Reddit reviews The Ultimate Quest: A Geek’s Guide to (The Episcopal) Church

I hate to jump in, but you might find The Ultimate Quest: A Geek’s Guide to the Episcopal Church helpful here. The intent was to frame Episcopal practice in a way that is familiar to those interested in “geeky pop culture” (sci-fi/fantasy novels, dungeons and dragons, etc.) That won’t necessarily reach all younger folks, and the book is a bit dated now, but it might help to frame liturgical traditions in a different way that is more accessible for younger people who didn’t grow up in the church (I myself am one such person, and am grateful to those who took the time to explain the liturgies and practices to me).

If you’re a geek, [The Ultimate Quest] (https://www.amazon.com/Ultimate-Quest-Geeks-Episcopal-Church/dp/0819233250) is a great intro. It uses a lot of D&D, Harry Potter, and Star Wars references to discuss the Episcopal Church.

I once heard the rabbi of the reform temple in our city tell us something like, "You know, being Jewish is about not being Christian."

In many ways it is the same with us. Our church is not really about what we are not, except we do sometimes define ourselves in contrast to the RCC, in contrast to Calvinism or in contrast to Puritanism.

I've recently recommended The Ultimate Quest: A Geek’s Guide to (The Episcopal) Church by the Rev. Jordan Haynie Ware. Her chapter in which she gives a 3 page history of the Book of Common Prayer and walks the reader through the BCP as a way of understanding our faith tradition is quite enlightening.

Our church is so diverse but the one thing we have in common is our commitment to common prayer through our prayer book. She argues that our tradition is more interested in common prayer than in common belief. We aren't even that interested in uniformity of ceremony.