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Provides for a selection of texts, together with scholarly
introductions, from one of the world's great private libraries,
covering a period from Elizabeth I to the Church's involvement in
homosexual law reform. This volume of the Church of England Record
Society, published in celebration of the 400th anniversary of the
foundation of Lambeth Palace Library, is a tribute to the value of
one of the world's great private libraries to the scholarly
community and its importance for the history of the Church of
England in particular. Thirteen historians, who have made
considerable use of the Library in their research, have selected
texts which together offer an illustration of the remarkable
resources preserved by the Library for the period from the
Reformation to the late twentieth century. A number of the
contributions draw on the papers of the archbishops of Canterbury
and bishops of London,which are among the most frequently used
collections. Others come from the main manuscript sequence,
including both materials originally deposited by Archbishop
Sancroft and a manuscript published with the help of the Friends of
Lambeth Palace Library in 2007. Another makes use of the riches to
the papers of the Lambeth Conferences. Each text is accompanied by
a substantial introduction, discussing its context and
significance, and a full scholarly apparatus. The themes covered in
the volume range from the famous dispute between Archbishop Grindal
and Queen Elizabeth I, through the administration of the Church by
Archbishop Laud and Archbishop Davidson's visit to the Western
Frontduring World War I, to involvement of the Church in homosexual
law reform.
Studies in Church History 59 addresses the historical development
of life events to which the churches have responded with specific
rites and ceremonies. The volume contributes to current discussion
in life cycle history and the ongoing debate about 'rites of
passage,' both ecclesiastical and secular. The major life cycle
events, such as birth, marriage and death, are considered; so too
are the churching or 'purification' of women after childbirth,
confirmation and first communion, and ordination, as well as less
widespread rites of passage, such as royal anointing and the
renunciation of wealth. The twenty-two papers span Christian
history and include contributions from Frances Knight, Thomas
O'Loughlin, Elisabeth van Houts and Alexandra Walsham. Taken
together, the articles offer clear evidence of the continuing
potency of ecclesiastical rites of passage, as well as of their
ability to be refashioned for the needs of successive generations
of believers.
Faithful and effective church leadership requires preparation in
prayer, theological reflection and a wide range of pastoral,
prophetic and practical skills in order to ensure that what the
Church discerns as necessary the Church does. Faithful
Improvisation? is both a contribution to a current and sometimes
vigorous debate on how the Church trains its leaders and also a
practical and theological resource for discerning what the Spirit
is saying and then acting upon it in local church contexts. Part
One includes the full text of the Senior Church Leadership report
from the Faith and Order Commission. Part Two offers reflections by
Cally Hammond, Thomas Seville, Charlotte Methuen, Jeremy Morris and
David Hilborn, on practices, models and theologies of leadership in
different periods of church history which informed the FAOC report.
Part Three opens up a broader discussion about present and future
leadership within the Church of England. Mike Higton sketches out a
dialogue between Senior Church Leadership and Lord Green's report,
Talent Management for Future Leaders; Tim Harle offers a personal
reflection from the perspective of the community of leadership
practitioners; and Rachel Treweek concludes with an exploration of
the essentially relational character of leadership.
Martin Luther and John Calvin have both left dramatic and lasting
influences on Christianity and on European society. Their calls for
reform led to the church breaking off in different directions, and
people and nations believed so passionately for or against their
causes that wars ravaged Europe for decades. But what exactly did
they teach? This book presents Luther and Calvin in context,
looking at the work and ideas of each in turn and then at the
making of Lutheranism and the Reformed tradition, showing how the
sixteenth-century Reformation began a process of political and
intellectual change that went beyond Europe to the "New World". The
result is that today its influence is tangible all over the Western
world. Perfect for those who want to understand and engage with
what Luther and Calvin thought, and with the debates surrounding
interpretation, this book is an excellent introduction to two of
Christianity's most famous thinkers. Charlotte Methuen teaches
Church history at the University of Glasgow, and has also worked a
the Universities of Hamburg, Bochum, Oxford and Mainz. She
specializes in the Reformation period and is the author of numerous
books and articles.
This book provides an investigation into the role of theological
arguments in interpreting astronomical phenomena in the sixteenth
century.Beginning with an exploration of how the Reformers
conceived the relationship between natural and moral philosophy,
that is, physics and ethics, the author then investigates the
relationship between natural law and the order of nature in the
thought of Philip Melanchthon.These articles set the scene for a
discussion of the role of theological arguments, and in particular
understandings of God's Providence, in the interpretation of
astronomical phenomena in the late sixteenth century. A similar
interaction between theological, astronomical and political
arguments shaped Michael Maestlin's objections to the Gregorian
calendar reform. Johannes Kepler's arguments for the authority of
his astronomical theories show a tacit awareness that novelty was
to be equated with heresy also draw on theological motifs. The
strong parallel between his use of the theory of accommodation and
his understanding of hypothesis suggest that questions of theology
and questions of proof were closely related in his mind.A final
chapter considers critically Sachiko Kusukawa's thesis that
Melanchthon established "a Lutheran natural philosophy".
Since the apostolic age, Christian churches have seen a constant
dialectic between inspiration and institution: how the ungoverned
spontaneity of Spirit-led religion negotiates its way through laws,
structures and communities. If institutional frameworks are absent
or insufficient, new, creative and dynamic expressions of
Christianity can disappear or collapse into disorder almost as
quickly as they have flared up. If those frameworks are excessively
rigid or punitive, they can often quench the spirit of any new
movements. This volume explores the interplay between inspirational
movements and institutional structures throughout Christianity's
history, examining how the paradox of inspiration and institution
has been negotiated from the ancient world to the modern era,
tracing how different Christian movements have striven to hold
these two vital aspects of their faith together, often finding
creative or unexpected ways to institutionalize inspiration or to
breathe new life into their institutions.
This volume brings together the work of a wide range of scholars to
explore the long and complex history of the relationships between
churches and education. Christianity has always been involved in
education, from the very earliest teaching of those about to be
baptised, to present-day churches' involvement in schools and
higher education. Christianity has a core theological concern for
teaching, discipleship and formation, but the dissemination of
Christian ideas and positions has not necessarily been an
explicitly didactic process. Educational projects have served not
only to support but also to question and even reconfigure
particular versions of the Christian message, and the recipients of
education have also both received and subverted the teaching
offered. Under the editorship of Morwenna Ludlow, this volume
explores the ways in which churches have sought to educate,
catechise and instruct the clergy and laity, adults and children,
men and women, boys and girls.
'The Church and Empire', the theme of Studies in Church History,
54, reflects the reality that from its beginnings, the Christian
Church has had close, often symbiotic, relationships with empires
and imperial power. Initially the Church engaged with the Roman
Empire, subsequently in Europe with the Carolingian, Anglo-Norman,
Genoese, Venetian and Holy Roman Empires, and later - through the
Church's global expansion with European empires in the Americas,
Africa and Asia - the Spanish, Dutch, French and British empires,
and the imperial structures it encountered there. Bringing together
the work of twenty-four historians, this volume explores the
relations of churches and empires, and Christian conceptions of
empire, in the ancient, medieval, early modern and modern periods,
as well as the role of empire in the global expansion of
Christianity.
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