The Church of England : a portrait
https://archives.anglican.ca/link/catalog2820
- Author
- De-la-Noy, Michael, 1934-2002
- Publication Date
- 1993
- Material Type
- Book
- Location
- Trinity College (Graham Library)
- Call Number
- BX 5101 D45 1993
- Place of Publication
- London
- Publisher
- Simon and Schuster
- Publication Date
- 1993
- Physical Description
- 341 p. ; 24 x 16 cm.
- Material Type
- Book
- Notes
- "[By] Michael De-la-Noy".
- Includes bibliographical endnotes and index.
- "The Church of England is a unique institution. It is the only church in the world to have its bishops appointed by the prime minister so they can set in parliament. .... Deeply conservative by instinct, the Church of England has nevertheless taken the radical and momentous decision to ordain women to the priesthood. Schism stares the Church in the face; and for the first time in its history it is also confronting a potentially disastrous financial crisis. To investigate the turbulence Michael De-la-Noy has visited parish churches, retreat houses, theological colleges, humble rectories and Lambeth Palace. He has talked to nuns, to lay readers, to hospital chaplains and team rectors. The Church failings are here writ large ...But it is in the faith and courage, moral and physical of its individual members that its virtues are to be found. The is a personal and human account of the oldest institution in England -- the Ecclesia Anglicana of Magna Carta." -- front dust jacket blurb.
- Contents: An Introduction dated The Feast Day of the Martyrs of the Serapeum [17 March], 1993 / Michael De-la-Noy -- Roughly Knowing What to Do -- By Law Established -- The Making of a Bishop -- Money Matters -- Training for the Next Century -- Head-Hunting for Patrons -- The Lambeth Way -- Bars and Bombs -- The Religious in Retreat -- Dr Who ? -- Sidetracked by Sex -- The Women's Vote -- An Epilogue -- Notes -- Index.
- Subjects
- Church of England - History - 20th century
- Church and state - Church of England
- Church of England - Establishment and disestablishment
- Episcopacy - Church of England
- Church of England - Bishops
- Church of England - Government
- Church of England. General Synod
- Church of England - Clergy - Appointment, call, and election
- Theological education - Church of England
- Church of England - Parties and movements
- Chaplains - Church of England
- Monasticism and religious orders, Anglican - Church of England
- Church of England. Archbishop of Canterbury
- Carey, George L. (George Leonard), 1935-
- Sex - Religious aspects - Church of England
- Homosexuality - Religious aspects - Church of England
- Ordination of women - Church of England
- ISBN
- 0-671-71154-7
- Call Number
- BX 5101 D45 1993
- Location
- Trinity College (Graham Library)