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The established church : past, present and future / edited by Mark Chapman, Judith Maltby, William Whyte.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Affirming Catholicism (Series)
- Affirming Catholicism
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Church of England--History.
- Church of England.
- Affirming Catholicism (Organization).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (215 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- London : T & T Clark, 2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This book offers a definitive account of the recent history and theology of the establishment of the Church of England. Written in an accessible style and at the same time rooted in serious scholarship, it offers a range of views and opinions as well as an awareness of contemporary political and social problems. It asks a number of penetrating questions, including the key issue of the extent to which churches, and particularly the Church of England, can be protected from equality legislation, while at the same time expecting to have special political and social privileges. This issue relates t
- Contents:
- Cover; Contents; Series Foreword; Notes on Contributors; Preface; 1 Why the 'establishment' of the Church of England is Good for a Liberal Society; 2 Opportunity Knocks: Church, Nationhood and Establishment; 3 The Dog that Didn't Bark: the Failure of Disestablishment since 1927; 4 'A Free Church in a Free State': Anglo-Catholicism and Establishment; 5 Gospel Opportunity or Unbiblical Relic? The Established Church through Anglican Evangelical Eyes; 6 Gender and Establishment: Parliament, 'Erastianism' and the Ordination of Women 1993-2010
- 7 The Establishment, Multiculturalism and Social Cohesion8 A Uniform British Establishment; 9 Methodism and Establishment; 10 Anglican Establishment, Roman Catholics and Receptive Ecumenism; 11 What Future for Establishment?; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786613129505
- 9781283129503
- 1283129507
- 9780567187635
- 0567187632
- OCLC:
- 730151819
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