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There are around 50 million Anglicans globally, although the Anglican Communion claims 80+ million. They are spread over 36 self-governing churches, comprising 500 dioceses and 30,000 parishes with around 65,000 congregations in 165 countries. Were it not for the expansion of the British Empire in the 18th century, Anglicanism would be less extensive.
This course explores the crises impacting the denomination, with unresolved issues on gender, sexuality, governance, polity, post-colonial reparations, safeguarding, truth and justice, and trust and confidence. The course charts the specific problems facing the Church of England as a nationally established Protestant church and the broader network of affiliate churches and provinces across the Anglican Communion. We also assess the extent to which Anglicanism is Catholic or Protestant, or, as it claims, via media.
This course encourages both inter-disciplinary and multi-disciplinary contributions that will focus scholarly attention on some of the key issues facing Anglicanism. We draw on scholarship from beyond the Anglican tradition and on insights and illumination from the social sciences. We will use a Timeline of Key Events to explain the complex history/origin of the Church of England, which can be dated from 1534. The other key date is 1784. These two dates/events explain Anglicanism's origins and challenges in the 21st century as it approaches its 500th anniversary (2034).
Students are advised to make themselves familiar with:
• Anglicanism: A Very Short Introduction, Oxford: OUP, Mark Chapman, 2013.
• The Oxford Handbook of the Study of Anglicanism, eds. Percy et al, Oxford: OUP, 2015
• The Crisis of Colonial Anglicanism, London: Hurst Publishing, Martyn Percy, 2025
• Love's Redeeming Work: The Anglican Quest for Holiness, Oxford: OUP, eds. Rowan Williams, Geoffrey Rowell and Kenneth Stevenson, 2003.
A comprehensive reading list will be provided. |
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