Abstract
This paper discusses the development of the Anglican Communion's ‘crisis’ regarding the place of gay and lesbian persons within the tradition. It presents a social and theological contextualization of this crisis within the Episcopal Church, USA, in the second half of the twentieth century. It argues that the origins of the Anglican Communion's crisis regarding gay and lesbian persons within the Communion are best understood in continuity with the broader North American evangelical movement of the second half of the twentieth century. The implications of this contextualized study serve to critique an understanding of the current crisis, which juxtaposes a decrepit, liberal ‘North’ with a vibrant, ‘orthodox’ ‘Global South’.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 101-125 |
Number of pages | 25 |
Journal | Journal of Anglican Studies |
Volume | 8 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - May 2010 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Anglican Communion
- Episcopal Church
- Global South
- The Next Christendom
- evangelicalism
- homosexuality
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Religious studies