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The Oxford Movement in Practice

The Tractarian Parochial World from the 1830s to the 1870s

George Herring author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Oxford University Press

Published:19th May '16

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From its inception what came to be known as the Oxford Movement was always intended to be more than just an abstruse dialogue about the theoretical nature of Anglicanism. Instead, it was meant to spread its ideas not only through college common rooms, but also bishop's palaces, and above all the parsonages of the Church of England. The Oxford Movement in Practice presents an analysis of Tractarianism in the generation after Newman's conversion to Roman Catholicism. While much scholarly work has been done on the Oxford Movement between 1833 and 1845, and on a number of specific individuals or aspects of the Movement after this period, this work adopts a different approach. It examines Tractarianism in the parochial setting, and charts the development of the Movement through its influence on the parishes of the Church of England. George Herring offers detailed explanation of the development of ritualism in the 1860's, and shows how the Ritualists diverted the course the Movement had been taking from 1845.

The Oxford Movement in Practice provides a carefully documented history of the movement and its agenda of ecclesial renewal * W. Clark Gilpin, University of Chicago, The Journal of Religion *
Herring articulates a coherent vision of the Church on the part of the Tractarians and identifies the efforts of a significant number of clergy to bring this vision to reality in the parishes. * Rev. Dr. Dan Handschy *

ISBN: 9780198769330

Dimensions: 240mm x 166mm x 26mm

Weight: 688g

386 pages