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Canon Professor Mark Chapman – Holy Incoherence: The Past, Present and Future of Anglicanism
January 29 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Mark Chapman is Professor of the History of Modern Theology at the University of Oxford and Distinguished Fellow of Ripon College, Cuddesdon. He has written widely on many aspects of church history and the history of theology. Among his many books are Anglicanism: A Very Short Introduction (OUP); Anglican Theology (T & T Clark). He is editor of the Oxford Handbook of Anglican Studies. He is a Church of England priest and Canon Theologian of Truro Cathedral. He is currently writing a book on the history of sex and the Church of England in the twentieth century.
This talk looks at the history of Anglicanism in the context of the British Empire and wider global history; it addresses key aspects of how it came to be the way it is and why it has been particular prone to conflicts in recent years. It asks what, if anything, holds it together and assesses the prospects for the future the Anglican Communion.