Mark Chapman is Vice-Principal of Ripon College Cuddesdon, Oxford, and a Reader in Modern Theology at the University of Oxford, UK. He has written widely on modern church history, ethics and theology. His books include Ernst Troeltsch and Liberal Theology (Oxford), The Coming Crisis (Sheffield), Blair's Britain (DLT) and Anglicanism: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford).

"This is a truly magnificent study of Anglican thought. In itself it embodies the best features of that tradition - balanced and judicious, at once understated and passionate. With a rare talent for bringing to life even the highest and driest, Mark Chapman has given us  a valuable background guide to the current travails of the Anglican communion."  - George Newlands, University of Glasgow, UK

• ContentsAcnknowledgementsIntroduction: The History of Theology and Historical TheologyPart I: Bishops and Authority 1. The Politics of Episcopacy 2. "Cyprianus Anglicus": St Cyprian in Anglican Interpretation 3. From Carthage to Truro: Archbishop Benson and the Unity of the ChurchPart II: Pluralism, Politics and History4. J. N. Figgis, Pluralism and the Voluntary Church 5. John Keble, Harold Laski and the Politics of the Oxford Movement 6. Mandell Creighton and the Virtues of Dullness Part III: Believing and Discipleship7. F. D. Maurice and reciting the Creeds8. William Sanday and Theology, 1900-1920 9. Charles Gore, Kenosis and the Crisis of Power 10. Christ and the Gethsemane of Mind: Frank Weston Then and Now11. Epilogue: Anglicanism after the Windsor ReportBibliography

Mark Chapman is Vice-Principal of Ripon College Cuddesdon, Oxford, and a Reader in Modern Theology at the University of Oxford, UK. He has written widely on modern church history, ethics and theology. His books include Ernst Troeltsch and Liberal Theology (Oxford), The Coming Crisis (Sheffield), Blair's Britain (DLT) and Anglicanism: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford).

"This is a truly magnificent study of Anglican thought. In itself it embodies the best features of that tradition - balanced and judicious, at once understated and passionate. With a rare talent for bringing to life even the highest and driest, Mark Chapman has given us  a valuable background guide to the current travails of the Anglican communion."  - George Newlands, University of Glasgow, UK

• ContentsAcnknowledgementsIntroduction: The History of Theology and Historical TheologyPart I: Bishops and Authority 1. The Politics of Episcopacy 2. "Cyprianus Anglicus": St Cyprian in Anglican Interpretation 3. From Carthage to Truro: Archbishop Benson and the Unity of the ChurchPart II: Pluralism, Politics and History4. J. N. Figgis, Pluralism and the Voluntary Church 5. John Keble, Harold Laski and the Politics of the Oxford Movement 6. Mandell Creighton and the Virtues of Dullness Part III: Believing and Discipleship7. F. D. Maurice and reciting the Creeds8. William Sanday and Theology, 1900-1920 9. Charles Gore, Kenosis and the Crisis of Power 10. Christ and the Gethsemane of Mind: Frank Weston Then and Now11. Epilogue: Anglicanism after the Windsor ReportBibliography

Mark Chapman is Vice-Principal of Ripon College Cuddesdon, Oxford, and a Reader in Modern Theology at the University of Oxford, UK. He has written widely on modern church history, ethics and theology. His books include Ernst Troeltsch and Liberal Theology (Oxford), The Coming Crisis (Sheffield), Blair's Britain (DLT) and Anglicanism: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford).

"This is a truly magnificent study of Anglican thought. In itself it embodies the best features of that tradition - balanced and judicious, at once understated and passionate. With a rare talent for bringing to life even the highest and driest, Mark Chapman has given us  a valuable background guide to the current travails of the Anglican communion."  - George Newlands, University of Glasgow, UK

• ContentsAcnknowledgementsIntroduction: The History of Theology and Historical TheologyPart I: Bishops and Authority 1. The Politics of Episcopacy 2. "Cyprianus Anglicus": St Cyprian in Anglican Interpretation 3. From Carthage to Truro: Archbishop Benson and the Unity of the ChurchPart II: Pluralism, Politics and History4. J. N. Figgis, Pluralism and the Voluntary Church 5. John Keble, Harold Laski and the Politics of the Oxford Movement 6. Mandell Creighton and the Virtues of Dullness Part III: Believing and Discipleship7. F. D. Maurice and reciting the Creeds8. William Sanday and Theology, 1900-1920 9. Charles Gore, Kenosis and the Crisis of Power 10. Christ and the Gethsemane of Mind: Frank Weston Then and Now11. Epilogue: Anglicanism after the Windsor ReportBibliography