Anglican Communion in Crisis: How Episcopal Dissidents and Their African Allies Are Reshaping Anglicanism In the small southern town of [insert location], a sign outside the conservative white church reads, "Episcopal Church of Rwanda. " This seemingly ordinary church is actually part of a much larger and more complex story - the transformation of the Anglican Church into a global force of conservatism and traditional values. In her book, Anglican Communion in Crisis, Miranda Hassett tells the fascinating tale of how a new alliance between conservative American Episcopalians and African Anglicans is reshaping the future of the Anglican Church. In the mid-1990s, conservative American Episcopalians and Anglican leaders from Africa and other parts of the Southern Hemisphere began forging ties in opposition to the American Episcopal Church's perceived liberalism and growing tolerance of homosexuality. This led to dozens of American Episcopal churches submitting to the authority of African bishops. Hassett's anthropological examination of this coalition challenges common views that the relationship between the Americans and Africans is merely one of convenience or even that the Americans bought the support of the Africans. Instead, she argues that their partnership is a deliberate and committed movement that has tapped the power and language of globalization in an effort to move both the American Episcopal Church and the worldwide Anglican Communion to the right. The book begins with the history of the Anglican Church and its evolution over the centuries, highlighting key moments that have shaped its identity and values.

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