Rendering unto Caesar?: The Politics of Church of England Clergy since 1980
This is the first systematic attempt to chart the evolving political views of contemporary Church of England clergy. The article is based upon a comparative quantitative analysis and synthesis of eighteen national and four local surveys conducted between 1979 and 2004. Ministerial opinions on the st...
| Published in: | Journal of Anglican studies |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge Univ. Press
2007
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Journal of Anglican studies
Year: 2007, Volume: 5, Issue: 1, Pages: 89-108 |
| Further subjects: | B
Social surveys
B ministry studies B Laity B Opinion polls B England B Establishment B Church of England B disestablishment B Established Church B State B Politics B Anglicanism B Church and state B Religion And Politics B Clergy |
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| Summary: | This is the first systematic attempt to chart the evolving political views of contemporary Church of England clergy. The article is based upon a comparative quantitative analysis and synthesis of eighteen national and four local surveys conducted between 1979 and 2004. Ministerial opinions on the state's influence on the Church and the Church's influence on the state are both considered. Ten specific conclusions are drawn. While the clergy generally cling to the concept of an Established Church, they are very critical of some of the traditional manifestations of that establishment. They also mostly think it highly appropriate for the Church to intervene in the world of party politics, and not simply on moral issues. In this they are positioned ahead of the thinking of many of the committed Anglican laity, for whom a degree of separation of religion and politics remains the ideal. The academic, ecclesiastical and political implications of these findings are briefly explored. |
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| ISSN: | 1745-5278 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of Anglican studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/1740355307077935 |