By Popular Demand

As the bishops of the Episcopal Church arrived in New Orleans last week, they received two things at the hotel registration desk: their room key, and a printed copy of Tom Woodward's The Undermining of the Episcopal Church.

We had received so much encouragement from bishops, other clergy, and laypersons that we printed a hard-copy version of Father Woodward's essay and delivered them to our bishops. We printed extra copies, and are now making them available here.

Readers of this blog are familiar with Father Woodward's four-part essay: "Cheap Substitutions Are Not Acceptable ," "Blasting Away at the Bedrock," " A Case of Spiritual Adultery," and "Replacing the Christ with a Code ."

Here you will find little of the usual rhetoric about our "Anglican agonies." What you will find is a fresh analysis of the issues before our church and the requests being made of us – all of which have implications that threaten to undermine not only traditional Anglicanism, but the Christian faith itself.

Fr. Woodward discusses the implications of our decisions on our understanding of life as sacramental, the authority of the laity in the governance of the church, the integrity of the sacraments, our commitment to the authority of the Bible and to its study, the authority of the Book of Common Prayer, the reliability of our ordination and consecration vows, our grounding in canon law, and the very nature of Christian morality – all of which is now challenged by a morality that is not grounded in the teaching and life of Jesus Christ or even remotely in divine love. While a couple of these matters have been dissected and discussed for some time, most have not.

If you want to order Father Woodward's booklet, click on the "Contact Us" button in the upper left of this page, and send an e-mail to The Episcopal Majority.

Here are the prices:

• 1-5 copies: $6 each (U.S. shipping included)
• 6-25 copies: $5 each (U.S. shipping included)
• 26+ copies: $4 each, plus shipping

We did not anticipate printing Father Woodward's essay in book form, but are happy that so many people have asked for copies to share with their friends and fellow parishioners.

Incidentally, the graphic posted here is the cover of the printed book.