In Search of Authority

Anglican Theological Method from the Reformation to the Enlightenment

Inbunden, Engelska, 2014

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Anglican theology has been a hotbed of debate about theissue of authority since the Reformation. What do we really appeal to whenattempting to decide matters of doctrine, worship, ministry or ethics? Thedebate is very much alive today, between Evangelical, Liberal and CatholicAnglicans around the world. This proposed book focuses on the understanding of authority in Anglican theology.It looks at the way thatAnglican theologians, in the past and today, have developed their theories ofauthority in relation to burning issues. Avis critiques them in a continuousdialogue or running commentary and set them in an ecumenical context, comparingAnglican positions with Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodox and Protestant ones.In each area - Bible, tradition, reason, experience -he sets out a new understanding of authority in a constructiveand persuasive way, moving to a series of overall conclusions andrecommendations. The sharp critiques of various positions will help to make itthe subject of discussion and debate.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2014-02-27
Mått138 x 216 x 27 mm
Vikt757 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor416
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN9780567328465

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Preface \ 1. Introduction: Topical orientation to issues of authorityin Anglican theology and their relevance \ 2. Ideas of authority in emergingAnglicanism: The Reformers, Richard Hooker & the classical Anglican writersof the 17th century \ 3. Anglican ideas of authority in the age ofEnlightenment and the rise of critical history \ 4. Ideas of authority inmodern Anglicanism: the 19th and 20th centuries \ 5. Theauthority and interpretation of the Bible in contemporary Anglicanism: criticaland evangelical views \ 6. 'Everything flows': locating ourselves in traditionand tradition in ourselves.Reason: The Cinderella of Anglican theology \ 7. Whatauthority does Christian experience have for us as Anglicans? \ 8. Can we besure? Certitude, probability and faith in the Anglican tradition \ 9. Ecumenicalperspectives on authority: the convergence and conflict of traditions \ 10. Therelevance of problems of authority for Christian apologetics, especially vis àvis the 'new atheism' \ 11. Summary, conclusions and recommendations