Unabashedly Episcopalian: An Interview with Bishop Andrew Doyle

January 06, 2013 by Greg Garrett

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I would add this, though. We need to be authentically Christian, but more than that, we need to be authentically Roman Catholic, Episcopalian, Methodist, Lutheran, Presbyterian, or whatever brand you happen to be. People are not interested in Bob's Christian Idea for the Day. We have to return to the rootedness of our traditions. We must tie ourselves onto a great rope as if we are entering the holy of holies, and wrestle with and tell others about our unique Christian witness from whatever limb of the family tree we come. We are a more credible, more authentic voice when we are linked to the ancient faith of our ancestors. Moreover, when it comes time for us to stand together against evil and oppression, the Christian voice has strength and power when the very best Episcopalian, the most rooted Roman Catholic, the audacious Methodist, the Jew, the Muslim stand together with our traditions behind us and say, "No, no more."

So be who you are! Claim it! Mix it up, and share the love.

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Greg Garrett is (according to BBC Radio) one of America's leading voices on religion and culture. He is the author or co-author of over twenty books of fiction, theology, cultural criticism, and spiritual autobiography. His most recent books are The Prodigal, written with the legendary Brennan Manning, Entertaining Judgment: The Afterlife in Popular Imagination, and My Church Is Not Dying: Episcopalians in the 21st Century. A contributor to Patheos since 2010, Greg also writes for the Huffington Post, Salon.com, OnFaith, The Tablet, Reform, and other web and print publications in the US and UK.

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