Contents:

Introduction: Why authority

Pt. 1 The theology of authority: Ideology, authority and faith/ John E. Skinner-- The grace of a holy God; P.T. Forsyth and the contemporary church/ R.C. Craston-- The authority of love/ E.W. Scott-- Authority in the church; spiritual freedom and the corporate nature of faith/ H.R. McAdoo-- The judicious Mr. Hooker and authority in the Elizabethan church/ J.E. Booty

Pt. 2. Anglican structures and usage: A family affair. the pattern of constitutional authority in the Anglican communion/ P.H.E. Thomas-- Towards a theology and practice of the Bishop-in-synod/ K.S. Chittleborough-- The making of a tradition; provincial synod in the church of the province of Southern Africa/ M. Nuttall-- Take thou authority; an African perspective/ John S. Pobee-- Collegiality and conciliarity in the Anglican communion/ Gavin White

Pt. 3 The ecumenical future of authority: Ecumenical dialogues and authority/ Gunther Gassman-- Anglicans, Roman Catholics, and authority/ Johannes Willebrands-- An Anglican comment of papal authority in the light of recent developments/ J. Robert Wright-- Catholicity and authority in Anglican- Lutheran relations/ S.W. Sykes