Anglicanism: A Very Short Introduction

by Chapman, Mark

• ISBN13: 9780192806932
• ISBN10: 0192806939
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-07-27
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

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 secularisation. While there are distinctive themes and emphases which emerge from its early history and theology, there islittle sense of unity in Anglicanism today. In Anglicanism: A Very Short Introduction, Mark Chapman highlights the diversity of contemporary Anglicanism by exploring its fascinating history, theology, and structures. Putting the history and development of the religion into context, Chapman reveals what it is that holds Anglicanism togetherdespite the recent crises that threaten to tear it apart.

Author Biography

Mark Chapman is Vice-Principal of Ripon College Cuddesdon, Oxford.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	p. viii
List of illustrations	p. ix
The problems of Anglicanism	p. 1
Establishing the Church	p. 13
Competing visions for the Church of England	p. 38
Evangelicalism	p. 57
Anglo-Catholicism	p. 75
The global communion	p. 94
The future of Anglicanism	p. 116
References and further reading	p. 145
Index	p. 152
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