A plague on both their houses : viberal vs. conservative Christians and the divorce of the Episcopal Church USA /: viberal vs. conservative Christians and the divorce of the Episcopal Church USA. (2015)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Christopher Craig Brittain.
• Authors: Brittain, Christopher Craig
• Contents: Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction: Beyond Church Decline and the 'Culture Wars'; 1 A House Divided: The Episcopal Church in the USA; TEC as a symbol of the decline of liberal Christianity; The history of The Episcopal Church distilled; The Protestant Episcopal Church after the American Revolution; Towards a 'synthesis'?; Evangelicals and The Episcopal Church; TEC as an American denomination; Episcopalians as a 'Bridge Church' and a 'Big Tent'; The twentieth century: Consolidation and new tensions; TEC and politics: The Civil Rights Movement. The conflict over women's ordinationSame-sex relationships as an emerging issue; Removal of the 'conscience clause'; Early signs of trouble: The concept of 'realignment'; The fragmentation of The Episcopal Church?; Conclusion; 2Resident Aliens? Conservatives and Liberals in The Episcopal Church; The Diocese of Pittsburgh; TEC and the divide in the Anglican Communion; Conservative Episcopalians as 'resident aliens'?; Liberal Episcopalianism; The symbolic politics of the conflict in Pittsburgh; 3The Divorce of a Diocese: Choosing Sides and Getting Caught in the Middle. The split within PittsburghConducting the ethnographic research; The 'conservative Evangelicals' who remained; Homosexuality and the cases for realignment and remaining in TEC; Homosexuality as a divisive issue; Factors in the dispute within Pittsburgh; A key factor: The demand to choose; Conclusion; 4 A Tale of Four Congregations: Collateral Damage; Preconceived ideas?; Two leading congregations; Two fractured communities; The best of times, the worst of times?; 5 Sue Thy Neighbour?; The Episcopal Church and property lawsuits; Hierarchical churches and the Dennis Canon. The historiography of The Episcopal Church revisitedThe Calvary lawsuit; Negotiating the property of individual congregations; Pittsburgh Episcopalians on the lawsuit; 6 Ready; Aim; Blog! Church Conflict and the New Media; Religion and global communication; The Diocese of Pittsburgh's links to the Global South; The power of the blog; The impact of new media on religious authority; Truth or truthiness?; Truthiness and the Pittsburgh blogosphere; Onwards and upwards?; 7 Church Conflict and Ecclesiology; Theology in a time of weaponized ecclesiologies. Holiness or grace? Two theological understandings of the churchJohn Webster on peace in the church; Ephraim Radner on the absence of the Spirit in the church; Not one or the other, but both; 8 In Search of Christian Identity: Solomon's Wager; Divorce (not marriage) counselling; Of schism and divorce; Difference and identity; Identity, difference, and otherness; Refusing the false choice; Looking to the future; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.
• Publisher Details: London : Bloomsbury T & T CLark, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
• Publication Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 283.73; Anglican & Episcopalian Churches, Church of England; Liberalism (Religion) -- United States; Christian conservatism -- United States; Religion and culture -- United States; RELIGION / Christianity / Episcopalian; Christian conservatism; Liberalism (Religion); Religion and culture; Religion -- Theology; Theology; United States; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780567658470; 0567658473; 9780567658463; 0567658465
• Related ISBNs: 9780567658456
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (Ebsco, viewed April 28, 2015).
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