Reinventing Anglicanism : a vision of confidence, community and engagement in Anglican Christianity
https://archives.anglican.ca/link/catalog4841
- Author
- Kaye, Bruce (Bruce Norman), 1939-
- Publication Date
- 2004 c2003
- Material Type
- Book
- Location
- Trinity College (Graham Library)
- Call Number
- BX 5006 K39 2004
- Place of Publication
- New York NY
- Publisher
- Church Publishing
- Publication Date
- 2004 c2003
- Physical Description
- viii, 279 p. ; 22.3 x 15.2 cm.
- Material Type
- Book
- Notes
- "[By] Bruce Kaye".
- "First published 2003 by Openbook Publishers, Adelaide, South Australia. USA Edition published 2004 by Church Publishing, New York". -- verso of t.-p.
- Includes bibliographical references but NO index.
- Bibliography: p. 267-279.
- "I have approached this matter by regarding Anglicanism as a tradition, indeed a discrete tradition within the broader tradition of Christianity. The present crisis in Anglicanism is created by the confluence of the two streams: the external historical developments of the second half of the twentieth century and the point of development from national church to international Communion of churches which is the story of the last three hundred years of Anglicanism. Each of these influences has an ambiguous impact on contemporary Anglicanism and is capable of moving the tradition in different. even mutually contradictory, directions. The future of Anglicanism will depend to a great degree on how the tradition responds to these two forces. It will need to find the resources within its own journey to enable it not only to respond but also to reinvent itself in a way that is both creative and faithful. In that sense my position on Anglicanism at the dawn of the twenty-first century is that it is a discrete tradition of Christianity in need of reinvention. In order to give the discussion some focus, I shall take Australia as an example of the problems. .... this book seeks to present an argument which tries to take the tradition seriously and pays attention to the current dynamics in Anglicanism by looking at those elements most used in the contemporary rhetoric, namely the New Testament, the English Reformation of the sixteenth century and the ongoing theological tradition." -- Intro., pp. 7-8.
- "Using the Anglican Church of Australia as a case study. Bruce Kaye argues that Anglicans must give up nostalgic notions of Empire and a colonial past and concentrate on `reinventing' Anglicanism to emphasize the strengths of its interdependent diversity and cultural pluralism -- vital tools for mission in a world deeply in need of reconciliation". -- back cover.
- Contents: Foreword / Ian T. Douglas -- Introduction -- The Journey of Anglicanism -- The Australian Experience -- Confidence : Persuasive Resonance -- Community : Interdependent Diversity -- Engagement : Respectful Visionaries -- Imagination and Change -- Bibliography.
- Author is a priest in the Anglican Church of Australia and former provincial General Secretary (1994-2004).
- Subjects
- Anglican Communion
- Anglicans
- Church of England - History
- Anglican Communion - History
- Anglican Communion - Historiography
- Anglican Church of Australia - History
- Community (Religion) - Anglican Communion
- Diversity - Religious aspects - Anglican Communion
- Identity - Religious aspects - Anglican Communion
- Change - Religious aspects - Anglican Communion
- Anglican Communion - Government
- Anglican Communion - Structure
- ISBN
- 0-89869-455-8
- Call Number
- BX 5006 K39 2004
- Location
- Trinity College (Graham Library)