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Cremation and Christianity: English Anglican and Roman Catholic attitudes to cremation since 1885
Published 2017“…This article explores attitudes to cremation amongst the English Anglican and Roman Catholic leadership in the twentieth century. …”
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Up close and personal: an investigation of headteacher departure from Anglican primary schools in England
Published 2014“…The expectations can lead to 'dis-ease' and dis-identification with members and/or the practice of the spiritual community. It is this 'lack of fit' which can lead to a decision to leave an Anglican school, headship per se and Anglican school headship in particular. …”
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A reading of Deuteronomy as a model of continuity, adaptation and innovation for contemporary discussions of Anglican liturgy
Published 2017“…This work examines the important question of why there is deadlock in current Anglican discussions of fresh expressions of church. …”
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Doing God in public: an Anglican interpretation of MacIntyre’s tradition-based reasoning as a Christian praxis for a pluralist world
Published 2011“…‘We don’t do God’, Alastair Campbell famously said of UK government policy-making. In contrast, Anglican Bishops at the 2008 Lambeth Conference committed themselves to reflect on contextualising their faith, and pursue their conclusions in public ethical discourse. …”
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Colliers and Christianity: religion in the coalmining communities of South Wales and the East Midlands c1860 to 1930s with a particular focus on the Rhondda Valleys in South Wales...
Published 2012“…The difficulties faced by the churches in providing for the needs of the rapidly growing mining communities are then outlined; the progress made by Nonconformity, Anglicanism and Roman Catholicism is examined and the contribution that the churches made to the lives of both church members and communities is assessed. …”
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Encounters with Charles Hartt, Louis Agassiz and the diamonds of Bahia: The geological activities of the reverend Charles Grenfell Nicolay in Brazil, 1858-1869
Published 2014“…Through Clarke, Nicolay's description of the geology of the Chapada Diamantina was circulated to the Australian scientific community.…”
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Identifying pastoral care in contemporary Methodism
Published 1995“…A weakness of pastoral care is that it tends to be centred on the full-time professional rather than involving the whole community of faith. It is argued that the divisions between lay and ordained members of the church need to be removed in order to permit effective pastoral care. …”
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‘… a highly practical thing for working and fighting…’ : the ecclesiology of G. K. Chesterton
Published 2025“…In addition, then, to situating Chesterton within a particular theological context, this thesis is consistently engaged in close readings as it seeks to answer the fundamental question, ‘How does this poem or story or prose text enact and communicate theological meaning?’ In terms of the constructive aspect, this thesis takes inspiration from Chesterton’s irenicism and therefore incorporates, for example, ecclesiological insights and elements from various ecclesial traditions, most notably, Anglican, Catholic, and Eastern Orthodox.…”
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Non-stipendiary ministry in the Church of England: a history of the development of an idea
Published 1987“…Factors influencing the development of the idea at each successive phase are identified, the most salient of which are: pressure for each local community to be self-sufficient in ministry, for the Church to offer ministry in a style and expression congruent with working-class culture, for the removal of the divide between clergy and laity, for the Church to offer meaningful witness in 'the world of work', and for supplementary ordained assistance for the diminishing numbers of stipendiary clergy. …”
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