The politics of a conversion - the case of Robert Isaac Wilberforce
Robert Isaac Wilberforce (1802-1857) was an Anglican archdeacon and a supporter of the Oxford Movement. This article claims that his conversion to the Roman Catholic Church in 1854 had theo-political dimensions. To Wilberforce the constitutional establishment of the Church of England was not only a...
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| Format: | Electronic/Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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[2016]
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International journal for the study of the Christian church
Year: 2016, Volume: 16, Issue: 3, Pages: 182-196 |
| IxTheo Classification: | KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history KDB Roman Catholic Church KDE Anglican Church |
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| Summary: | Robert Isaac Wilberforce (1802-1857) was an Anglican archdeacon and a supporter of the Oxford Movement. This article claims that his conversion to the Roman Catholic Church in 1854 had theo-political dimensions. To Wilberforce the constitutional establishment of the Church of England was not only a question of political pragmatics. His sacramental vision of the Church and his diagnosis of the actual ecclesiastical situation in England as ‘Erastian’ meant that his conversion could be seen as an act of existential political theology. His conversion is a strong suggestion that the Oxford Movement needs to be considered both as a spiritual and a political force in nineteenth-century England. |
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| ISSN: | 1474-225X |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: International journal for the study of the Christian church
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/1474225X.2016.1221591 |