What can the Twenty-First Century Church of England Learn from the Victorians?*

Present-day Anglicans have an ambivalent attitude to the Victorians. There are, however, as illustrated by a recent project in the diocese of London, important ways in which critical engagement with the past can inform constructive thinking in contemporary churches. In particular an understanding of...

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Main Author: Wolffe, John (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2013
In: Ecclesiology
Year: 2013, Volume: 9, Issue: 2, Pages: 205-222
Further subjects:B History church attendance church buildings Geology, Stratigraphic London Yorkshire
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