From Controversy to Co-Existence
Evangelicals in the Church of England 1914–1980

This book traces the history and theology of Evangelicals in the Church of England.

Randle Manwaring (Author)

9780521892476, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 18 April 2002

240 pages
21.6 x 14 x 1.4 cm, 0.339 kg

This book traces the history and theology of Evangelicals in the Church of England, both liberal and conservative, from the First World War to the appearance of the Alternative Service Book in 1980. Evangelical Anglicans stand for what they see as historic Anglicanism with its emphasis on the intrinsic veracity of scripture as the sole authority for faith and life. While it highlights the progress of the gospel through evangelism and literary output, the work does not gloss over the small-mindedness and 'sectarianism' that has sometimes characterised Evangelicals. Earlier in the twentieth century, Evangelical Anglicans saw themselves as making a 'last ditch' stand for Protestant integrity but, in mid-century, with the backing of scholarship, they came out of their 'fox holes' and eventually emerged with a redemptionist theology to embrace both church and society. This movement reached a peak with the national evangelical congresses in 1967 and 1977.

Acknowledgements
Preface
1. Into battle
2. The defensive years
3. Through the waste land
4. Continuing nadir
5. The turning tide
6. Towards the conversion of many
7. Flood-tide of Evangelism
8. Anatomy of Evangelicals and unity
9. The fundamentalist issue
10. The hard facts of Evangelicals and unity
11. The honest to God debate
12. Liturgical debates
13. Charismatic differences
14. Keele - a watershed
15. Evangelical identity - a problem
Notes
Index.

Subject Areas: History of religion [HRAX]