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Reading the Church of England’s response to the Covid-19 crisis : the diverging views of Anglo-Catholic and Evangelical clergy
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Francis, Leslie J. and Village, Andrew (2022) Reading the Church of England’s response to the Covid-19 crisis : the diverging views of Anglo-Catholic and Evangelical clergy. Journal of Anglican Studies, 20 (2). pp. 185-197. doi:10.1017/S1740355321000267 ISSN 1740-3553.
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/S1740355321000267
Abstract
Within the one Church, the Church of England holds together in tension two distinctive streams, one rooted in the Catholic tradition (shaping Anglo-Catholic clergy) and one rooted in the Reformed tradition (shaping Evangelical clergy). Comparing the responses of 263 Anglo-Catholic clergy with the responses of 140 Evangelical clergy (all engaged in full-time stipendiary parish ministry) to the Coronavirus, Church & You Survey, the present analyses tested the thesis that these two groups would read the Church of England’s response to the Covid-19 crisis differently. The data demonstrated that, although Anglo-Catholic clergy were as willing as Evangelical clergy to embrace the digital age to assist with pastoral care, they were significantly less enthusiastic about the provision of online worship, about the closure of churches, and about the notion of virtual rather than geographical communities. The centrality of sacred space (parish church) and local place (parish system) remain more important in the Catholic tradition than in the Reformed tradition. As a consequence, Anglo-Catholic clergy have felt more disadvantaged and marginalized by the Church of England’s response to the Covid-19 crisis.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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| Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BR Christianity B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BT Doctrinal Theology B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BV Practical Theology B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BX Christian Denominations R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine |
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Centre for Educational Development, Appraisal and Research (CEDAR) | ||||||||
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020-, COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020— -- Religious aspects -- Christianity, Church of England, Church of England -- Clergy -- Attitudes, Empirical theology, Internet in church work , Digital communications -- Religious aspects -- Christianity, Church attendance | ||||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Journal of Anglican Studies | ||||||||
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press | ||||||||
| ISSN: | 1740-3553 | ||||||||
| Official Date: | November 2022 | ||||||||
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| Volume: | 20 | ||||||||
| Number: | 2 | ||||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 185-197 | ||||||||
| DOI: | 10.1017/S1740355321000267 | ||||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
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| Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) | ||||||||
| Date of first compliant deposit: | 26 August 2021 | ||||||||
| Date of first compliant Open Access: | 27 August 2021 | ||||||||
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