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Author: Christopher Craig Brittain (AUTHOR IS CHANGING INSTITUTIONS ON JULY 1, 2017) ,
Andrew McKinnon (Senior Lecturer, University of Aberdeen)
Publisher: Pennsylvania State University Press
Imprint: Pennsylvania State University Press
Dimensions:
Width: 15.20cm
, Height: 1.90cm
, Length: 22.90cm
Weight: 0.386kg
ISBN: 9780271080901
ISBN 10: 0271080906
Pages: 264
Publication Date: 17 April 2018
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: To order
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Reviews
Americans seeking to understand the conflict raging within the Episcopal Church will gain perspective from this valuable book. It's not just a battle in the 'culture war.' Homosexuality is the 'presenting symbol' of broader struggles within a 500-year-old, increasingly transnational institution. Making use of sociological theory, religious history, and interviews with church leaders around the world, Brittain and McKinnon assess the fate of Anglicanism in the context of its current crisis. --R. Stephen Warner, author of A Church of Our Own: Disestablishment and Diversity in American Religion This timely, lucid, and admirably balanced book should be required reading for all those who care about the Anglican Communion. The debate about same-sex relationships is correctly perceived as the presenting issue of deeper tensions, which are then explored from a variety of perspectives. I recommend it warmly. --Grace Davie, author of Religion in Britain: A Persistent Paradox
Americans seeking to understand the conflict raging within the Episcopal Church will gain perspective from this valuable book. It's not just a battle in the 'culture war.' Homosexuality is the 'presenting symbol' of broader struggles within a 500-year-old, increasingly transnational institution. Making use of sociological theory, religious history, and interviews with church leaders around the world, Brittain and McKinnon assess the fate of Anglicanism in the context of its current crisis. --R. Stephen Warner, author of A Church of Our Own: Disestablishment and Diversity in American Religion This timely, lucid, and admirably balanced book should be required reading for all those who care about the Anglican Communion. The debate about same-sex relationships is correctly perceived as the presenting issue of deeper tensions, which are then explored from a variety of perspectives. I recommend it warmly. --Grace Davie, author of Religion in Britain: A Persistent Paradox
Author Information
Christopher Craig Brittain is Dean of Divinity and Margaret E. Fleck Chair in Anglican Studies at Trinity College, University of Toronto. His publications include A Plague on Both Their Houses: Liberal vs. Conservative Christians and the Divorce of the Episcopal Church USA, Religion at Ground Zero: Theological Responses to Times of Crises, and The Weight of Objectivity: Critical Social Theory and Theology. Andrew McKinnon, a sociologist of religion, is Senior Lecturer of Sociology at the University of Aberdeen.
