Hi

I am a new Episcopalian. What books do you recommend for a newbe like me?

Well, I decided to jointhe group. Actually, I think there are a number of Episcopalians on LT. I am a cradle Episcopalian.

I have been involved in my own project on LT of filling in "common knowledge" about Episcopalian and Anglican authors. This includes data about time of birth, gender, colleges attended, places lived in, etc. For this I have been using an Episcopal Clerical Directory from 1999 for information on clergy.

I am going to take a look in my library and see what my highest "rated" Episcopal books are and let you know in a while what they are.

Here are three books I've liked that I've tagged Episcopal.

Father Melancholy's Daughter, a novel by Gail Godwin. This takes us through the family life of an Episcopal priest, who happens to be Anglo-Catholic.

The Oxford American Prayer Book Commentary by Massey Hamilton Shepherd. I got this back in the 1970's when the Episcopal Church was going through all of its prayer book and liturgical changes. A very complete book, and perhaps only for the specialist.

Divine Hours: Prayers for summertime by Phyllis Tickle. This is a manual for prayers: each day has four prayer times. I follow this all the time (three books make up the 12 months of the year), but I usually merge Morning prayer and noontime, and Vespers and Compline.

Thank you :)

oK I found the following books that have been very useful
Welcome to the Episcopal Church
The Episcopal Handbook

Are there any others that you would recommend? I am having a hard time with some of the terms...I am thinking about a good Episcopal dictionary.
Any ideas for books?

Passing through and thought I'd say hi. Some of my greatest book finds have been at Episcopalian yard sales. You folks are right up their with the Unitarians as far as being well read. Carry on.

Thanks, varielle, for amking this thread non-dormant.

A recent book I found good to read was Anglicanism: a very short introduction by Mark D. Chapman.