A Still More Excellent Way: Authority and Polity in the Anglican Communion
This ground-breaking study provides a unique contribution to the field of Anglican Studies: a detailed historical examination of the development of metropolitical authority and provincial polity within international Anglicanism.
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| Language: | English |
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La Vergne
Hymns Ancient & Modern
2020
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| In: | Year: 2020 |
| Reviews: | [Rezension von: Ross, Alexander, A still more excellent way : authority and polity in the Anglican communion] (2022) (Dewhurst, Russell)
[Rezension von: Ross, Alexander, A still more excellent way : authority and polity in the Anglican communion] (2021) (Sachs, William L., 1947 -) |
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Anglican Communion-Government
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| Summary: | This ground-breaking study provides a unique contribution to the field of Anglican Studies: a detailed historical examination of the development of metropolitical authority and provincial polity within international Anglicanism. Intro -- A Still More Excellent Way -- Contents -- Foreword -- Methodological Introduction -- Discerning the Anglican 'Character' -- Does the Anglican Communion Even Exist? -- Promoting an Appreciation of Polity within Anglican Studies -- Chapter Outline -- Notes -- Part One The Pedigree of a Polity -- Note -- 1 'A Glorious and Salutiferous Œconomy': Provincial Polity Established -- Joseph Bingham and the Origines Ecclesiasticae -- Provincial Polity in the Canons of the Early Church -- Augustine of Canterbury and Provincial Polity in the British Isles -- An Ecclesial 'Coping Stone': The English Reformation and the Royal Supremacy -- Notes -- 2 The Mean Between the Streams: Provincial Polity Adapted and Abolished -- Anglicans Abroad: From 'National' to 'International' -- Preserving the 'Episcopal Persuasion': Provincial Polity in Scotland -- Eastern Gentlemen and Western Conventions: Provincial Polity in the USA -- Cracks in the Coping Stone: Provincial Polity in Ireland -- Notes -- 3 Colonial Communion: Provincial Polity Exported -- The Uneasy Legacy of Colonialism -- Cold Baths and Hot Sunbeds: the Establishment of the Metropolitical See of Calcutta -- The Uncertain Authority of Royal Letters Patent -- Australia and the Legacy of William Grant Broughton Re-Evaluated -- The Bishops' Conference of 1850 -- The 'Colenso Affair': Provincial Autonomy and the Royal Prerogative -- Notes -- Part Two The National Church -- Notes -- 4 'Contained' or Compromised Catholicity: a Critique of the 'National Church' -- 'Nationality and Liberty': Provincial Polity Gives Way to the 'National Church' -- The Language of Lambeth: 1920-1948 -- Ecclesial and National Polities -- Current Trends in International Relations for Ecclesial Reflection -- Recognition, Hegel and Rowan Williams -- Nuancing National Polities: Opportunities for Further Ecclesiological Reflection. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (205 pages) |
| ISBN: | 0334059348 |