Anglicanism The Answer to Modernity

by Dormor, Duncan; Caddick, Jeremy; McDonald, Jack

• ISBN13: 9780826486165
• ISBN10: 0826486169
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-05-15
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic

Summary

Questions of religious identity will be central to the way that the twenty-first century unfolds. Anglicanism: The Answer to Modernity is the boldest attempt in recent years to address the intellectual future of the Church of England in a confident, open and faithful way. The eight Cambridge deans who have contributed combine academic theological work with practical ministry to students in exploring the credibility, wisdom and coherence of Anglican answers to biblical, moral, philosophical and social issues. They also evaluate the presence of the Church at various levels in the life of the nation. They believe that the Church of England is not a dying and irrelevant anachronism. Rather, their vision is of a robust and inclusive Anglicanism, from which we may fashion the answers necessary for human life and growth. This book sets the conceptual tone for the Church of England at the start of Rowan Williams's term as Archbishop of Canterbury.

Table of Contents

Preface
The Most Reverend and Right Honourable Dr Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury	vii
Notes on Contributors	xi
Introduction: Theology, Wisdom and the Future of the Church of England
Duncan Dormor, Jack McDonald and Jeremy Caddick	1	(16)
Part I Presence
1 Ancient and Postmodern: Lessons from Wisdom for Ministry
Jo Bailey Wells	17	(21)
2 The Anglican Church as a Polity of Presence
Ben Quash	38	(23)
Part II Inquiry
3 'I Am the Truth': Text, Hermeneutics and the Person of Christ
Maggi Dawn	61	(21)
4 The Church of England and Evil: Active Optimism
Jack McDonald	82	(27)
Part III Engagement
5 Issues of Life and Death: Why Medical Ethics Needs the Church
Jeremy Caddick	109	(21)
6 'Come Live with Me and Be My Love': Marriage, Cohabitation and the Church
Duncan Dormor	130	(31)
Part IV Identity
7 The Future of Church and State
Jeremy Morris	161	(25)
8 Anglicanism: The Only Answer to Modernity
Timothy Jenkins	186