To the substance of my note: I read your Anabaptist/Anglican chapter in A Generous Orthodoxy with great interest. I was raised...
...in an Anabaptist background and have since crossed the Channel and joined the Episcopal Church, and so was captivated by the synthesis of the two poles of the Reformation. Your excellent footnotes on Anglicanism notwithstanding (re: not always living up to Hooker’s Three-Legged Stool), it struck me that much of what emergent church/postmodern theologians are calling for, Anglicanism has been doing since 1549.
Am I being partisan? Probably. I understand no “institutional” church can risk fully embracing emergent praxis, but as I wade through the emergent literature, I keeping thinking to myself, “We (Anglicans) are already doing that,” assuming we’re operating at our highest RPM. Have I lost my mind? Am I missing something? Is there an “institutional” church more disposed to emergent than others?
Answer: I think Anglicanism has a great deal to offer at this time, which makes the current troubles all the more tragic, and which makes me pray that the Anglican ship can get beyond these storms sooner rather than later. I also think nearly every denomination has much to offer at this time, especially Anabaptists. Thank God for all the great traditions that are part of the Great Tradition.