This book is a compilation of twenty-nine "thinkers and spiritual guides" that have shaped the Episcopal Church. The majority worshiped, preached, wrote or taught within the Church of England, such as Thomas Cramner, Richard Hooker, and John Wesley while others, including William Porcher DuBose, Madeleine L'Engle, and Desmond Tutu operated in other regions of the Anglican Communion, respectively the United States and South Africa. Each luminary in the book includes a short spiritual biography, excerpts from their own writings, and questions for self-reflection or group discussion. Although this book was conceived for those new to the Episcopal Church, it is also a good introduction or review who have been worshipers for years. ( )

Profiles twenty-nine Anglicans over the past five hundred years, including John Donne, George Herbert, Desmond Tutu, and Madeleine L'Engle, The latter wrote, "Had Mary been filled with reason there'd have been no room for the child." And she quotes another saying, "God must be very great to have created a world which carries so many arguments against His existence." MAY 2004