Paul Weller argues that continuation of the Church of England as an
establishment is theologically and politically inadequate to the
religious, social and political landscape of the twenty-first
century. Within an outline of the contemporary religious landscape
and the empirical results of research into the nature and extent of
religious discrimination, Time for a Change traces the historical
and contemporary contours and implications of establishment. A
range of alternative social, legal historical, theological and
ecclesiological approaches and models are examined and aspects of
'negotiation theory' are used to explore the conditions and
dynamics necessary for transition and change. Finally, Weller
argues that often-neglected perspectives of Baptist Christian
tradition - in particular its theologically founded commitment to
religious freedom and voluntaryist ecclesiology - offer more
adequate resources for shaping the Christian future in a
religiously plural and secular society than perspectives
historically associated with establishment. Time for a Change shows
that, through the conjunction of social, political, demographic,
theological and ecclesiological developments, a 'kairos' or
decision time has arrived for establishment. It aims to stimulate a
social and religious dialogue leading to the evolution of a new
'socio-religious contract'.
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