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The Anglican Digest
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The Anglican Digest (sometimes called TAD) is a quarterly religious magazine in the United States providing information related to Anglicanism, including news, essays, book reviews, and devotional material.[1] It is published by SPEAK, the Society for Promoting and Encouraging Arts and Knowledge (of the Church), which was founded as the Episcopal Book Club in 1953 by Howard Lane Foland,[2] a priest of The Episcopal Church in Nevada, Missouri.[3] Since 1960, it has been based on a former dairy farm in the Ozarks called Hillspeak[4] near Eureka Springs, Arkansas.[5]
The Anglican Digest affirms a "Prayer Book Catholic" heritage but says it serves "all expressions of Anglicanism: Anglo-Catholic, Broad, and Evangelical."[6] When it began in 1958, it described itself as "A quarterly miscellany reflecting the words and work of the Churches of the Anglican Communion:
- some things old
- many things new
- most things borrowed
- everything true."[2]
James B. Simpson became executive director[7] after its founder retired in 1980.[8] At that time, it reported a paid circulation of over 100,000 worldwide.[9] By 1989, subscriptions had increased to almost 250,000 with six issues per year.[10] However, in 2012 it reported 45,000 readers.[11] As of 2022, TAD had not published a public statement of circulation in at least six years.
Edward L. Salmon, Jr. chaired the publication's board for 41 years.[12] After his death, his daughter, Catherine S. Salmon, and Tony Clavier served as an editorial committee.[13] In 2020, Fred Robinson became editor.[14]
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