Revisiting Anglicanism's Vocation to Disappear

In face of uncertainty about the Anglican Communion's future, this article attempts to rearticulate a vision of Anglicanism's vocation in terms of its incompleteness and provisionality. Drawing from the thought of Michael Ramsey, Ephraim Radner and Paul Avis, I suggest that Anglicanism...

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Main Author: Schlesinger, Eugene R. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Cambridge Univ. Press [2019]
In: Journal of Anglican studies
Year: 2019, Volume: 17, Issue: 1, Pages: 8-30
IxTheo Classification:KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history
KDB Roman Catholic Church
KDE Anglican Church
RB Church office; congregation
Further subjects:B Michael Ramsey
B provisionality
B Catholicity
B Ecumenism
B Anglican Communion
B Ephraim Radner
B Paul Avis
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Summary:In face of uncertainty about the Anglican Communion's future, this article attempts to rearticulate a vision of Anglicanism's vocation in terms of its incompleteness and provisionality. Drawing from the thought of Michael Ramsey, Ephraim Radner and Paul Avis, I suggest that Anglicanism's vocation, like that of any church, is to disappear. At the same time, it is a vocation tempered by the knowledge that, even in its incompleteness and provisionality, Anglicanism has a pastoral responsibility to provide care for the Christians within the Communion. Finally, this is a penitent vocation, and one which is held out as an invitation to all Christian churches.
ISSN:1745-5278
Contains:Enthalten in: Journal of Anglican studies
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1017/S1740355318000402