F D Maurice and the Crisis of Christian Authority (Christian Theology in Context) - Softcover

Morris, Jeremy

 
9780199545315: F D Maurice and the Crisis of Christian Authority (Christian Theology in Context)
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ISBN 10: 0199545316 ISBN 13: 9780199545315
Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2008

Synopsis

This book offers a reassessment of the theology of F. D. Maurice (1805-72), one of the most significant theologians of the modern Church of England. It seeks to place Maurice's theology in the context of nineteenth-century conflicts over the social role of the Church, and over the truth of the Christian revelation. Maurice is known today mostly for his seminal role in the formation of Christian Socialism, and for his dismissal from his chair at King's College, London, over his denial of the doctrine of eternal punishment. Drawing on the whole range of Maurice's extensive published work, this book argues that his theology, and his social and educational activity, were held together above all by his commitment to a renewal of Anglican ecclesiology. At a time when, following the social upheavals of the French Revolution and the Industrial Revolution, many of his contemporaries feared that the authority of the Christian Church -- and particularly of the Church of England -- was under threat, Maurice sought to reinvigorate his Church's sense of mission by emphasizing its national responsibility, and its theological inclusiveness. In the process, he pioneered a new appreciation of the diversity of Christian traditions that was to be of great importance for the Church of England's ecumenical commitment. He also sought to limit the damage of internal Church division, by promoting a view of the Church's comprehensiveness that acknowledged the complementary truth of convictions fiercely held by competing parties.

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About the Author

Jeremy Morris is Dean, Fellow, and Director of Studies, Trinity Hall, University of Cambridge.

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Publisher
Oxford University Press
Publication date
2008
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0199545316
ISBN 13 
9780199545315
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
252

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