From Settlement to Super-diversity: The Anglican Church and New Zealand's Diversifying Population

Anglicanism in New Zealand can be traced back to the beginning of New Zealand settlement itself. From its earliest days, the Anglican Church has deliberately set out to bridge divides between New Zealand's indigenous population, Maori, and Europeans, though with mixed success. This article will...

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Auteur principal: Butcher, Andrew (Auteur)
Type de support: Électronique Article
Langue:Anglais
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Publié: [2017]
Dans: Journal of Anglican studies
Année: 2017, Volume: 15, Numéro: 1, Pages: 108-129
Classifications IxTheo:CD Christianisme et culture
KAJ Époque contemporaine
KBS Australie et Océanie
KDE Église anglicane
Sujets non-standardisés:B Cross-cultural
B New Zealand
B super-diversity
B Asia
B Migration
B Anglicanism
B Aotearoa
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Résumé:Anglicanism in New Zealand can be traced back to the beginning of New Zealand settlement itself. From its earliest days, the Anglican Church has deliberately set out to bridge divides between New Zealand's indigenous population, Maori, and Europeans, though with mixed success. This article will illustrate that, even with this experience in bicultural engagement, the Anglican Church has not adapted well to the super-diverse multicultural New Zealand of the twenty-first century. Census data reveal that the Anglican Church has had a precipitous drop in numbers, and has a demographic profile that is much older and whiter than the general New Zealand, let alone Christian, population. This poses significant challenges for its ongoing sustainability. Given the common experience of super-diversity with other Western countries, this article provides a case study and a cautionary tale about the challenges and realities of the Anglican Church adjusting to a new multicultural society.
ISSN:1745-5278
Contient:Enthalten in: Journal of Anglican studies
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1017/S1740355316000267