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Showing 1 to 20 of 55 for “"Anglican Church"”.
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The portrayal of dissent and the Anglican Church in Victorian literature
The reduction of the power of the Church of England during the Victorian era was inevitably reflected in the work of Charles Dickens, Elizabeth Gaskell, and Charlotte Brontë. In this paper, I will examine one novel from each writer to explore how each responded to the decline of the Church of …
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The Anglican church in Victorian Liverpool and its work with the Labouring poor
This thesis will describe the nature of Anglican parochial work in Victorian Liverpool, with particular reference to the church's relationship with the poor during the period 1851-1902. The nineteenth century witnessed large scale urbanisation of which Liverpool was a conspicuous and distinctive …
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Sunday, Bloody Sunday: Martyrial Theology in the Eucharistic Liturgies of the Anglican Church of Canada
… foundation is part of the inheritance of all churches today, including the Anglican Church of Canada (ACC). The ACC states that its own beliefs are best articulated in its liturgies. Much of the belief, understanding, and practice of the ACC’s members is shaped by participation in those …
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A 'commerce of taste' in pattern books of Anglican church architecture in Canada 1867 - 1914
This thesis examines the construction of Anglican churches in Canada in the period between 1867 and 1914. During this period settlement and economic expansion occurred alongside new political arrangements and consciousness that involved religious observance and debate. The building of churches …
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Words Make Worlds: sexuality, discourse, and the production of knowledge in the Anglican Church of Rwanda
… generating new concepts of homosexuality in the Anglican Church of Rwanda (ACR). By means of identifying and analysing Rwandan Anglican sexuality discourse, this dissertation locates as the source of such language a particular conservative discursive world within the Episcopal Church of the …
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Crisis, Challenge, and Consolidation: A Study of the Anglican Church in a Rural Welsh Parish 1700-1900
In a year when the Church in Wales is commemorating the centenary of Disestablishment, it encourages a priest in that Church to study the history of the parish in which he serves. In my case, it is the parish of Little Newcastle in rural, Welsh speaking north Pembrokeshire, but I must declare a …
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An assessment of donor funded development programmes of the Anglican Church of Tanzania in the Dodoma region from 1986 - 2010
… development programmes which were started in the Anglican Church of Tanzania in the 1970s and 1980s. These programmes began at the time when world Christian Evangelicals had renewed their view on incorporating social concern as part of the task of evangelization. The period of study is between …
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Afrikaanssprekendes, Nederlands en Afrikaans in die kerk van die provinsie Suider-Afrika
… and current status and usage of Afrikaans in the Anglican Church in Southern Africa. It is clear from the sources that the Anglican Church had contact with, and exercised some form of ministry amongst Afrikaans-spreakers from the earliest years of its presence in Southern Africa. By the 1860's and …
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The contribution of the Anglican Church of Southern Africa to social development in South Africa and its potential role as a national partner in development
This research investigates the role of the Anglican Church of Southern Africa in social development in South Africa. The hypothesis states that the Church has been involved in social development since its inception and currently contributes significantly to social development in South Africa. …
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The attitude of the Anglican church of Uganda to the new religious movements and in particular to the Bacwezi-Bashomi in South Western Uganda 1960-1995
… of this doctoral thesis is the Attitude of the Anglican Church of Uganda to the New Religious Movements and in particular to the Bacwezi-Bashomi in south-western Uganda, 1960-1995. Since the 1960's Uganda has been witnessing a wave of new religious movements stressing healing and exorcism and to …
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Cultural and theological factors affecting relationships between the Nederduitse-Gereformeerde Kerk and the Anglican Church (of the Province Of South Africa) in the Cape Colony 1806 -1910
The structure of this study of inter-church relationships abounds with artificialities. First, there is the artificiality of its geographical setting. It is confined to the Cape Colony Which, although permissible during the years when no other conventionally recognized political entity - at least, …
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Anglicanism, anti-communism and Cold War Australia
The influence of the Anglican Church within Australia during the 1950s has received insufficient historical analysis, especially given its predominant numerical strength amongst Australian churches at that time. This thesis will rectify that oversight. The Anglican Communion worldwide exerted a …
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Vicar Victoria: Writing the Church of England in Nineteenth-Century Fiction
Vicar Victoria: Writing the Church of England in Nineteenth-Century Fiction shows how the organizing force of the Anglican Church and the figure of the Anglican clergyman were used to interrogate social, legal, and historical developments in nineteenth-century fiction. The project outlines how …
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A theopolitical study concerning the interrelation between the Government of National Unity and religion in post-apartheid South Africa (1988-1999) with specific reference to the Dutch Reformed Church and the Anglican Church
… interrelationship between government and church, is firmly cemented in South Africa. Nevertheless, how far would the secular, socialist-inclined government go in distancing itself from religious interference? How willing are churches to move away from a marginalised social agent to become …
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Life and work of Bishop John Owen (1854-1926)
… the campaign against the disestablishment of the Anglican Church within Wales, and the foundation of the Church in Wales. Owen's significant contribution to this important period within Welsh ecclesiastical history has not been acknowledged. This thesis demonstrates that Owen played an invaluable …
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Making space to breathe : values, identity and accountability in a faith-based NGO
… focus to its work. During the 1980s the Anglican Board of Mission (ABM), the national mission agency of the Anglican Church of Australia, entered into a contractual relationship with the Australian Government which ultimately led to accreditation as a development agency and involvement …
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An evaluation of the work of archdeacon William Percival Johnson in Nyasaland (1876-1928)
… to the establishment of an African Christian Church, served by African priests and laity. To this end, Johnson translated the Holy Scriptures into the many native languages of the region. He established an education system, which, from the very beginning, trained and used native …
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Anglicanism, the Mau Mau Conflict, and Decolonisation in Kenya, 1952 - 1963
This study of Anglicanism, the Mau Mau conflict, and decolonisation in Kenya advances the limited literature on Christianity during the late imperial period in East Africa. Using new Christian and government sources, I detail how Anglicans navigated the complex and violent Mau Mau insurgency. I …
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