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Conflict and the Practice of Christian Faith - The Anglican Experiment (Paperback)
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Synopsis: Anglicans around the world have responded to the gospel
in many different cultural contexts. This has produced different
customs and different ways of thinking about church issues. In the
process of enculturation Anglicans have found themselves
encountering social and political realities as malign forces
against which they have had to struggle. As a consequence, the
personal and local dynamic in Anglicanism has created not just
diversity of custom and mental habits, but it has done so at points
that have been vital to the way Anglicans have been committed to
the gospel. Conflict and the Practice of Christian Faith looks at
the process by which local traditions developed in Christianity and
how these traditions have related to other sub-traditions of the
universal church. It assesses some specifics of the Anglican
experience and argues for a significant re-casting of some
prominent elements of that tradition, at the same time clarifying
some of the distinctive elements in the Anglican tradition. This
leads to a more nuanced appreciation of the force of the social and
political framework within which Anglicans have had to work out
their salvation and of the different forms of secular society and
different understandings of plurality and diversity. It also
entails showing how the imperial route to catholicity took no firm
root in Anglicanism. Going global has been a significant experiment
in Anglican ecclesiology that is by no means over yet. The terms of
that experiment lie at the heart of the current Anglican debates.
The book will be of interest to Christians generally who belong to
faith traditions spread across different cultures. It is also a
case study of the issues of global reach and local tradition.
Endorsements: "In this wise and erudite book, Bruce Kaye provides a
constructive way forward for Anglicans and all Christians to
negotiate how to find unity without denying our necessary
differences. In particular, Kaye draws us into the mystery of
Christ's universal Lordship so that we can see how locality is a
necessary expression of the cosmic character of Christ's cross.
Kaye also provides an extremely important account of Anglican
identity beginning with Bede that frees us from the unhappy
political alternatives of modernity. I know of no more hopeful book
for the future of the Anglican Communion." --Stanley Hauerwas,
Gilbert T. Rowe Professor of Theological Ethics, Duke Divinity
School "There are few Anglicans in the world who can write with
such clarity about the global Communion and few theologians who can
range with such confidence across the fields of history, sociology
and philosophy. This is a beautifully crafted book that reveals Dr
Kaye's wide reading and reflects his deep thinking. It will
persuade Anglicans of all affiliations to think again about their
Church and will help non-Anglicans to make sense of the challenges
and the conflicts that every Christian community must face as the
local expression of a universal faith. This is a fine book from a
gifted theologian and an accomplished writer. It is highly
recommended." --Tom Frame, Director, St Mark's National Theological
Centre Author Biography: Bruce Kaye was General Secretary of the
Anglican Church of Australia from 1994 to 2004. After studying in
Sydney he took a doctorate in Basel and taught theology at the
University of Durham in the UK, and then science, philosophy, and
social values in the University of New South Wales in Australia.
His visiting fellowships include periods in Freiburg-im-Breisgau,
Cambridge (UK), and Seattle, and he is a regular visitor to North
America. He is the author of eight books, editor of ten further
volumes, and has written some seventy journal articles as well as
contributing to newspapers, radio and TV. He is also the foundation
editor of the Journal of Anglican Studies. His latest book is
Introduction to World Anglicanism (Cambridge University Press,
2008).
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