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Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Christianity > Protestantism & Protestant Churches > Anglican & Episcopalian Churches
This study is a sequel to A History of the Episcopal Church in
Liberia 18211-1980 (1992). It is a narrative shaped by
contexts-context of the Episcopal Church and its Christian witness
through the episcopacies of Diocesan Bishops George Daniel Browne,
Edward Wea Neufville II, and Jonathan B. B. Hart; the context of a
modernizing Liberia plunged into unprecedented political violence
by a military coup d'etat in 1980 and a devastating civil war that
ensued and consumed the country for some 14 years; and the context
of shifting external ties with the American Church, the Liberian
Episcopal community in the United States, and the Church of the
Anglican Province of West Africa. D. Elwood Dunn examines what the
church's contemporary history uncovers about Liberia's social
history as it juxtaposes national identity issues with religious
syncretism (a mixture of African traditional religions, Islam, some
elements of Christianity, and basic human secularism) and suggests
challenges for the Episcopal Church's Christian witness going
forward. All of this is done in four concise chapters successively
addressing the episcopate of Bishop Browne, a critical interregnum
period between Browne and his successor, Bishop Neufville, the
episcopate of Neufville, and initiating the episcopate of incumbent
Bishop Hart. This is followed by a general conclusion and
assessment of the church's work. The study ends with an epilogue on
the Episcopal Church that was, the Church that is, and the Church
of the future.
In Intimate Diversity Paul Smith explores theological implications
of interreligious marriage. Taking a practical theology approach
which begins with lived experience and works through a pastoral
cycle involving interpretation, normative discussion and a
pragmatic outcome, the book challenges the Church of England (or
other denominations) fulfil three tasks: theological, pastoral and
missional. Paul Smith accepts the reality of marriage that involves
couples from different religious traditions and proposes ways of
justifying such marriage based on normative Christian traditions.
He takes a broadly missional approach, advocating the positive role
that the Church of England can play in fostering good
interreligious relations in society whilst offering sympathetic
pastoral support of couples who marry across religious divides.
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.
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