The shape of Anglican theology : faith seeking wisdom /

The shape of Anglican theology : faith seeking wisdom /

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Author / Creator:	MacDougall, Scott, author
Imprint:	Leiden, The Netherlands ; Boston : Brill, [2022]
Description:	viii, 153 pages ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Brill research perspectives. Theology Brill research perspectives. Theology
Subject:	Anglican Communion -- Doctrines. Theology. Theology Anglican Communion -- Doctrines. Theology.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12742119

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ISBN:	9004517855 9789004517851
Summary:	There are numerous books that offer an historical account of Anglican theology or that detail the lives and work of particular Anglican theologians. Books that focus on the nature and character of Anglican theology itself, however, are hard to find. This volume fills that gap. In 'The Shape of Anglican Theology', Scott MacDougall examines what it is that makes Anglican theology Anglican. Beginning with a treatment of the ways in which Anglican theology is and is not distinct from other types of Christian theology, he describes the theological features that mark the general boundaries of Anglican theologizing before turning to consider a set of eight interconnected characteristics that provide Anglican theology with its distinctive profile. MacDougall argues that, by setting its boundaries as widely as possible and requiring subscription to specific theological propositions as little as possible, Anglican theology is in essence a wisdom theology that seeks to build the capacity for faithful Christian discernment in belief and practice.

Table of Contents:

Acknowledgments
A Note on Dates and Names
Abstract
Keywords
Introduction: Why the Shape of Anglican Theology?
1. The General Shape of Anglican Theology: Determining Its Domain
1.1. No Defining Figure or Group
1.2. No Confessional Statements
1.3. The Question of Theological Method
2. The General Shape of Anglican Theology: Beating Its Bounds
2.1. Boundary Markers
2.1.1. The Historical Context and Its Legacy
2.1.2. Theological Comprehensiveness
2.1.3. The Via Media
2.1.4. Sources of Authority
2.1.4.1. Naming the Sources
2.1.4.2. "Scripture, Tradition, and Reason"
2.1.4.2.1. Burning the Stool
2.1.4.2.2. Scripture
2.1.4.2.3. Reason
2.1.4.2.4. Tradition
2.1.5. Core Doctrines and Essential Principles
2.1.6. The Chicago-Lambeth Quadrilateral
2.2. Rounding the Circle
3. The Particular Shape of Anglican Theology: Specifying Its Character
3.1. Scriptural
3.2. Ancient-Modern
3.3. Non-confessional
3.4. Critical
3.4.1. Characteristic Non-dogmatism in Anglican Theology
3.4.2. Critical of the Self: Personal and Corporate Critique
3.4.3. Critical of the World: Anglican Social and Political Theology
3.5. Pastoral and Practical
3.5.1. Anglican Moral Theology
3.5.2. Anglican Spirituality and Ascetical Theology
3.6. Liturgical
3.7. Incarnational
3.8. Occasional
3.8.1. Thinking Systematically in an Occasional Mode
3.8.2. Anglican Systematic Theology: A New Turn?
3.9. The Coinherence of Anglican Theology's Distinctive Theo-logic
Conclusion: The Shape of Anglican Theology to Come
Selected Annotated Bibliography
Index