For Such a Time as This: Conflict, Community and the Courts in the South African Church

The recent, well-publicized, conflict in the Diocese of Pretoria raises questions about the Church as an institution within the new constitutional and democratic South Africa. The analysis of the conflict reveals that all parties exhibit institutional responses which, when considered with reference...

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1. VerfasserIn: May, Jonathan (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:Englisch
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Veröffentlicht: Cambridge Univ. Press [2016]
In: Journal of Anglican studies
Jahr: 2016, Band: 14, Heft: 2, Seiten: 210-225
IxTheo Notationen:CH Christentum und Gesellschaft
KAJ Kirchengeschichte 1914-; neueste Zeit
KBN Subsahara-Afrika
KDE Anglikanische Kirche
weitere Schlagwörter:B Incarnation
B Leadership
B Anglican Church of Southern Africa
B Anglican Diocese of Pretoria
B South Africa
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Zusammenfassung:The recent, well-publicized, conflict in the Diocese of Pretoria raises questions about the Church as an institution within the new constitutional and democratic South Africa. The analysis of the conflict reveals that all parties exhibit institutional responses which, when considered with reference to Scripture and Tradition, render the organization, structure and authority of the Church anachronistic and, in their promotion of internal community strife, reveal the need for reform that reflects the gospel imperative to embrace incarnational relationships.
ISSN:1745-5278
Enthält:Enthalten in: Journal of Anglican studies
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1017/S1740355315000236