The Radical Irony of Tradition: Revis(ion)ing Antipodean Anglo-Catholicism
This essay uses the recent revisionary histories of Australian Anglo-Catholicism by Colin Holden to revisit the antinomies of conservatism and radicalism in traditions (theological and political). In particular, it highlights the radical ironies contained within “retro-radicalism” of Anglo-Catholici...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sage Publ.
1999
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Pacifica
Year: 1999, Volume: 12, Issue: 2, Pages: 209-224 |
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| Summary: | This essay uses the recent revisionary histories of Australian Anglo-Catholicism by Colin Holden to revisit the antinomies of conservatism and radicalism in traditions (theological and political). In particular, it highlights the radical ironies contained within “retro-radicalism” of Anglo-Catholicism whereby the renewal of tradition requires both the recognition of its own plural and conflictual history and an active engagement with contemporary challenges. By developing a peripheral vision of the peculiar and contingent stories of provincial and regional traditions of one reform movement within Australian Anglicanism, Holden's histories offer a rich and complex vision of recurring global themes of centre and periphery: of empire and colony, imperialism and nationalism, race and culture, city and country, church and state. It is concluded that the future of Anglo-Catholicism, after the fact of its historic decline, must perforce lie in a rediscovery of its radical kernel: namely, of a sacramental connecting of ritual and art to the politics of socialism and associative democracy, and in both keys reaffirming a theology of the Trinitarian God. |
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| ISSN: | 1839-2598 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Pacifica
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/1030570X9901200207 |