The vocation of Anglicanism
By: Paul Avis
Publisher: Bloomsbury T & T Clark
Published: 2016
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 191
ISBN-13: 9780567664624; 9780567664631; 9780567664648
Subjects: Doctrines; Pastoral theology; Ecclesiastical Vocation; Anglican Communion; Anglikanische Kirche
Description: Paul Avis charts a pathway of theological integrity through the serious challenges facing the Anglican Communion in the first quarter of the twentieth century. He asks whether there is a special calling for Anglicanism as an expression of the Christian Church and expounds the Anglican theological tradition to shed light on current controversies. He argues in conclusion that Anglicanism is called, like all the churches, to reflect the nature of the Church that we confess in the Creed to be one, holy, catholic and apostolic. The book provides a clear view of the way that the Anglican tradition holds together aspects of the church that in other traditions are sometimes allowed to drift apart, as the Anglican understanding of the Church reveals itself to be catholic and reformed, episcopal and synodical, universal and local, biblical and reasonable, traditional and open to fresh insight. Avis combines accessible scholarly analysis with constructive arguments that will bring fresh hope and vision to Anglicans around the world.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The vocation of Anglicanism; title: A theological vocation; title: An ecclesial vocation; title: A missional vocation; title: A covenantal vocation; title: A peaceable vocation; title: Three-dimensional Anglicanism; title: The claims of Catholicity; title: The legacy of the Reformation; title: The critical imperative; title: Catholic and Reformed and something more; title: The vocation of Anglicanism.