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This book is a collection of essays by leading theologians and church leaders on the implications of the proposed Anglican Covenant, which has been offered as a solution to the recent crises facing worldwide Anglicanism. At the Anglican Primates' meeting in February 2007 a draft Covenant was commended for study by the constituent churches of the Anglican Communion. This book presents a sober and dispassionate discussion of the theology and politics behind the Covenant. The writers represent a number of different theological traditions and disciplines within and beyond Anglicanism. What unites them is a desire to understand other opinions and to listen to different views. The contributors include theological educators, church historians, ethicists, biblical scholars, and canonists from different parts of the Anglican Communion and from ecumenical partners. While the book aims to be dispassionate and to stand apart from the rhetoric of ecclesiastical parties, it also offers original and thought-provoking discussions based on detailed and thorough scholarship.
In his introduction Mark Chapman discusses the development of the authority structures of the Anglican Communion, as well as the recent history of conflict between the member churches, particularly over the issue of homosexuality. Ecumenical reflections on conciliarity are offered by Paul McPartlan, a leading Roman Catholic scholar, and Kenneth Wilson, a prominent Methodist. John Barton, Professor of Old Testament at Oxford University, contributes a chapter on the concept of Covenant in the Old Testament tradition. This book provides a valuable resource for global Anglicanism as it begins to develop the final version of the Covenant over the coming years. It will be crucial reading for all those involved in preparing for the Lambeth Conference of 2008.
Table of Contents
Contents
Foreword
Notes on Contributors
Foreword
Introduction: What's going on in Anglicanism?
Mark D. Chapman
Baby's First Steps: Can the Covenant Proposal ever walk?
Gregory Cameron
Unity and Diversity, Communion and Covenant: Theological, Ecclesiological, Political and Missional Challenges for Anglicanism
Andrew Goddard
Andrew Goddard
The dull bits of history: cautionary tales for Anglicanism
Mark D. Chapman
The Episcopal Church in the USA and the Covenant: The Place of the Chicago-Lambeth Quadrilateral.
R. William Franklin
R. William Franklin
'From all nations and Languages' Reflections on Church, Catholicity and Culture
Charlotte Methuen
Charlotte Methuen
The Anglican Covenant: An African Perspective
Victor Atta-Baffoe
Towards an Anglican Covenant: A Roman Catholic Perspective
Paul McPartlan
The Methodist Idea of Covenant
Kenneth Wilson
Covenant in the Bible and Today
John Barton
Index
Product details
| Published | 25 Jan 2008 |
|---|---|
| Format | Ebook (Epub & Mobi) |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 224 |
| ISBN | 9781441108432 |
| Imprint | Mowbray |
| Series | Affirming Catholicism |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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