Growth and Decline in the Anglican Communion: 1980 to the Present

The Anglican Communion is one of the largest Christian denominations in the world. Growth and Decline in the Anglican Communion is the first study of its dramatic growth and decline in the years since 1980. An international team of leading researchers based across five continents provides a global overview of Anglicanism alongside twelve detailed case studies. The case studies stretch from Singapore to England, Nigeria to the USA and mostly focus on non-western Anglicanism. This book is a critical resource for students and scholars seeking an understanding of the past, present and future of the Anglican Church. More broadly, the study offers insight into debates surrounding secularisation in the contemporary world.

Revd. Dr. David Goodhew is Director of Ministerial Practice, Cranmer Hall, St John's College, Durham University, UK. Prior to Cranmer, he was a parish priest in York and before that, Chaplain and Fellow of St Catharine’s College, Cambridge. He has published widely in the fields modern British and South African history. He edited the controversial study Church Growth in Britain: 1980 to the Present (Ashgate 2012) and the volume Towards a Theology of Church Growth (Ashgate 2015).