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Assigned texts for VTS courses are listed on this guide. To locate the textbooks for a class, click on the tab for the correct academic term. Mouse-over a tab to see the classes for a term.
Additional readings from the Book of Common Prayer, Enriching Our Worship, the Book of Occasional Services, Lesser Feasts and Fasts, and other sources available through Brightspace or in the Welcome Center Library.
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What is Anglicanism? How is it different from other forms of Christianity, and how did it come to have so many different versions throughout the world?Although originally united by location and a common belief, Anglicanism has gradually lost its pre-eminence as the English state church due to increasing pluralisation and secularisation. While there are distinctive themes and emphases which emerge from its early history and theology, there islittle sense of unity in Anglicanism today.In Anglicanism: A Very Short Introduction, Mark Chapman highlights the diversity of contemporary Anglicanism by exploring its fascinating history, theology, and structures. Putting the history and development of the religion into context, Chapman reveals what it is that holds Anglicanism togetherdespite the recent crises that threaten to tear it apart.