Dec 25 Reading Log
Last Edited: Wed Dec 31 02:34:34 UTC 2025
This is the first in a series of monthly (or so) reflections on the readings I'm doing on a particular theme. Over the past month, I read books about the 39 articles.
Titles
A Theological Introduction to the 39 articles
**Recommendation: If you're interested in a Liberal Anglo-Catholic systematic, yes.
Tract 90 + some other literature
Recommendation: If you're interested in a historical snapshot that helps explain why anglicanism today is the way that it is.
The Faith we Confess
Recommendation: If you want to hear an evangelical interpret the articles.
Reflection
In one sense, it hasn't been a very fruitful month. Sure, I have a better understanding of the articles, but as I talked about in my Bicknell post, I raised more questions than I answered. How do I reconcile the concept of Original Sin with an Evolutionary Theory of the origin of man? Bicknell recommended an essay collection called Lux Mundi which I believe covers at least a few of these issues. For now, however, I'll be shifting my focus a bit before picking Lux Mundi back up. I'll be trying to do morning/evening prayers every day (or at least one of them), so I'll be "living in the prayer book" and trying to learn the end-result of Anglican theology.
Next month's plans
The theme of next month is: Anglican Narratives. Really it's christian narratives because of some Roman Catholic inclusions, but the majority of these were written by Anglicans. I'm including a mixture of poetry and prose, but it's all narrative.
| Title | Author | Article link | Days (approx) |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Dream of Gerontius | John Henry Newmann | TODO | 1 |
| Four Quartets | T.S. Elliot | TODO | 1 |
| The Rime of the Ancient Mariner | Samuel Taylor Coleridge | TODO | 1 |
| The Letter from beyond | (Anita/Claire) | TODO | 0.33 |
| The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe | C.S. Lewis | TODO | 2.66 |
| Till We have Faces | C.S. Lewis | TODO | 5 |
| Aurora Leigh | Elizabeth Barrett Browning | TODO | 8 |
| Phantastes | George MacDonald | TODO | 10 |
| The Golden Key | George MacDonald | TODO | 2 |
This works out to 31 days of reading, which doesn't on the surface provide any buffers, The Golden Key is only long because I'm counting pages of a children's book. Furthermore, some of the narratives will fly by faster than the denser theology I've been reading. This'll speed things along and provide buffers/ensure my make-up days aren't so bad at all.