
Questioning Authority
The Theology and Practice of Authority in the Episcopal Church and Anglican Communion
Ellen K. Wondra(Author)
Peter Lang Verlag
Published on 26. September 2018
Book
Hardback
300 pages
978-1-4331-3216-2 (ISBN)
Description
Questioning Authority analyzes current conflicts concerning authority in the Anglican church and offers a new framework for addressing them. It argues that authority in the church is fundamentally relational rather than juridical. All members of the church have authority to engage in discerning the church's identity, direction, and mission. Most of this authority is exercised in personal interactions and group practices of consultation and direction. Formal authority in the church confers power so responsibilities can be fulfilled. Church relations always include conflict, which may be creative and helpful rather than divisive. Conflict arises because persons and groups follow Christ in ways related to their own cultural context while also being in communion with others. Communion in the church requires embracing diversity, recognizing and respecting others' perspectives, and working together to discover and create common ground. Today's church needs more participatory forms of governance and decision-making that are conciliar and synodal.
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Series
Edition
New edition
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Edition type
New edition
Dimensions
Height: 231 mm
Width: 155 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
597 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4331-3216-2 (9781433132162)
DOI
10.3726/978-1-4539-1711-4
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Ellen K. Wondra
Questioning Authority
The Theology and Practice of Authority in the Episcopal Church and Anglican Communion
E-Book
10/2018
1st Edition
Peter Lang Verlag
€135.99
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Ellen K. Wondra
Questioning Authority
The Theology and Practice of Authority in the Episcopal Church and Anglican Communion
E-Book
10/2018
1st Edition
Peter Lang Verlag
€135.99
Available for download
Person
Ellen K. Wondra, an Episcopal priest, is a member of the World Council of Churches' Commission on Faith and Order and Research Professor Emerita in Theology and Ethics at the Bexley-Seabury Seminary Federation in Chicago, Illinois. She is Editor Emerita of the Anglican Theological Review.
Content
Michael B. Curry: Foreword - Acknowledgments - Abbreviations - Introduction: Communion Challenged - Impaired Communion - The Highest Degree of Communion Possible - Questioning Authority - Power, Responsibility, and Authority - Differentiated Authority - Relational Theology - Catholicity and Conciliarity - Conclusions and Prospects - Index.