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What do we need to learn and receive from the other to help us
address challenges or wounds in our own tradition? That is the key
question asked in what has come to be known as 'receptive
ecumenism'. And nowhere is this question more pressing and
pertinent than in women's experiences within the church. Based on
qualitative research from five focus groups, 'For the Good of the
Church' expose the difficulties women face when they work in a
church - sexism, unfulfilled vocation, and abuse of power and
privilege, as well as the wide range of gifts and skills which
women bring in light of these. The second part of the book
continues to draw on the particular wounds and gifts, which arise
in the focus groups. Specific case studies are used to identify
gifts of theology, practice, experience, vocation and power.
Against negative prognoses of an 'ecumenical winter', Gabrielle
Thomas reveals how radically different theological and
ecclesiological perspectives can be a space for learning and
receiving gifts for the well-being of the whole Church.
The SCM Studyguide to Anglicanism offers a comprehensive
introduction to the many different facets of Anglicanism. Aimed at
students preparing for ministry, it presumes no prior knowledge of
the subject and offers helpful overviews of Anglican history,
liturgy, theology, Canon Law, mission and global Anglicanism. As
well as offering updated and improved lists of further reading,
this second edition brings a greater emphasis on worldwide
expressions of Anglicanism, with more examples taken from Asian and
African contexts, and a brand new section which considers the rise
of the global communion alongside issues of inculturation and
indigenisation.
This volume brings together a diverse group of Reformation scholars
to examine the life, work, and enduring significance of John Jewel,
bishop of Salisbury from 1560 to 1571. A theologian and scholar who
worked with early reformers in England such as Peter Martyr
Vermigli, Martin Bucer, and Thomas Cranmer, Jewel had a
long-lasting influence over religious culture and identity. The
essays included in this book shed light on often-neglected aspects
of Jewel's work, as well as his standing in Elizabethan culture not
only as a priest but as a leader whose work as a polemicist and
apologist played an important role in establishing the authority
and legitimacy of the Elizabethan Church of England. The
contributors also place Jewel in the wider context of gender
studies, material culture, and social history. With its inclusion
of a short biography of Jewel's early life and a complete list of
his works published between 1560 and 1640, Defending the Faith is a
fresh and robust look at an important Reformation figure who was
recognized as a champion of the English Church, both by his enemies
and by his fellow reformers. In addition to the editors,
contributors to this volume are Andrew Atherstone, Ian Atherton,
Paul Dominiak, Alice Ferron, Paul A. Hartog, Torrance Kirby, W.
Bradford Littlejohn, Aislinn Muller, Joshua Rodda, and Lucy
Wooding.
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This report from the Faith and Order Commission explores the idea
of 'witness' in the life of the church. It is intended as a
theological resource to encourage Christians to think of themselves
as witnesses, ready to speak of what they have seen and heard, but
also to listen with humility. With practical case studies from
church communities around England, it offers examples to inspire
readers to go further, imagining how they and their churches might
witness more richly, as well as put their dreams into action.
Designed for churches and small groups to study together, it also
includes reflections on the case studies and questions to help
readers put their thinking into practice.
The Wesleys and the Anglican Mission to Georgia examines the
experiences of five Anglican minister/missionaries who came to
Georgia between 1735 and 1738, including John and Charles Wesley
and George Whitefield, on a mission to minister to residents and
spread Christianity to the Native Americans. The author argues that
personal relationships rather than institutional structures or
cultural dynamics largely directed the forming, the dispatch, the
unfolding, and eventually the collapse of this the largest
minister/missionary effort in early Georgia. In addition to the
missioners' relationships among themselves, their interactions with
leading Trustees like James Oglethorpe and the Earl of Egmont, with
Native Americans, with officials in the colony, with German
religious groups in the colony like the Moravians and the
Salzburgers, and with individual settlers-some of whom they clashed
with and others of whom at least one of them fell in love
with-shaped the Mission at every turn. The author also demonstrates
how the missioners used Biblical literature to frame and explain
their experiences to themselves and others. The Mission involved
three of the most important religious figures of the 18th century
Atlantic world whose names continue to resonate in the early 21st
century. The book tells the story of their lives in Georgia just
before they achieved transatlantic fame.
For at least the past two decades, international Anglicanism has
been gripped by a crisis of identity: what is to be the dynamic
between autonomy and interdependence? Where is authority to be
located? How might the local relate to the international? How are
the variously diverse national churches to be held together 'in
communion'? "A Still More Excellent Way" presents a comprehensive
account of the development and nature of metropolitical authority
and the place of the 'province' within Anglican polity, with an
emphasis on the contemporary question of how international
Anglicanism is to be imagined and take shape. The first
comprehensive historical examination of the development of
metropolitical authority and provincial polity within international
Anglicanism, the book offers hope to those wearied by the deadlock
and frustration around questions of authority which have dogged
Anglicanism.
Holy Scripture and economists have distinct ways of exploring
market networks. The Body of Christ in a Market Economy explains
how desire connects scripture, economics, theological anthropology,
and soteriology. By explaining the mechanics of desire and Jesus'
saving grace, it becomes possible for churches and congregations to
better align their networks for the common good within market
economies. Rivalry is an expense. Follow Jesus or prepare to spend.
This important and timely study is rooted in the belief that the
relationship between Judaism and Christianity is a gift of God to
the church to be received with gratitude, respect and care, so that
we may learn more fully about God's purposes for the world. It
offers a theological exploration of that relationship that is
mindful of the prejudice and persecution experienced by the Jewish
community throughout history, not least from the Christian church,
and is intended as antidote to antisemitism. Part One explores the
distinctive relationship between Judaism and Christianity and
traces its troubled history. Part Two considers critical
contemporary issues and reflects on how the Church should conduct
itself appropriately in its mission and evangelism, teaching and
preaching, ethical practices and attitudes towards Israel and
Palestine.
This history celebrates the Catholic League, an ecumenical society
founded in 1913 to promote the unity of Christians and to encourage
the journey of all towards the visible unity of the whole Church.
It was founded by Anglicans who believed passionately that the
future of their Church lay in the reunion of all Christians in a
common Catholic and Apostolic faith in restored full communion with
the Successor of Peter in the see of Rome. Today, its members
include Anglicans, Roman Catholics, Orthodox, Eastern Catholic,
Free Church Christians who work together in pursuit of the League's
four objectives: - The promotion of fellowship among those who
profess the Catholic faith; - The union of all Christians with the
Apostolic See of Rome; - The spread of the Catholic faith; - The
deepening of the spiritual life.
The Society of St John the Evangelist, otherwise known as the
Cowley Fathers, was the first men's religious order to be founded
in the Church of England since the Reformation, as a result of the
spread and influence of the Oxford Movement and its Anglo-Catholic
spirituality in the 19th century. Established in Oxford in 1866,
its charismatic founder, Richard Meux Benson worked closely with
American priests and just four years later a congregation was
founded in Massachusetts that flourishes to this day. The charism
of the order embraced high regard of theology with practical
service, fostered by an emphasis on prayer and personal holiness.
Cowley, a poor and rapidly expanding village on the outskirts of
Oxford, provided ample opportunity for service. At its height, the
English congregation had houses in Oxford (now St Stephen's House)
and Westminster where figures such as C S Lewis sought spiritual
direction. Now no longer operating as a community in Britain, this
definitive and comprehensive history records its significant
contribution to Anglicanism then and now.
The Oxford History of Anglicanism provides a global study of
Anglicanism from the sixteenth century to the twenty-first. The
five volumes in the series look at how Anglican identity was
constructed and contested since the English Reformation of the
sixteenth century, and examine its historical influence during the
past six centuries. They consider not only the ecclesiastical and
theological aspects of global Anglicanism, but also the political,
social, economic, and cultural influences of this form of
Christianity that has been historically significant in Western
culture, and a burgeoning force in non-Western societies since the
nineteenth century. Written by international experts in their
various historical fields, each volumes analyses the varieties of
Anglicanism that have emerged. The series also highlights the
formal, political, institutional, and ecclesiastical forces that
have shaped a global Anglicanism; and the interaction of
Anglicanism with informal and external influences which have both
moulded Anglicanism and been fashioned by it. Volume five of The
Oxford History of Anglicanism considers the global experience of
the Church of England in mission and in the transitions of its
mission Churches towards autonomy in the twentieth century. The
Church developed institutionally, yet more than the institutional
history of the Church of England and its spheres of influence is
probed. The contributors focus on what it has meant to be Anglican
in diverse contexts. What spread from England was not simply a
religious institution but the religious tradition it intended to
implant. The volume addresses questions of the conduct of mission,
its intended and unintended consequences. It offers important
insights on what decolonization meant for Anglicans as the mission
Church in various global locations became self-reliant. This study
breaks new ground in describing the emergence of an Anglicanism
shaped more contextually than externally. It illustrates how
Anglicanism became enculturated across a broad swath of cultural
contexts. The influence of context, and the challenge of adaption
to it, framed Anglicanism's twentieth-century experience.
Questioning Authority analyzes current conflicts concerning
authority in the Anglican church and offers a new framework for
addressing them. It argues that authority in the church is
fundamentally relational rather than juridical. All members of the
church have authority to engage in discerning the church's
identity, direction, and mission. Most of this authority is
exercised in personal interactions and group practices of
consultation and direction. Formal authority in the church confers
power so responsibilities can be fulfilled. Church relations always
include conflict, which may be creative and helpful rather than
divisive. Conflict arises because persons and groups follow Christ
in ways related to their own cultural context while also being in
communion with others. Communion in the church requires embracing
diversity, recognizing and respecting others' perspectives, and
working together to discover and create common ground. Today's
church needs more participatory forms of governance and
decision-making that are conciliar and synodal.
Alleluia is our Song draws together a collection of profound and
beautiful seasonal reflections for the great fifty days from Easter
Day to Pentecost, arguably the greatest season of the Church's
year. Michael Mayne was one of Anglicanism's most compelling and
attractive voices, a gifted preacher and writer whose works have
remained popular. These unpublished writings come from a large
archive and are offered as an inspirational resource for preaching
at a time of the year when many preachers seek fresh ways of
opening up familiar texts, and also for individual devotional
reading.
Dust That Dreams of Glory collects together never-before-published
seasonal material for Lent and Holy Week by the much-loved Anglican
priest and writer Michael Mayne. Michael Mayne was one of
Anglicanism's most compelling and attractive voices, a gifted
preacher and writer whose works have remained popular. This
collection offers material from Ash Wednesday to Holy Saturday,
including a sequence of seven meditations on the words of Christ
from the cross. These unpublished writings are offered as both a
preaching and devotional resource at a time of the year when many
seek fresh ways of opening up familiar texts.
This unique volume collects together baptismal liturgies in use
across five continents to reveal the breadth of theological
understanding and diversity of practice in Anglicanism today.
Liturgies from the Anglican Churches in over forty countries are
translated and presented systematically to facilitate study and
comparison. Christian initiation is more than just a rite. Its
language and symbolism express varying theological understandings
of what it means to belong to the family of God, and also of the
sacraments. These are not settled questions, and this volume makes
a significant contribution to the continuing debates around these
questions within Anglicanism and the wider Church.
Church and Chapel in Industrializing Society: Anglican Ministry and
Methodism in Shropshire, 1760-1785 envelopes a new and provocative
revisionist history of Methodism and the Church of England in the
eighteenth century, challenging the Church's perception as a varied
body with myriad obstacles which it dutifully and substantially
confronted (if not always successfully) through the maintenance of
an ecclesiastically and theologically rooted pastoral ideal. This
model was lived out 'on the ground' by the parish clergy, many of
whom were demonstrably innovative and conscientious in fulfilling
their pastoral vocation vis-a-vis the new demands presented by the
social, ecclesiastical, political, and economic forces of the day,
not least of which was the rise of industrialisation. Contrary to
the effete arguments of older cadre church historians, heavily
reliant on the nineteenth-century denominational histories and
primarily the various forms of Methodism, this book provides a
thoroughly researched study of the ministry of John William
Fletcher, incumbent of the parish of Madeley at the heart of the
industrial revolution, whose own work along with that of his
Evangelically minded Anglican-Methodist colleagues found the Church
of England sufficiently strong and remarkably flexible enough to
rigorously and creatively do the work of the Church alongside their
non-Anglican Evangelical counterparts. Despite the manifest
challenges of industrializing society, residual dissent, and
competition from the Church's rivals, the Establishment was not
incapable of competing in the religious marketplace.
The Oxford History of Anglicanism is a major new and unprecedented
international study of the identity and historical influence of one
of the world's largest versions of Christianity. This global study
of Anglicanism from the sixteenth century looks at how was Anglican
identity constructed and contested at various periods since the
sixteenth century; and what was its historical influence during the
past six centuries. It explores not just the ecclesiastical and
theological aspects of global Anglicanism, but also the political,
social, economic, and cultural influences of this form of
Christianity that has been historically significant in western
culture, and a burgeoning force in non-western societies today. The
chapters are written by international experts in their various
historical fields which includes the most recent research in their
areas, as well as original research. The series forms an invaluable
reference for both scholars and interested non-specialists. Volume
one of The Oxford History of Anglicanism examines a period when the
nature of 'Anglicanism' was still heavily contested. Rather than
merely tracing the emergence of trends that we associate with later
Anglicanism, the contributors instead discuss the fluid and
contested nature of the Church of England's religious identity in
these years, and the different claims to what should count as
'Anglican' orthodoxy. After the introduction and narrative chapters
explain the historical background, individual chapters then analyse
different understandings of the early church and church history;
variant readings of the meaning of the royal supremacy, the role of
bishops and canon law, and cathedrals; the very diverse experiences
of religion in parishes, styles of worship and piety, church
decoration, and Bible usage; and the competing claims to 'Anglican'
orthodoxy of puritanism, 'avant-garde conformity' and Laudianism.
Also analysed are arguments over the Church of England's
confessional identity and its links with the foreign Reformed
Churches, and the alternative models provided by English Protestant
activities in Ireland, Scotland and North America. The reforms of
the 1640s and 1650s are included in their own right, and the volume
concludes that the shape of the Restoration that emerged was far
from inevitable, or expressive of a settled 'Anglican' identity.
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