TY - BOOK ID - 80825657 TI - Homosexuality and the crisis of Anglicanism PY - 2009 SN - 9781139175364 9780521851206 9781107639997 9780511651908 0511651902 9780511603822 0511603827 0521851203 113917536X 0511699409 9780511699405 1107196019 9781107196018 0511604602 9780511604607 0511603045 9780511603044 1107639999 PB - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Anglican Communion KW - Homosexuality KW - 241.64*32 KW - 283 KW - Same-sex attraction KW - Sexual orientation KW - Bisexuality KW - Doctrines KW - Religious aspects&delete& KW - Theologische ethiek: homosexualiteit KW - Anglikaanse Kerk. American Episcopal Church KW - Religious aspects KW - Christianity KW - History of doctrines. KW - Anglican Communion. KW - Doctrines. KW - Arts and Humanities KW - Religion UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:80825657 AB - The Anglican conflict over homosexuality has drawn worldwide interest and divided the church. However, conflict within Christianity is not new. This book traces the steps by which the crisis emerged, and reveals the deeper debates within the church which underlie both the current controversy and much earlier splits. William L. Sachs contends that the present debate did not begin with opposition to homosexuality or in advocacy of it. He argues that, like past tensions, it originates in the diverging local contexts in which the faith is practised, and their differing interpretations of authority and communion. In the aftermath of colonialism, activists and reformers have taken on prominent roles for and against the status quo. The crisis reveals a Church in search of a new, global consensus about the appropriate forms of belief and mission. ER -