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Charles Taylor and Anglican Theology

Aesthetic Ecclesiology

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  1. J. A. Franklin

    1. St George in the Meadows, Nottingham, UK

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  • Offers a novel engagement of Charles Taylor from the perspective of Anglicanism
  • Presents an innovative account of the aesthetic as significant for Anglican theology
  • Illustrates how the realms of nature and grace have been illegitimately sundered in Modernity

Part of the book series: Pathways for Ecumenical and Interreligious Dialogue (PEID)

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Introduction: An Aesthetic Ecclesiology

    • J. A. Franklin
    Pages 1-30

  3. Charles Taylor’s A Secular Age (1): Genealogy of the Secular

    • J. A. Franklin
    Pages 31-64

  4. Charles Taylor’s A Secular Age (2): Phenomenology of Modernity

    • J. A. Franklin
    Pages 65-93

  5. John Milbank (1): A Deeper Critique of the Secular

    • J. A. Franklin
    Pages 95-137

  6. John Milbank (2): A Participatory Ecclesiology

    • J. A. Franklin
    Pages 139-163

  7. Rowan Williams: Ecclesiology and Epiphany

    • J. A. Franklin
    Pages 165-200

  8. Conclusion: Summary and Future Directions

    • J. A. Franklin
    Pages 201-208

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 209-222
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About this book

This book considers the work of Charles Taylor from a theological perspective, specifically relating to the topic of ecclesiology. It argues that Taylor and related thinkers such as John Milbank and Rowan Williams point towards an “Aesthetic Ecclesiology,” an ecclesiology that values highly and utilizes the aesthetic in its self-understanding and practice.

Jamie Franklin argues that Taylor’s work provides an account of the breakdown in Modernity of the conceptual relationship of the immanent and the transcendent, and that the work of John Milbank and radical orthodoxy give a complementary account of the secular from a more metaphysical angle. Franklin also incorporates the work of Rowan Williams, which provides us a way of thinking about the Church that is rooted in a material and historical legacy.

The central argument is that the reconnection of the transcendent and the immanent coheres with an understanding of the Church that incorporates the material realityof the sacraments, the importance of artistic beauty and craftsmanship, and the Church’s status as historical, global, and eschatological. Secondly, the aesthetic provides the Church with a powerful apologetic: beauty cannot be reduced to the presuppositions of secular materialism, and so must be accounted for by recourse to transcendent categories.

Reviews

"Although the title of this work is accurate, it is misleading. Far from being a narrow exploration of Charles Taylor’s A Secular Age and two creative and formidable Anglican theologians, John Milbank and Rowan Williams, Aesthetic Ecclesiology brings a fresh and wide-ranging approach which will also be of ecumenical interest. All would certainly agree with Michael Ramsey that the Church does not simply have a message, but the Church is the message. For this reason, we so urgently need the thoughtful, critical, and creative theology we find in this work that the Church may become the home of humanity and the place in which God’s Glory dwells in healing, grace, beauty, and holiness for all creation."—James Hanvey SJ Master (emeritus) Campion Hall, Oxford. Visiting Professor, Gregorian University, Rome


Authors and Affiliations

  • St George in the Meadows, Nottingham, UK

    J. A. Franklin

About the author

J. A. Franklin is a priest in the Church of England. He trained for ordination at Ripon College Cuddesdon, and holds a master’s degree in theology and biblical studies from King’s College London and a doctorate in systematic theology from the University of Oxford, UK.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Charles Taylor and Anglican Theology

  • Book Subtitle: Aesthetic Ecclesiology

  • Authors: J. A. Franklin

  • Series Title: Pathways for Ecumenical and Interreligious Dialogue

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-82106-7

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: Religion and Philosophy, Philosophy and Religion (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-82105-0Published: 22 September 2021

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-82108-1Published: 23 September 2022

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-82106-7Published: 21 September 2021

  • Series ISSN: 2634-6591

  • Series E-ISSN: 2634-6605

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIII, 222

  • Topics: Christian Theology, Political Philosophy

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