Free church, national church: Dropping pretences for unity
AbstractEcumenism at large is in the doldrums, and among the British churches there has been a final loss of nerve over seeking further visible unity. This article proposes that Anglican—Free Church unity has to be brought back onto the agenda, and recalls two voices, Free Church and Anglican, which...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sage
2010
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Theology
Year: 2010, Volume: 113, Issue: 876, Pages: 421-428 |
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| Summary: | AbstractEcumenism at large is in the doldrums, and among the British churches there has been a final loss of nerve over seeking further visible unity. This article proposes that Anglican—Free Church unity has to be brought back onto the agenda, and recalls two voices, Free Church and Anglican, which spoke midway between ‘Edinburgh 1910’ and now. On both sides there is need to look afresh at their respective situations, to drop pretences and to see how being ‘free’ and ‘national’ need not be incompatible. |
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| ISSN: | 2044-2696 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/0040571X1011300604 |