The Church of England is experiencing a significant decline in membership and in
other forms of influence and engagement, whose implications may have
consequences for the Anglican Communion as a whole. The qualitative as well as
quantitative changes suggest the need for a renewal of Anglican public theology
that maintains a positive account of the relationship between church and world
while letting go the expectation of privilege and power. Articles in this issue
of the Journal of Anglican Studies address the public character
of Christianity in Britain after Christendom.
