We ran across a great little essay by JI Packer, a well-known and well-respected Anglican scholar. "Anglicanism: Protestant or Catholic?" opens by saying:
Anglicanism is the most debated form of Christianity. It is judged in a variety of ways not only by outsiders and spectators, but also by Anglicans themselves. Even for a person who has spent a great part of his life in the world of Anglicanism, it is not easy to disentangle the knot of misunderstanding about Anglicanism.
It's worth a read!