James Clark is the editor of the Anglican Compass edition of Edward Harold Browne's Exposition of the Thirty-Nine Articles, author of The Witness of Beauty and Other Essays, and the Book Review Editor at The North American Anglican. His writing has appeared in Cranmer Theological Journal, Journal of Classical Theology, and American Reformer, as well as other publications.
The Glorious Revolution and the Continuity of Law. By Richard S. Kay. Washington, D. C.: The Catholic University of America Press, 2014. 312 pp. $29.95 (paper). In the century-and-a-half following the English Reformation, the Church of England cemented its reputation for being markedly averse to political resistance and rebellion, laying great stress on the duty…
He Descended into Hell: An English Reformation Controversy. By Charles F. Camlin. Cambridge, UK: James Clarke & Co., 2025. 252 pp. $120 (hardback), $37.50 (paper). Article III of the Thirty-nine Articles affirms the doctrine of Christ’s descent into hell as an element of catholic theology, historically shared by Christians the world over. However, it is…
The Aesthete. By M. A. Colestock. Independently published, 2026. 427 pp. $28.99 (hardcover), $15.99 (paper). I imagine most people, if asked, would say they have never met an aesthete before. An aesthete is defined as “one having or affecting sensitivity to the beautiful especially in art,” and given that most people today do not deliberately…
When the Article says that a man “may swear when the Magistrate requireth, in a cause of faith and charity,” this is understood to mean when solemn testimony is required “in courts of justice” or “before a civil tribunal,” as Browne notes. Oaths thus fulfill a high civic function, which is described at some length…
Editor’s Note: This article appears as part of a symposium responding to a recent essay by Joe Colletti (“The Young Anglican”), in which he announced his departure from the ACNA to join The Episcopal Church as part of what he describes as an Anglican “reconquista.” Please check back in the coming weeks as we continue this important conversation….
An Invitation to the Liberal Arts: The What and Why of Classical Christian Higher Education. By Benjamin P. Myers. Eugene, OR: Cascade Books, 2025. 122 pp. $34 (hardcover), $19 (paper). One of the defining characteristics of the classical Christian school movement up to this point has been its focus on primary and secondary education (i.e.,…
Just what scope there is for “Christian communism” within the Anglican tradition ought to be clear from the text of this Article. As Browne explains, the Article rejects “the belief that all property is unlawful, and that goods in a Christian society must be common.” Given that the absence of private property is one of…
12-8-25 Dear Mr. Tidwell, I must begin by confessing that I was not familiar with you or your beliefs on polygamy until recently, when some controversy arose on social media over the fact that you, already married with children, took a second wife not too long ago and now have a child from her. If…
Evangelical Theological Aesthetics: A Theology of Beauty and Perception. By Ryan Currie. Eugene, OR: Pickwick Publications, 2025. 300 pp. $45 (paper). The Roman Catholic theologian Hans Urs von Balthasar (1905–1988) once said of contemporary Protestant theology that it “nowhere deals with the beautiful as a theological category” (4). Although Balthasar’s statement rang true for many…
As we have seen, there are multiple Articles that were written to address points of controversy between the Church of England and the Church of Rome, only for the latter to shift toward the tenor and practice of the former in recent years (see comments on Articles XXIV, XXX, and XXXIV). In the case of…