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Beyond Colonial Anglicanism: The Anglican Communion in the Twenty-First Century
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About Beyond Colonial Anglicanism: The Anglican Communion
About the Author The Rt. Rev. Ian T. Douglas, Ph.D. is the 15th Bishop Diocesan of The Episcopal Church in Connecticut,. His books include Fling our the Banner! and Beyond Colonial Anglicanism. Kwok Pui-lan is Dean’s Professor of Systematic Theology at Candler School of Theology, Emory University, and a past president of the American Academy of Religion. An internationally known theologian, she is a pioneer of Asian and Asian American feminist theology and postcolonial theology. An author or editor of numerous books, she is the coeditor of Beyond Colonial Anglicanism and Anglican Women on Church and Mission. She received the Lanfranc Award for Education and Scholarship from the Archbishop of Canterbury in 2021. She splits her time between Boston and Atlanta. Product Description This is a collection of fifteen provocative essays by a cadre of international authors that examine the nature and shape of the Communion today; the colonial legacy; economic tensions and international debt; sexuality and justice; the ecological crisis; violence and healing in South Africa; persecution and religious fundamentalism; the church amid global urbanization; and much more. Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. BEYOND COLONIAL ANGLICANISM The Anglican Communion in the Twenty-First Century By Ian T. Douglas, Kwok Pui-lan Church Publishing, Inc.Copyright © 2001 editors and contributors All rights reserved. ISBN: 978-0-89869-357-7 Contents AcknowledgmentsPreface Glauco S. de LimaIntroductionPart I: Colonialism and the Anglican Communion1. The Exigency of Times and Occasions: Power and Identity in the Anglican Communion Today Ian T. Douglas2. The Legacy of Cultural Hegemony in the Anglican Church Kwok Pui-lan3. The Nature and Shape of the Contemporary Anglican Communion David HamidPart II: Challenges of the Present World4. From Violence to Healing: The Struggle for Our Common Humanity Denise M. Ackermann5. As We Sail Life's Rugged Sea: The Paradox of Divine Weakness Kortright Davis6. This Fragile Earth Our Island Home: The Environmental Crisis Jeffrey M. Golliher7. Debt Relief: Giving Poor Countries a Second Chance John Hammock and Anuradha Harinarayan8. Power, Blessings, and Human Sexuality: Making the Justice Connections Renée L. Hill9. Global Urbanization: A Christian Response Laurie GreenPart III: Visions for the Future Church10. Scripture: What Is at Issue in Anglicanism Today? Njongonkulu Ndungane11. The Primacy of Baptism: A Reaffirmation of Authority in the Church Fredrica Harris Thompsett12. Leadership Formation for a New World: An Emergent Indigenous Anglican Theological College Jenny Plane Te Paa13. Beyond the Monarch/Chief: Reconsidering Episcopacy in Africa Simon E. Chiwanga14. Culture, Sprit, and Worship Jaci Maraschin15. Toward a Postcolonial Re-visioning of the Church's Faith, Witness, and Communion Christopher DuraisinghContributors CHAPTER 1 The Exigency of Timesand Occasions Power and Identity in the AnglicanCommunion Today Ian T. Douglas Even to the casual observer, the 1998 Lambeth Conference of worldwide Anglicanbishops was not the garden party of yesteryear. Following the conference,Anglicans in the industrialized West have had to wrestle deeply with the realitythat the Anglican Communion is no longer a Christian community primarilyidentified with Anglo-American culture. Up until the summer of 1998, mostAnglicans in the West could pretty well ignore the radical shifts indemographics that have occurred in the Communion over the last four decades andthus avoid hard questions of identity and authority. The cultural, economic, andpolitical power of Western Anglicans shielded them from deeply engaging therealities of an increasingly diverse and plural church. But Lambeth 1998 signaled a turning point for Anglicanism. In debates overinternational debt and/or sexuality, it became abundantly clear to all that thechurches in the southern hemisphere, or the Two-Thirds World, would not standidly by whil
