The hope of things to come : Anglicanism and the future / edited by Mark Chapman.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Chapman, Mark D. (Mark David), 1960-

Charlton Yarnall Fund.

Yarnall Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Series:

Affirming Catholicism (Series)

Affirming catholicism

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Anglican Communion--Forecasting.

Anglican Communion.

Church of England.

Physical Description:

xiii, 174 pages ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Mowbray/T & T Clark, [2010]

Summary:

This book is a collection of essays by leading theologians and church leaders on the past, present and future of Anglican theology in the context of the Lambeth Conference of 2008. The principal theological strands of the classical Anglican tradition (Scripture, Tradition and Reason) are assessed in original and creative ways which will promote further thought and encourage open debate within the Church of England and Anglicanism more broadly. Each of the essays focuses on how the inheritance of the past and present can be appropriated into the future - instead of being marred by the deep pessimism which permeates so much of Anglicanism - particularly in the increasingly inward looking and often bitter Anglo-Catholic tradition - all the essays offer hopeful and constructive insights for a vibrant catholic form of Christianity within Anglicanism which understands the church as a place of dialogue, encounter and renewal. Instead of division, the emphasis is on conversation, dialogue and unity. Book jacket.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Charlton Yarnall Fund.

ISBN:

9780567588845

056758884X

OCLC:

461270781