The Oxford Movement in Context: Anglican High Churchmanship, 1760-1857

by Peter B. Nockles

Overview

This study breaks new ground in setting the Oxford Movement in its historical and theological context. Peter Nockles conducts a rigorous examination of the nineteenth-century Catholic revival in the Church of England, and shows that in many respects this revival had been anticipated by a revival of the Anglican High Church tradition in the preceding seventy years. No other study offers such a comprehensive treatment of the extent of divergence, as well as of continuity, between the Oxford Movement and the older High Churchmanship preceding it.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780521587198
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	12/12/1996
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	364
Product dimensions:	5.98(w) x 8.98(h) x 0.75(d)

Table of Contents

Historiographical introduction; 1. Church and state: the politics of high churchmanship; 2. Antiquity and the rule of faith; 3. Ecclesiology: the apostolic paradigm; 4. Spirituality, liturgy and sacraments; 5. The economy of salvation: sacraments and justification; 6. The old high churchmen and tractarians in historical relation; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.

Editorial Reviews

"...a well-written and readable account of the High Church movement that should be read by anyone interested in the political and religious dimensions of Hanoverian and Victorian England." Robert D. Cornwall, American Historical Review

"Nockles's work serves well to augment our understanding of a critical turn in the course of the church of England and is a welcome addition to the study of Victorian Christianity." Ellen K. Wondra, Journal of Religion

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