Church, communion, and culture : Samuel Seabury and the fate of global Anglicanism / Martyn Percy; foreword by Ian S. Markham.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Percy, Martyn, author.

Contributor:

Markham, Ian S., foreword.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Anglican Communion.

Seabury, Samuel, 1729-1796.

Seabury, Samuel.

Episcopal Church--History.

Episcopal Church.

Physical Description:

xvi, 256 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Eugene, OR : Cascade Books, [2026]

Summary:

This book makes a bold claim. It argues that the Worldwide Anglican Communion was irreparably broken on a single day: November 14, 1784. The consecration of Samuel Seabury preempted its end. Seabury was the first American bishop. All of the schisms, spats, rows, and divisions that have taken place since are mere aftershocks following a barely noted earthquake in a backstreet of Aberdeen, Scotland. That first fissure leads to all the later fractures that now herald the breakup of the Worldwide Anglican Communion. The book, with hard data, humor, insight, and surprising new facts, explores and explains how Anglican--or Episcopal--faith, belief, and practice remains one single entity. What split the Anglican Communion before it started was the separation of the Old World (Europe, and specifically Britain and the Church of England) and the New World (Continental America). Ultimately, the rejection of monarchy and embracing of democracy will be the fate of the Anglican Communion. Furthermore, it will mark the end of the Church of England as we know it. The book argues it cannot be reformed any further. Only a revolution can save it. - Back cover.

Contents:

Introduction: church, communion, and cultural theory

Illustrations: Bishop Samuel Seabury's life and times

Part one: Samuel Seabury's social world

Part two: culture and context

Part three: cultural consequences

Conclusion: reading church and culture

Illustrations: artefacts from Episopalian life

Coda: form and function: past, present, future

Signs of the times: a sermon for safeguarding Sunday

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9798385229321

9798385229338

OCLC:

1583697284

Publisher Number:

90104103522