Author: Allan K. Davidson Publisher: Bridget Williams Books ISBN: 1927131626 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 366
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New Zealand’s first Anglican bishop, George Selwyn, was a towering figure in the young colony. Denounced as a ‘turbulent priest’ for speaking out against Crown practices that dispossessed Māori, he brought a vigorous approach to Episcopal leadership. His wife Sarah Selwyn supported all her husband’s activities, in a life characterised as one of ‘hardship and anxiety’. She expressed independently her sense of outrage over the Waitara dispute. Selwyn promoted participatory church government, founded the innovative Melanesian Mission, and developed a distinctive style of colonial church architecture. More controversially, he battled with the Church Missionary Society, and was caught up in the bitter maelstrom of settler and Māori politics. His personal links with colonial and ecclesiastical networks gave him access to the heart of empire. These essays offer new insights into Selwyn’s role in developing pan-Anglicanism, strengthening links between the Church of England and the Episcopal and Anglican Churches in North America, and his time as Bishop of Lichfield (1868–78). His place in Treaty history, as a political commentator and a valuable source of historical information, is recognised. George Selwyn left a large imprint on New Zealand church and society. This collection both honours and critiques a controversial bishop. Contributors include Ken Booth, Judith Bright, Terry M. Brown, Janet E. Crawford, Bruce Kaye, Warren E. Limbrick, Jonathan Mane-Wheoki, Grant Phillipson, John Stenhouse and Rowan Strong.
Author: A. E. Barnes-Lawrence Publisher: Forgotten Books ISBN: 9780483769960 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 116
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Excerpt from A Churchman to Churchmen: A Series of Lectures on Matters of Controversy at the Present Day I rejoice in the publication of A Church man to Churchmen. The book is yaluable for its own sake; and then, as a sign of the times, full of encouragement to those who love the Church of England as she really is. It is excellent in itself. Within its modest compass lies a mass of facts, arranged, discussed, and illustrated with great accuracy and ability; and the facts are, too many of them, just those which have been either dropped out of sight, or carefully put out of sight, of recent years in quarters supposed to be specially true to the Church. I for one thank God for this restate ment, equally careful and popular, temperate and distinct, of what the English Church really says and really does not say, about Church, Ministry, and Sacraments. Not one sentence Violates Christian kindliness and fairness. But the writer has found out how, all the more effectually, to' speak unpopular truth. And to contrast it with popular error. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author: Robert William Keith Wilson Publisher: Routledge ISBN: 1317128745 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 219
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The conventional portrayal of George Augustus Selwyn, the first Anglican bishop of New Zealand, focuses upon his significance as a missionary bishop who pioneered synodical government in New Zealand and acted as a mediator between settlers and Maori. George Augustus Selwyn (1809-1878) focuses on Selwyn’s theological formation, which places him in the context of the world of traditional high churchmanship, rather than the Oxford Movement narrowly conceived. It argues that his distinctiveness lay in the way in which he was able to transplant his vision of Anglicanism to the colonial context. Making use of Selwyn’s personal correspondence and papers, as well as his unpublished sermons, the book analyses his theological formation, his missionary policy, his role within the formation of the colonial episcopate, his attitude to conciliar authority and his impact upon the diocesan revival in England. The study places Selwyn alongside other likeminded high churchmen who shaped the framework for the transformation of Anglicanism from State Church to worldwide communion in the nineteenth century.
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