
Safeguarding creation:  The environment
Engaging with a multi-faith world
Equal in God’s sight: gender violence
Living under scripture
Human sexuality
The Covenant and the Windsor Process

Study Guide Included!

Martyn Percy is Principal of Ripon College Cuddeson.

Mark Chapman is Vice-Principal of Ripon College Cuddeson.

Ian S. Markham is dean and president of Virginia Theological Seminary.  He holds degrees from London, Cambridge, and Exeter Universities, all in the United Kingdom, and has taught Christian theology and ethics in the UK and in the US.  A prolific writer, Markham has authored or edited 14 books.

James Barney Hawkins IV is the editor of two spring 2010 series books with CPI: Christ and Culture and Staying One, Remaining Open. The Rev. Dr. Hawkins is vice president of institutional advancement, associate dean for the Center of Anglican Communion Studies, and professor of pastoral theology at Virginia Theological Seminary.