Beyond Colonial Anglicanism
The Anglican Communion in the Twenty-First Century
1st Edition
Published on 1. January 2000
325 pages
978-0-89869-727-8 (ISBN)
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This is a collection of fifteen provocative essays by a cadre of international authors that examine the nature and shape of the Communion today; the colonial legacy; economic tensions and international debt; sexuality and justice; the ecological crisis; violence and healing in South Africa; persecution and religious fundamentalism; the church amid global urbanization; and much more.
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Ian T. Douglas | Kwok Pui-Lan
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The Anglican Communion in the Twenty-First Century
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Content
- Intro
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Preface
- Introduction
- Part I: Colonialism and the Anglican Communion
- Chapter 1: The Exigency of Times and Occasions: Power and Identity in the Anglican Communion Today
- Chapter 2: The Legacy of Cultural Hegemony in the Anglican Church
- Chapter 3: The Nature and Shape of the Contemporary Anglican Communion
- Part II: Challenges of the Present World
- Chapter 4: From Violence to Healing: The Struggle for our Common Humanity
- Chapter 5: As we Sail Life's Rugged Sea: The Paradox of Divine Weakness
- Chapter 6: This Fragile Earth Our Island Home: The Environmental Crisis
- Chapter 7: Debt Relief: Giving Poor Countries a Second Chance
- Chapter 8: Power, Blessings, and Human Sexuality: Making the Justice Connections
- Chapter 9: Global Urbanization: a Christian Response
- Part III: Visions for the Future Church
- Chapter 10: Scripture: What is at Issue in Anglicanism Today
- Chapter 11: The Primacy of Baptism: A Reaffirmation of Authority in the Church
- Chapter 12: Leadership Formation for a New World: An Emergent Indigenous Anglican Theological College
- Chapter 13: Beyond The Monarch/Chief: Reconsidering Episcopacy in Africa
- Chapter 14: Culture, Spirit, and Worship
- Chapter 15: Toward a Postcolonial Re-Visioning of the Church's Faith, witness, and Communion
- Contributors
