Windsor Process resource list

The clergy of the diocese met together in August 2006 to discuss the Windsor Report and ongoing work through the Windsor Process, led by the Rev. Joel Huffstetler, a priest in East Tennessee, who devoted much of his doctoral work at the School of Theology (University of the South) to the Windsor Report.

Huffstetler later published "Pilgrimage Toward Healing: A Windsor Report Study Guide," which is available, along with the resources compiled after that meeting and listed below, at Chapter & Verse Bookshop online or in the Diocesan House in Knoxville. Call 865.966.2912 or toll-free in Tennessee, 866.281.4599.

• The Way Forward? Christian Voices on Homosexuality and the Church, Timothy Bradshaw, editor, $16.

• An Honourable Estate: Marriage, Same-Sex Unions and the Church, Christopher L. Cantlon & Pauline A. Thompson, editors, $13.95.

• Understanding the Windsor Report: Two Leaders in the American Church Speak Across the Divide, by Ian Douglas and Paul Zahl, $20

• Living Together in the Church, by Greig Dunn and Chris Ambidge, $19.99.

• Discerning the Word: The Bible and Homosexuality in Anglican Debate, by Paul Gibson, $11.95.

• Finding Our Unity in the Scriptures: Reconciliation in the Anglican Communion, by the Rev. Joel Huffstetler, $11.95.

• Jesus, the Bible, and Homosexuality: Explode the Myths, Heal the Church by Jack Rogers, $17.95.

• What God Has Joined Together? A Christian Case for Gay Marriage, by David G. Myers and Letha Dawson Scanzoni, $17.95.

• Forgiving and Reconciling: Bridges to Wholeness and Hope, by Everett L. Worthington Jr., $15.

• Anglican Identities, by the Most. Rev. Rowan Williams, $13.95

• And God Spoke: The Authority of the Bible for the Church Today, by the Rev. Dr. Christopher Bryan, published by Cowley Publications, 2002. $11.95, available at Chaper & Verse Bookshop in Diocesan House, Knoxville. This brief book can be used as a springboard for parish dialogue.

• Good News: A Congregational Resource for Reconciliation, by the Rt. Rev. Steven Charleston. Published by Episcopal Divinity School, 2003. A resource for dialogue; primarily for group interaction. Price varies according to choice of purchase as a study booklet, with or without a VHS-format video. Go to www.eds.edu.

• The Middle Way: A Congregational Resource for Discussing the Lambeth Commission Report, by the Rt. Rev. Steven Charleston, which Episcopal Divinity School calls “a model for small-group conversation within any parish built on the gospel of Jesus Christ.” Free at www.eds.edu.

• Moral Discourse and Homosexuality, developed by the Episcopal Diocese of Atlanta, 1993. A group-based teaching series on conducting meaningful dialogue on human sexuality with video and three essays by the Rev. John Westerhoff. $34.95. 1-800-229-3788 or www.episcopalmediacenter.org.

• An Honourable Estate: Marriage, Same-Sex Unions and the Church, developed by the Anglican Church of the Redeemer, Toronto, and published through the Anglican Book Centre, Toronto, 1998. Intended for group discussion, this resource examines intellectual, theological, historical and practical aspects of sexuality and relationships. $13.95. Available through Forward Movement, 1-800-543-1813 or www.forwardmovement.org.

• Journey Together Faithfully: The Church and Homosexuality, produced by the Task Force for ELCA Studies on Sexuality and published by the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, 2003. This multi-session group-study is part of a six-year ELCA project meant to assist a task force in making recommendations to the 2005 Churchwide Assembly. $1.50 per copy. 1-800-328-4648 or download free from www.elca.org/faithfuljourney.

• All Love is of God: A Study of Homosexuality and Homophobia for Congregations of the Episcopal Church, compiled by the Rev. Canon Elizabeth Keaton, published by The Oasis, 1997. Apparently was developed as an educational tool that might lead churches to sign an “Affirmation of Welcome” pledging the “unconditional welcome of gay and lesbian people into the life and ministry of the congregation.” $5.95. 1-800-903-5544 or www.episcopalparishservices.org.

• This Far by Grace: A Bishop’s Journey through Questions about Homosexuality, by the Rt. Rev. J. Neil Alexander, published by Cowley Publications, 2003. Written following the 2003 General Convention. $10.95. 1-800-225-1534 or www.cowley.org.

• Conflict and a Christian Life, by Sam Portaro, published by Cowley Publications, 2003. The Episcopal chaplain at the University of Chicago wrote this reflection on “the positive aspects of conflict,” and it includes a study guide for group use. $12.95. 1-800-225-1534 or www.cowley.org.

• Difficult Conversations, by Katie Day, published by The Alban Institute, 2001. Provides tools for engaging in conversations we may have avoided. $13.00. 1-800-486-1318 or www.alban.org.

• A Final Report from the Anglican Conversation on Human Sexuality, available from Forward Movement Publications. 75 cents each. 1-800-543-1813 or www.forwardmovement.org.

An Anglican Communion Web site called "The Windsor Process" offers a wealth of material about historical and ongoing work around divisive issues.

Episcopal News Service has a page of links to more background information, including materials from the 1998 and 1988 Lambeth conferences. See also ENS' "Fast Facts" document.

"To Set Our Hope on Christ: A Response to the Invitation of Windsor Report, Paragraph 135" is a document requested by Presiding Bishop Frank Griswold from a group of Episcopal theologians. Paragraph 135 asks "how a person living in a same gender union may be considered eligible to lead the flock of Christ." The report may be downloaded from www.anglicanlistening.org/, which offers many additional aids to understanding this church controversy.

The Rev. Dr. Ian T. Douglas, professor at the Episcopal Divinity School in Cambridge, Mass., has made available "An Imagined Conversation on the Lambeth Commission," in which he answers a variety of questions about the structure of the Anglican Communion and the mandate of this commission.