The Shape of Anglican Theology

Faith Seeking Wisdom
Erscheinungsjahr 2022
ISBN: 978-90-04-51785-1
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, 154 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 231 mm, Gewicht: 236 g

Reihe: Brill Research Perspectives in Humanities and Social Sciences / Brill Research Perspectives in Theology

There are numerous books that offer an historical account of Anglican theology or that detail the lives and work of particular Anglican theologians. Books that focus on the nature and character of Anglican theology itself, however, are hard to find. This volume fills that gap. In The Shape of Anglican Theology, Scott MacDougall examines what it is that makes Anglican theology Anglican. Beginning with a treatment of the ways in which Anglican theology is and is not distinct from other types of Christian theology, he describes the theological features that mark the general boundaries of Anglican theologizing before turning to consider a set of eight interconnected characteristics that provide Anglican theology with its distinctive profile. MacDougall argues that, by setting its boundaries as widely as possible and requiring subscription to specific theological propositions as little as possible, Anglican theology is in essence a wisdom theology that seeks to build the capacity for faithful Christian discernment in belief and practice.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Macdougall, Scott

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Christliche Kirchen, Konfessionen, Denominationen Protestantismus, evangelische und protestantische Kirchen Anglikanische und episkopale Kirchen
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Systematische Theologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Contents

Acknowledgments

A Note on Dates and Names

Abstract

Keywords

Introduction: Why the Shape of Anglican Theology?

1 The General Shape of Anglican Theology, Determining Its Domain

2 The General Shape of Anglican Theology, Beating Its Bounds

3 The Particular Shape of Anglican Theology: Specifying Its Character

Conclusion: The Shape of Anglican Theology to Come

Selected Annotated Bibliography

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Scott MacDougall, Ph.D. (Fordham University, 2014), is Associate Professor of Theology at Church Divinity School of the Pacific, Berkeley, California. He is Co-Editor-in-Chief of the Anglican Theological Review, and Theologian to the House of Deputies of the Episcopal Church.