The Oxford Movement in Context
Anglican High Churchmanship, 1760–1857

A radical reassessment of the Oxford Movement and its leaders, Newman, Keble, and Pusey.

Peter B. Nockles (Author)

9780521587198, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 12 December 1996

364 pages
22.8 x 15.2 x 1.9 cm, 0.48 kg

'… a … mature, and nuanced work … based upon an impressive range of new (or little known) manuscripts and printed sources, meticulously researched … What we are given here is what was, previously, so often lacking in study of the Oxford Movement: an adequate political and religious context in which to evaluate the remarkable transformation of the high church tradition into the 1830s and 40s … This important book has already made its mark.' Perry Butler, Heythrop Journal

This book offers a radical reassessment of the significance of the Oxford Movement and of its leaders, Newman, Keble, and Pusey, by setting them in the context of the Anglican High Church tradition of the preceding 70 years. No other study offers such a comprehensive treatment of the historical and theological context in which the Tractarians operated.

Historiographical introduction
1. Church and state: the politics of high churchmanship
2. Antiquity and the rule of faith
3. Ecclesiology: the apostolic paradigm
4. Spirituality, liturgy and sacraments
5. The economy of salvation: sacraments and justification
6. The old high churchmen and tractarians in historical relation
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index.

Subject Areas: History of religion [HRAX]