The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to the Anglican Communion

As the title (and the dust-jacket photograph of a dozen serried rows of bishops) makes clear, this volume is about the worldwide Anglican Communion, and the greater part of it (pp. 135-552) is devoted to its 44 provinces. The British Empire left in its wake various bequests to its former colonies in varying degrees – the English language, parliamentary democracy, cricket […] and also the Anglican church (among other denominations). The 36 chapters of Part III which deal with the provinces outside the British Isles mainly cover the churches in the countries of the former empire, not forgetting the Episcopal...