An Anglican British World : the Church of England and the Expansion of the Settler Empire, c. 1790-1860
Hardwick, JosephAuthor
When members of that oft-maligned institution, the Anglican Church encountered the far-flung settler empire, they found it a strange and intimidating place. Anglicanism's conservative credentials seemed to have little place in developing colonies; its established status, secure in England, would crumble in Ireland and was destined never to be adopted in the 'White Dominions'. By 1850, however, a global 'Anglican Communion' was taking shape. This book explains why Anglican clergymen started to feel at home in the empire.
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Includes bibliographical references and index.
When members of that oft-maligned institution, the Anglican Church encountered the far-flung settler empire, they found it a strange and intimidating place. Anglicanism's conservative credentials seemed to have little place in developing colonies; its established status, secure in England, would crumble in Ireland and was destined never to be adopted in the 'White Dominions'. By 1850, however, a global 'Anglican Communion' was taking shape. This book explains why Anglican clergymen started to feel at home in the empire.
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Introduction: the Church of England, migration and the British world -- The recruitment of colonial clergy, c.1790-1850 -- The making of the colonial laity -- The Colonial Bishoprics' Fund and the contest of colonial Church reform -- British support for overseas expansion -- Imperial ecclesiastical networks -- The Church, associations and ethnic and loyalist identities -- Conclusion.
Church of England
Church of England
Anglican Communion
Anglican Communion
Religion
Philosophy & Religion
Christianity