Autonomy or communion? The passion of the Episcopal Church
The Episcopal Church in the United States, the first church of the Anglican Communion apart from the Church of England, is torn between two allegiances: one to its historic membership of the Communion and the other to its sharing in an American religious culture of ‘exceptionalism’. This article tra...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sage
2012
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| In: |
Theology
Year: 2012, Volume: 115, Issue: 6, Pages: 427-435 |
| Further subjects: | B
Episcopal
B Communion B Covenant B Exceptionalism B Anglican B Gnosticism B Conciliarism |
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| Summary: | The Episcopal Church in the United States, the first church of the Anglican Communion apart from the Church of England, is torn between two allegiances: one to its historic membership of the Communion and the other to its sharing in an American religious culture of ‘exceptionalism’. This article traces the origin and character of this tension within the current debate over the Anglican Covenant. |
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| ISSN: | 2044-2696 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/0040571X12456784 |