Common Worship as appraised by this ‘ten years on’ book, is definitely not an end, and is more appropriately seen as a beginning, and in some respects as even a cul-de-sac. We shall await further developments; which incidentally is good or bad news for liturgical text publishers... The value of the essays in this collection varies. Some seem highly optimistic, especially with regard to a ‘Service of the Word’ where identifying what remains Anglican in such a liturgy, becomes extremely difficult. The most penetrating and stimulating contributions come for Angela Tilby – ‘Whatever happened to original sin?’ and the Archbishop of Canterbury whose introduction could have been taken up throughout the book.

Common Worship as appraised by this ‘ten years on’ book, is definitely not an end, and is more appropriately seen as a beginning, and in some respects as even a cul-de-sac. We shall await further developments; which incidentally is good or bad news for liturgical text publishers... The value of the essays in this collection varies. Some seem highly optimistic, especially with regard to a ‘Service of the Word’ where identifying what remains Anglican in such a liturgy, becomes extremely difficult. The most penetrating and stimulating contributions come for Angela Tilby – ‘Whatever happened to original sin?’ and the Archbishop of Canterbury whose introduction could have been taken up throughout the book.

Common Worship as appraised by this ‘ten years on’ book, is definitely not an end, and is more appropriately seen as a beginning, and in some respects as even a cul-de-sac. We shall await further developments; which incidentally is good or bad news for liturgical text publishers... The value of the essays in this collection varies. Some seem highly optimistic, especially with regard to a ‘Service of the Word’ where identifying what remains Anglican in such a liturgy, becomes extremely difficult. The most penetrating and stimulating contributions come for Angela Tilby – ‘Whatever happened to original sin?’ and the Archbishop of Canterbury whose introduction could have been taken up throughout the book.