Anglicanism: A Very Short Introduction

✍ Scribed by Chapman, Mark David

• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Year: 2006
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 169
• Series: Very short introductions
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

What is Anglicanism? How is it different from other forms of Christianity, and how did it come to have so many different versions throughout the world? Although originally united by location and a common belief, Anglicanism has gradually lost its pre-eminence as the English state church due to increasing pluralisation and secularization. While there are distinctive themes and emphases that emerge from its early history and theology, there is little sense of unity in Anglicanism today.
Here, Mark Chapman explores the fascinating history, theology, and structures of Anglicanism, and highlights the diversity of the contemporary church by examining how traditions vary from England and American, from South Africa to Malaysia. Chapman looks at current developments and controversies, such as homosexuality and women priests, and offers thought-provoking suggestions for the future of Anglicanism. Putting the history and development of the religion into context, Chapman reveals what it is that holds Anglicanism together despite the recent crises that threaten to tear it apart.

✦ Table of Contents

Contents......Page 8
Acknowledgements......Page 9
List of illustrations......Page 10
1 The problems of Anglicanism......Page 12
2 Establishing the Church......Page 24
3 Competing visions for the Church of England......Page 49
4 Evangelicalism......Page 68
5 Anglo-Catholicism......Page 86
6 The global communion......Page 105
7 The future of Anglicanism......Page 127
References and further reading......Page 156
C......Page 163
H......Page 164
M......Page 165
S......Page 166
W......Page 167
Z......Page 168

✦ Subjects

Religion;History;Nonfiction;Theology;Christianity;Faith;Christian;Philosophy;Spirituality;Church;Church History