Anglican Theology (Doing Theology)

by Mark Chapman

Publisher:

T&T Clark

, 2012

Overview

This book seeks to explain the ways in which Anglicans have sought to practice theology in their various contexts. It is a clear, insightful, and reliable guide which avoids technical jargon and roots its discussions in concrete examples. The book is primarily a work of historical theology, which engages deeply with key texts and writers from across the tradition (e.g. Cranmer, Jewel, Hooker, Taylor, Butler, Simeon, Pusey, Huntington, Temple, Ramsey, and many others). As well as being suitable for seminary courses, it will be of particular interest to study groups in parishes and churches, as well as to individuals who seek to gain a deeper insight into the traditions of Anglicanism. While it adopts a broad and unpartisan approach, it will also be provocative and lively.

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Key Features

• Concise survey of 500 years of Anglican history and theology
• Extensive index
• Bibliography for further research

Contents

• Anglican Theology and Some Myths of Anglicanism
• The Reformation and Anglican Theology
• Settling Anglican Theology: Elizabeth I, John Jewel and the Thirty-Nine Articles
• Challenges to the Settlement
• The Theology of Richard Hooker
• The Seventeenth Century
• 1662, Latitudinarianism and the Invention of Anglicanism
• Theology and the Anglican Communion
• Conclusion

Top Highlights

“ ‘The Reformation was a limb badly set—it must be broken again in order to be righted’.^{9” (Page 16)}

“Anglican theology was forged in the heat of controversy. Given the role of the Church of England as the monopoly state church at least until the seventeenth century, which came under the authority of the sovereign in parliament, its theology was always political and frequently addressed the issues of church and state.” (Page 6)

“While Scripture was the source of all things necessary to salvation, it could be understood only through the application of sound reason. This meant that, while all law was ultimately established by God, there were sources of authority other than Scripture.” (Page 115)

“The principle is straightforward: ‘Laws touching matter of order are changeable, by the power of the church; articles concerning doctrine not so’.” (Page 120)

“Reason is required both to determine the meaning of scripture and to assist with the determination of matters indifferent.” (Page 114)

Product Details

• Title: Anglican Theology
• Author: Mark Chapman
• Publisher: Bloomsbury T&T Clark
• Publication Date: 2012
• Pages: 288

About Mark Chapman

Dr. Mark Chapman is an Assistant Professor of Christianity and Culture at Ambrose University College. He holds degrees from Tyndale University College, the University of Waterloo, Wilfrid Laurier University and the University of Toronto. Dr. Chapman taught in various Canadian Universities in the field of Sociology of Religion for more than 10 years. His teaching and research interests include a focus on religion and visual art, new religious movements, the Canadian emerging church and Canadian church planting. Dr. Chapman is also the Director of Extension Education for Ambrose, the Executive Director of Life Long Learning for the Christian and Missionary Alliance in Canada and the Membership Secretary for the Canadian Society for Studies in Religion. Most recently he has published an article on changing attitudes towards the visual arts in Canadian Evangelical Christianity in the Journal of Religion and Popular Culture and presented a paper on models used for planting Canadian churches. Dr. Chapman is an active member of Hazelglen Alliance Church in Kitchener, ON.