Lift High the Cross: Anglo-Catholicism in the Congress Years

by John Gunstone

Overview

The Anglo-Catholic movement within the Church of England enjoyed a golden era beginning in the aftermath of the First World War and continuing to the middle of the 20th century. Its influence was widespread in all areas of local, national and international church life, and the renowned Anglo Catholic Congress, which held a number of provincial gatherings, became a pioneering evangelistic and teaching agency that was effective in a number of areas: inner city mission, contemporary biblical scholarship, social reform, women's suffrage, liturgical creativity, sponsorship of the arts, innovative church architecture, religious life and spiritual direction, initiatives in Christian unity and more. This illustrated history, co-published with the Society of Faith, charts the achievements of those remarkable years and provides a valuable record for all students of church history.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781853118173
Publisher:	Hymns Ancient & Modern
Publication date:	03/15/2010
Pages:	384
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.10(h) x 1.00(d)

Table of Contents

Introduction ix

1 Preparations for the First Congress 1

2 England in the 1920s and 1930s 12

3 The Church of England 24

4 The First Congress 1920 38

5 Weston and the Lambeth Conference 1920 54

6 Catholics and the Church Assembly 74

7 The Congress Follow-up and the First Priests' Convention 1921 86

8 The Provincial Congresses 108

9 The Second Congress 1923 122

10 Communities, Societies and the Church Times 141

11 The Congress Movement 161

12 Prayer Book Revision 175

13 The Eucharistic Congress 1927 185

14 Reservation and the Birmingham Rebels 199

15 Summer Schools, Strikes and Slums 216

16 Conversions to Rome 232

17 The Fourth Congress 1930 251

18 The Parishes 269

19 The Faithful 281

20 Worship and the Arts 293

21 Preparations for the Centenary and the Second Priests' Convention 1932 305

22 The Centenary Congress 1933 322

Postscript 343

Notes 349

Brief Biographies 361

Bibliography 364

Index of People 369

Editorial Reviews

John Gunstone's timely book sets out the history of the Congress Movement and places it firmly in the context of Anglo-Catholicism at the time. Although many of the facts surrounding the Congresses are known, this volume for the first time sets them out logically and shows how one meeting followed another, with extensive and useful quotation from the speakers, many distinguished, at each gathering ... The author's easy style takes the reader seamlessly from topic to topic. It is strongly recommend to all members.

From the Publisher

'This book is highly recommended to all interested in church history, particularly those focusing on movements and doctrine ... The book can serve secular as well as church historians ... He captures well such matters in inner city squalor, fear of communism, massive unemployment, the rise of women, and the breakup of families. [It] covers institutional history ... [and] contains solid intellectual history, for he ably describes the debates between Anglo-Catholics and their opponents.'

Justus D. Doenecke