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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Autor principal: May, Jonathan (Autor)
Tipo de documento: Electrónico Artículo
Lenguaje:Inglés
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Publicado: Cambridge Univ. Press [2016]
En: Journal of Anglican studies
Año: 2016, Volumen: 14, Número: 2, Páginas: 210-225
Clasificaciones IxTheo:CH Cristianismo y sociedad
KAJ Época contemporánea
KBN África subsahariana
KDE Iglesia anglicana
Otras palabras clave:B Incarnation
B Leadership
B Anglican Church of Southern Africa
B Anglican Diocese of Pretoria
B South Africa
Acceso en línea: Volltext (Verlag)
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Sumario: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
Obras secundarias:Enthalten in: Journal of Anglican studies
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1017/S1740355315000236