This book examines the various contexts - historical, social, cultural, and ideological - which have shaped the modern efforts of the Anglican tradition at self-understanding. The author's thesis is that modernity and world mission have changed Anglicanism in ways that are deep and pervasive, just as other Christian traditions have also been profoundly affected by worldwide extension. In the case of the Anglican tradition, however, a distinctive way of relating Christianity to local culture and a distinctive kind of indigenous leader produced a church identity different from other forms of Christendom. Dr Sachs' aim is to contrast Anglicanism both with the style of Roman Catholicism and with the characteristically Protestant emphasis upon individual conversion apart from concern for the Church and its tradition.
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This much-needed book examines the impact of modernity upon Anglicanism and shows how modern circumstances gave the Church both challenges to overcome and opportunities for expansion.
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William Sachs, a professor at VTS, has written on the nature of Anglican identity amidst the changing landscape of modernity. He reveals the tension between tradition and adaptation and examines the Anglican 'search for secure identity' in many contexts, and revisits Anglo-catholic and Protestant debate. Great sources & index. He cites women's ordination and/or gays as a cause for the church's fragmentation and 'loss of coherence'; and says modernity has not provided resolution. These historical shifts in circumstance and belief could be more energetically and imaginatively examined in a future volume.
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"The real truth about the Church," Frank Weston wrote in 1916, "is that she is the human race as God meant it to be." Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
ecclesiastical identity, colonial bishops, apostolic precedent, apostolic nature, episcopal oversight, social wholeness, church rates, social locus, apostolic character, apostolic order, historic episcopate, alliance with the state, modern circumstances, missionary body, liturgical renewal Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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ecclesiastical identity, colonial bishops, apostolic precedent, apostolic nature, episcopal oversight, social wholeness, church rates, social locus, apostolic character, apostolic order, historic episcopate, alliance with the state, modern circumstances, missionary body, liturgical renewal Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Church of England, High Church, Prayer Book, South Africa, United States, New York, Liberal Catholicism, Christian Socialism, General Convention, God's Kingdom, Sierra Leone, Archbishop of Canterbury, English Church, New Zealand, Lambeth Conference, Low Church, William Temple, Cape Town, Holy Communion, Christian Socialist, Church Missionary Society, Charles Gore, Reform Bill, Book of Common Prayer, Community of the Resurrection New!
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- The Book of Common Prayer: And Administration of the Sacraments and Other Rites and C Eremonies of the Church : Pew Edition on page 226, page 311, and page 333
- Church and State: Changing Paradigms Monsignor W. Onclin Chair 1999 by C. Migliore in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge (Oxford Authors) by Samuel Taylor Coleridge on page 38, and Back Matter
- Protestant--Catholic--Jew: An Essay in American Religious Sociology by Will Herberg on page 305, and Back Matter
- British Orientalism and the Bengal Renaissance: The Dynamics of Indian Modernization 1773-1835 by David Kopf in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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- Engaging With Contemporary Culture: Christianity, Theology And The Concrete Church (Explorations in Practical, Pastoral, and Empirical Theology) by Martyn Percy in Back Matter
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