"In this book I have compiled a list of men and women whose lives and message, I believe speak to the spiritual needs of our day. They are both ancient and contemporary figures, men and women, including those who have been officially canonized or beatified by the church as well as many who have not." [Also includes non-Catholics and non-Christians.] -- Intro. p. 2-3.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Arranged by date of commemoration, first by month then by day.
Contents: Introduction -- [Text] -- Index.
OTCH Note. Saints commemorated include: Joseph Bernardin, Stephen Biko, Maura Clark (and companions in El Salvador), John Donne, George Herbert, Penny Lernoux, Janani Luwum, John Henry Newman, Henri Nouwen, Albert Schweitzer, John Wesley and William Wilberforce.
"First edition published 1989. Second edition published 2002". -- verso of t.-p.
Includes bibliography (p. 357-381) and index.
"A fully revised, updated and substantially expanded edition of a seminal work ... in the history of Anglicanism. Paul Avis describes and interprets the Anglican understanding of the Christian Church from the Reformation to the present day. He presents the development of Anglican identity and ecclesiology in its historical context, focusing particularly on Anglican engagement with the Roman Catholic and Protestant traditions. This book also provide substantial accounts of the major Anglican theologians, from Richard Hooker to modern writers. In this new edition, Avis includes discussions of the influence of evangelical theology and reflected on the integrity of Anglicanism for the future. [It] is an influential work with considerable strategic importance for the Anglican Communion and the ecumenical movement". -- back cover.
Contents divided into three main parts: Part One : The Sixteenth Century: The Formation of Anglican Ecclesiology -- Part Two: The Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries: Anglicanism Erastian or Apostolic ? -- Part Three: The Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries: The Making of Modern Anglicanism.
Contents: Preface to Revised and Expanded Edition dated June 2001 / Paul Avis -- Part One : The Sixteenth Century: The Formation of Anglican Ecclesiology -- 1. The English Reformers and the Christian Church -- 2. Architects of Anglican Ecclesiology: Hooker and Field -- Part Two: The Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries: Anglicanism Erastian or Apostolic ? -- 3. An Anglican Consensus -- 4. The Early Anglican Liberal Protestants -- 5. The Early Anglican Liberal Catholics -- 6. Exemplars of the High Church Tradition -- 7. Methodism and Evangelicalism -- Part Three: The Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries: The Making of Modern Anglicanism -- 8. The Church in Danger Again -- 9. The High Church Heritage -- 10. The Reformation Under Attack -- 11. Keble and Pusey: Retreat from the Reformation -- 12. The Anglican Newman -- 13. Defenders of the Reformation: The Nineteenth-Century Liberal Anglicans -- 14. F.D. Maurice -- 15. The Church and Salvation in Modern Anglican Theology -- 16. Anglican Ecclesiology in the Late Twentieth Century: A Bibliographical Commentary -- 17. Towards an Authentic Paradigm for Anglicanism -- Abbreviations -- Bibliography -- Index of Subjects -- Index of Names.
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Was Newman right all along in concluding that the great Anglo-Catholic movement he inspired could not succeed? This is a shortened version of a lecture Dr Gilley gave recently.
"Anglican priest, John Henry Newman converts to Roman Catholicism. Newman had been a leading member of the Oxford Movement, which aimed to reform the Church of England and bring it back from liberalism to the high-church ideals of the 17th century".
This book "introduces us to the 232 men and women who are commemorated in the 'Common Worship' Calendar. Nearly five hundred years after the Reformation, the Church of England is coming to a fuller appreciation of the saints, and their contribution to our spiritual journey". -- back cover.
Contents: Introduction -- Abbreviations -- January -- February -- March -- April -- May -- June -- July -- August -- September -- October -- November -- December -- Appendix: Martyrologies and Calendars -- Index.
Entries arranged by month and day.
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