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The cathedral 'open and free' : Dean Bennett of Chester / Alex Bruce.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bruce, Alex.
- Series:
- Liverpool historical studies ; no. 17.
- Liverpool historical studies ; no. 17
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Bennett, F. S. M. (Frank Selwyn Macaulay), 1866-1947.
- Bennett, F. S. M.
- Chester Cathedral--History--20th century.
- Chester Cathedral.
- Anglican church buildings--Social aspects--Great Britain.
- Anglican church buildings.
- Deans, Cathedral and collegiate--England--Chester--Biography.
- Deans, Cathedral and collegiate.
- England--Church history--20th century.
- England.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (293 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Liverpool : Liverpool University Press, 2000.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This book sets the work of Frank Selwyn Macaulay Bennett, Dean of Chester 1920-37, in context, and traces the influence on other cathedrals of the changes he instituted at Chester. His earlier work as parish priest and his interrelated writings on theology and on education, health, and ecumenism are examined for the light they shed on his practice. Despite the efforts of his predecessors, Bennett found Chester Cathedral in need of much repair and renovation if it were to match his ideal and fulfil the purpose he had in mind for it. In the early twentieth century Anglican cathedrals in England
- Contents:
- Title Page; Contents; Series editor's note; Acknowledgements; Preface; I: The new Dean; II: Parish priest: apprentice to master craftsman; III: Through Welsh Disestablishment to English Deanery; IV: The nation's cathedrals adopt the Chester model; V: The Cathedral restored; VI: The nature of a cathedral; VII: The new world: 'cathedrals and other things'; VIII: Robust theology, educational philosophy, ecclesiastical politics; IX: Harmony and discord: a dean and his two communities; X: Private lives, last lap, and journey home; Epilogue: Today
- Appendix: Was Bennett ever considered for a Bishopric?Bibliography
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [265]-275) and indexes.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-84631-275-2
- OCLC:
- 476209404
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