Authorisation of new rites for ordination in the Church of England (2005) and those included in the Church of Ireland Book of Common Prayer (2004) adds relevance to the publication of this collection of papers on Ordination in the Anglican Communion worldwide. In them the rationale for these is expounded and the background to the Berkeley Statement of the Anglican International Liturgical Commission, To Equip the Saints (2001) is given. This was the fruit of some six years’ work by liturgists from all over the world. Highlights are papers by Paul Bradshaw (England) and Louis Weil (USA). Comments on how ordination is seen and experienced in different continents and cultures are included.