Memoir of the Life and Episcopate of George Augustus Selwyn, D.D. 2 Volume Set

Bishop of New Zealand, 1841-1869, Bishop of Lichfield, 1867-1878
Erscheinungsjahr 2011
ISBN: 978-1-108-03958-1
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Medienkombination, Englisch, 832 Seiten, Format (B × H): 144 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 1138 g

Reihe: Cambridge Library Collection - Religion

This two-volume biography of George Augustus Selwyn (1809–78), the first Anglican bishop of New Zealand, after whom Selwyn College, Cambridge, was later named, was published in 1879 by his former chaplain, H. W. Tucker. Selwyn was ordained in 1834 and served as curate at Windsor while tutoring at Eton; in 1840, when New Zealand was declared an independent British colony, he was chosen as first bishop of the newly established diocese. The declared aim was to develop an Anglican organisation for the growing European settlement, while resisting too much state control, and by 1857 Selwyn had drafted a constitution for the Church of New Zealand which led eventually to disestablishment. A staunch defender of indigenous rights, he travelled widely throughout New Zealand and the Pacific islands, and subsequently played a leading role in the first Lambeth Conference, which helped shape the future development of the world-wide Anglican Communion.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Tucker, H. W.

Fachgebiete

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

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Volume 1: Preface; 1. Early years and education, 1809–31; 2. Eton, 1831–41; 3. Consecrated Bishop of New Zealand, 1841; 4. New Zealand, its early history and colonization; 5. Sydney and New Zealand, 1842–3; 6. New Zealand, 1844–6; 7. New Zealand, 1847; 8. Melanesia and New Zealand, 1848; 9. Melanesia and New Zealand, 1849; 10. New Zealand, Sydney, and Melanesia, 1850–1; Index. Volume 2: 1. New Zealand and England, 1852–4; 2. New Zealand and Melanesia, 1855–9; 3. Ecclesiastical organization; 4. The Maori war; 5. New Zealand and Lichfield, 1860–7; 6. Lichfield and New Zealand, 1868–79; 7. Lichfield, 1871–7; 8. Principles and convictions; 9. Last days; 10. Summary; Index.