Archbishop Ramsey: The Shape of the Church

ISBN-13: 9780754665960 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 268 str.

Peter Webster;Andrew Chandler

Opis

Archbishop Michael Ramsey's archiepiscopate from 1961 to 1974 saw profound renegotiations of the relationship of the Church of England with its own flock, with the nation more widely, with the Anglican church worldwide, and with the other Christian churches. Drawing from unique source material in the Lambeth Palace Library archives and reproducing many original writings of Ramsey for the first time, this book explores key questions which surround Ramsey's tenure. How did Ramsey react to the rapid hollowing-out of the regular constituency of the church whilst at the same time seeing sweeping changes in the manner in which the church tried to minister to those members? What was his role in the widening of the church's global vision, and the growing porousness of its borders with other denominations? And how did the nature of the role of archbishop as figurehead change in this period?

Spis treści

Part I Years in Office; Introduction; Chapter 1 The Church and the Churches; Chapter 2 Church and State; Chapter 3 Church and Nation; Chapter 4 The Church in a Time of Crisis; Chapter 5 The Prophetic Church; Chapter 101 Conclusion; Part II The Texts; Chapter 6 1961; Chapter 7 1962; Chapter 8 1963; Chapter 9 1964; Chapter 10 1965; Chapter 11 1966; Chapter 12 1967; Chapter 13 1968; Chapter 14 1969; Chapter 15 1971; Chapter 16 1972; Chapter 17 1974; Chapter 18 1982;

O autorze

Peter Webster is an independent scholar and managing director of Webster Research and Consulting.