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Title A new history of the Church in Wales : governance and ministry, theology and society / edited by Norman Doe
Published Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2020
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Description 1 online resource (390 pages)
Contents Cover -- Reviews -- Half-title page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Contents -- List of Plates -- List of Contributors -- Foreword -- Editorial Preface -- Introduction -- Part I Historical Antecedents and Overview of the Century -- 1 The Age of Saints to the Victorian Church -- 2 The Road to Disestablishment -- 3 A Century of Christianity in Wales -- 4 The Church in Wales across the Century -- Part II Governance and Ministry -- 5 The Constitution of the Church -- 6 The Bishops and Archbishops -- Appendix Archbishops and Diocesan Bishops of the Church in Wales, 1920-2020
7 The Clergy: Priests and Deacons -- 8 The Laity and Patterns of Ministry -- Part III Doctrine, Liturgy, Rites and Other Faith Communities -- 9 The Doctrine of the Church -- 10 The Liturgy of the Church -- 11 The Rites of Passage -- 12 The Church and Other Communities of Faith -- Part IV The Church and Society -- 13 Welsh Anglicans and Cultural Debate -- 14 The Church and Education -- 15 The Church and the Welsh Language -- 16 The Church, State and Society -- Part V Conclusions -- 17 The Image of the Church -- 18 The Church of the Future -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary This book marks the centenary of the Church in Wales, following its disestablishment in 1920. Part I provides a historical overview: from the Age of the Saints to Victorian times; the disestablishment campaign; Christianity in Wales since 1920; and broad issues faced over the century. Part II explores the constitution, bishops and archbishops, clergy, and laity. Part III examines doctrine, liturgy, rites of passage, and relations with other faith communities. Part IV deals with the church and culture, education, the Welsh language, and social responsibility. Part V discusses the changing images of the Church and its future. Around themes of continuity and change, the book questions assumptions about the Church, including its distinctive theology and Welshness, ecumenical commitment, approach to innovation, and response to challenges posed by the State and wider world in an increasingly pluralist and secularised Welsh society over the century
Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on March 09, 2020)
Subject Church in Wales -- Establishment and disestablishment.
SUBJECT Church in Wales fast
Subject Church and state -- Wales -- History
Church and state
Wales
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
Author Doe, Norman, editor
ISBN 9781108583930
1108583938