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The Role of the Book of Common Prayer in the Formation of Modern Anglican Church Identity: A Study of English Parochial Worship, 1750-1850
Author(s): Andrew Braddock (Author)
- Publisher: Edwin Mellen Press Ltd
- Publication Date: 1 Dec. 2010
- Language: English
- Print length: 340 pages
- ISBN-10: 0773414428
- ISBN-13: 9780773414426
Book Description
Drawing on a broad range of original sources, many neglected in existing studies, this book offers a fresh re-assessment of the role of the Prayer Book in defining the identity of the Church of England and its worship from the mid-18th to the mid-19th century. While conventional accounts have portrayed the late 18th century church as an institution beset by negligence and decay, not least in its parochial worship, This book argues that the decades after 1750 were also a time of significant renewal and reform as debates about the Prayer Book and its use became central to many of the theological and political controversies of the day both within the Church and between the Church and other denominations.. This study explores in detail how the Prayer Book was received, understood, used and adapted in the parishes of England between 1750 and 1850. Braddock demonstrates that the Victorian renewal of worship, not least that associated with the rise of the Oxford Movement from the 1830s, was itself built on movements for liturgical and congregational reform that were already becoming well-established by the 1800s. This study sheds new light on life in the 18th century Church and on the history and use of the Book of Common Prayer.
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About the Author
Andrew Braddock studied at Cambridge. He was ordained in 1998. He has been Diocesan Missioner in the Diocese of Gloucester since 2008.
