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Being a Deacon Today: Exploring a Distinctive Ministry in the Church and in the World. By Rosalind Brown. Harrisburg, Pa.: Morehouse Publishing, 2005. xv + 139 pp. $19.95 (paper).
Rosalind Brown is a priest in the Church of England, ordained in the Episcopal Church while in the U.S. as a member of a religious community. Though not a deacon herself, Brown has been at the forefront of research and writing on that topic in England. She has brought attention and encouragement for the establishment of the diaconate as a permanent part of the Church of England structure. She was the chair and lead writer of The Distinctive Diaconate, a report to the Diocese of Salisbury, perhaps the best rationale and recommendation for a diaconal program in any diocese.
Because there are few deacons in England, and active programs are not yet in place,...