During my time attending an AMiA church, I became convinced that the church was strongly influenced by a group of covert Presbyterians seeking to harvest discouraged Anglicans and Episcopalians (along with a large number of seekers) to a prayerbook form of presbyterianism. Clergy, to some degree, is recruited from the Westminster Theological Seminary and the Reformed Theological Seminary, both hotbeds of conservative Calvinism.
The link in the post above was to St John the Evangelist AMiA church, which in turn has a link to the Westminster Theological Seminary Bookstore...
http://www.wtsbooks.com/
"The link above takes you to Campus Bookstore of Westminster Theological Seminary - "Reformed Books - Low Prices""
Featured selection:
What Are Election and Predestination? (Basics of the Reformed Faith) (Paperback)
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It is wonderful to see the growth of the AMiA, but it would be helpful to see more truth in advertising by including the term "Calvinist" or "Reformed" in their name. But as you point out, the current controversy has brought the differences within the Anglican communion out into the open.
That being said, the BCP excerpt in the .pdf looks promising!
I meant to include you on the post above. Your perspective would be helpful.
Both Cranmer and Hooker would be considered strong Calvinists in today's largely anti-Calvinist climate (both within and without the Church). The Evangelical wing of classical Anglicanism, is, and always has been quite reformed...not to mention the very Calvinist theology in the 39 Articles.
Presbyterian as a word refers primarily to polity...and no AMiA type that I know of is pushing for presbyterian polity, with its 3 offices (Ministers, Elders and Deacons), so just because they are reformed--clearly a strong (if not the strongest) part of foundational Anglicanism does not in any way make AMiA churches guilty of false advertising. If they have more in common with Cranmer, Hooker and the 39 Articles than you, well, just who is more Anglican?
I didn't mean to be offensive...I simply get tired of Christians acting as if Calvinism were some sort of disease or heresy, alien from the heart of the Reformation...when in many ways, historically and theologically, it IS it's heart.
Another word for "Anglican" is after all, Reformed Catholic--and yes, the "Reformed" part includes Calvinism--even if not of the the extreme Puritan variety.