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020			_a9781630871703 (electronic bk.)
020			_a1630871702 (electronic bk.)
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100	1		_aDriver, Jeffrey W.
245	1	2	_aA polity of persuasion : _bgift and grief of Anglicanism / _cJeffrey W. Driver ; foreword by Bruce N. Kaye.
264		1	_aEugene, Oregon : _bCascade Books, _c[2014]
264		4	_c©2014
300			_a1 online resource (xii, 171 pages)
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 149-157) and indexes.
505	0		_aDispersed authority--dispersed communion? -- Authority, conflict, and communion -- Windsor and the Windsor Covenant--trending more towards the center -- Communion and the dialectic of open reception -- A "down-under" perspective: communion themes and Australian debates -- Developing a polity of persuasion for the twenty-first century -- Holy Trinity--unholy conflict?
520			_aAt an international level, Anglicanism has almost no mandating or juridical power. Stresses and threats of division over issues such as human sexuality have resulted in moves to enhance the Communion's central structures and instruments. However, it is becoming clear that there is little likelihood of substantial change in this direction succeeding, at least in the medium term. The challenge for Anglicanism is to make a ''polity of persuasion'' work more effectively. This volume seeks to identify some trends and shifts of emphasis in Anglican ecclesiology to serve that end. Jeffrey Driver argues that there is more at stake in such an exercise than Anglican unity. In an ever-shrinking, pluralist, and conflicted world, where oneness is often forced by dominance, the People of God are called to model something different. The injunction of Jesus, ''it is not so among you,'' challenged his followers to use power and live in community in a way that contrasted with what occurred ''among the Gentiles'' (Mark 10:41-45). This is why the sometimes tedious debates about authority and structure in the Anglican Communion could actually matter -- because they might have something to say about being human in community, about sharing power and coexisting, about living interdependently on a tiny and increasingly stressed planet. The Anglican experiment in dispersed authority, for all its grief, could be a powerful gift.
588			_aDescription based on print version record.
650		0	_aAnglican Communion _xGovernment.
650		0	_aAnglican Communion _xHistory.
650		7	_aAnglican Communion. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst00808873
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650		7	_aRELIGION / Christian Theology / Ecclesiology _2bisacsh
655		7	_aHistory. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01411628
655		4	_aElectronic books.
700	1		_aKaye, Bruce Norman, _d1939- _ewriter of foreword.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _aDriver, Jeffrey W. _tPolity of persuasion _z9781610974035 _w(DLC) 2014412861 _w(OCoLC)879249011
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