The Anglican Communion at a Crossroads : : The Crises of a Global Church /

The Anglican Communion at a Crossroads : : The Crises of a Global Church / / Andrew McKinnon, Christopher Craig Brittain.

Worldwide debates over issues of sexuality and gender have come to a head in recent years in mainline and evangelical churches, with the Anglican Communion—a worldwide network of churches that trace their practice to Canterbury and claim some 85 million members—among the most publicly visible sites...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Penn State University Press Complete eBook-Package 2018
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Brittain, Christopher Craig,
McKinnon, Andrew,
Place / Publishing House:University Park, PA : : Penn State University Press, , [2021]
©2018
Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (264 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1 The Cultural Logic of Symbols and Anglican “Orthodoxy”
  • 2 Globalization, Communication, and the Redistribution of Religious Authority
  • 3 The Global South and the Communion: Africa as the New Anglican “Center of Gravity”
  • 4 Local Disagreement in the Midst of a Global Dispute: The View from the Pews in the Diocese(s) of Pittsburgh
  • 5 National Strictures, Global Structures, and the Ties That Bind
  • 6 Authority, Practice, and Ecclesial Identity
  • 7 Anglican Identity in the Twenty-First Century
  • Conclusion: The “End” of the Communion?
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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