The Oxford Handbook of Anglican Studies

The Anglican Communion is the third largest Christian denomination and claims a membership of some 80 million members in about 164 countries. Given that there are only around two hundred countries in the world, this makes the churches of the Anglican Communion the most geographically widespread denomination after Roman Catholicism. The 44 essays in this volume embrace a wide range of academic disciplines: theological; historical; demography and geography; and different aspects of culture and ethics. They are united in their discussion of what is effectively a new inter-disciplinary subject which we have termed 'Anglican Studies'. At the core of this volume is the phenomenon of 'Anglicanism' as this is expressed in different places and in a variety of ways across the world. This Handbook covers a far broader set of topics from a wider range of perspectives than has been hitherto attempted in Anglican Studies. At the same time, it doesn't impose a particular theological or historical agenda. The contributions are drawn from across the spectrum of theological views and opinions. It shows that the unsettled nature of the polity is part of its own rich history; and many will see this as a somewhat lustrous tradition. In its comprehensive coverage, this volume is a valuable contribution to Anglican Studies and helps formulate a discipline that might perhaps promote dialogue and discussion across the Anglican world.

1 - 'Anglicanism' before the Reformation
2 - The Reformation in Anglicanism
3 - Anglican Conciliarism: the Lambeth Conference as an Instrument of Communion
4 - Mission in the Anglican Communion
5 - Identities and Parties
6 - Varieties of Missionary Bishop
7 - Anglicanism and the Fathers
8 - Prayer Book Use and Conformity
9 - Anglican Wisdom
10 - Anglican Spirituality
11 - Anglican Aesthetics
12 - Considering Hermeneutics, Method, and Cultural Diversity in Anglican and Episcopal Contexts
13 - Anglicanism and the North American Revolutions
14 - 'Home Away From Home': Displacement, Identity, and Anglican Ecclesiology in Australasia
15 - Sri Lanka
16 - West Africa
17 - 'God Has Come Amongst Us Slowly and We Didn't Realise It!' The Transformation of Anglican Missionary Heritage in Sudan
18 - Sheng Kung Hui: The Contextualization of Anglicanism in Hong Kong
19 - The Geography of Anglicanism
20 - Establishment
21 - Charismatic renewal
22 - Anglicanism and Pan-Evangelicalism
23 - Indigenous Peoples: A Case Study on Being a Twenty-first Century Maori Anglican
24 - Ecumenism and Post-Anglicanism
25 - The Bible
26 - Politics
27 - Doctrine
28 - Gender
29 - Sexuality and Communion
30 - The challenge of other religions
31 - Episcop'e and Leadership
32 - Ecumenism
33 - Congregational Life
34 - Context, Character, and Challenges: The Shaping of Ordination Training
35 - Mission
36 - Prayer
37 - Canon Law
38 - Race, Spirituality, and Reconciliation
39 - Moving the Anglican Communion: Ethics and Ecclesiology in an Age of Migration
40 - Biblical Hermeneutics in the Context of 'Post-Anglicanism': Beyond Pax Anglicana
41 - Anglican Relations with Islam
42 - Authority, Theology, and Power
43 - Anglican Way or Ways?
44 - Anglican Interpretations of Scripture: Can Scriptural Reasoning Provide a Way Forward?

Mark D. Chapman is Vice-Principal of Ripon College, Cuddesdon, Oxford, England and Reader in Modern Theology at the University of Oxford. Sathianathan Clarke holds the Bishop Sundo Kim Chair for World Christianity and is Professor of Theology, Culture, and Mission at the Wesley Theological Seminary, Washington DC. Martyn Percy is Dean of Christ Church, Oxford, England. He was previously Principal of Ripon College, Cuddesdon.