For Such a Time as This: Conflict, Community and the Courts in the South African Church
The recent, well-publicized, conflict in the Diocese of Pretoria raises questions about the Church as an institution within the new constitutional and democratic South Africa. The analysis of the conflict reveals that all parties exhibit institutional responses which, when considered with reference...
| Published in: | Journal of Anglican studies |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge Univ. Press
[2016]
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Journal of Anglican studies
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| IxTheo Classification: | CH Christianity and Society KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history KBN Sub-Saharan Africa KDE Anglican Church |
| Further subjects: | B
Incarnation
B Leadership B Anglican Church of Southern Africa B Anglican Diocese of Pretoria B South Africa |
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| Summary: | The recent, well-publicized, conflict in the Diocese of Pretoria raises questions about the Church as an institution within the new constitutional and democratic South Africa. The analysis of the conflict reveals that all parties exhibit institutional responses which, when considered with reference to Scripture and Tradition, render the organization, structure and authority of the Church anachronistic and, in their promotion of internal community strife, reveal the need for reform that reflects the gospel imperative to embrace incarnational relationships. |
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| ISSN: | 1745-5278 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of Anglican studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/S1740355315000236 |