{"product_id":"the-oxford-movement-9780271023946","title":"The Oxford Movement","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis overview of the Oxford Movement highlights five key areas in which the movement affected English society more broadly - politics, religion and theology, friendship, society, and missions. The  thematic approach illuminatesthe wider political, social, and cultural impact of the movement.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Anyone trying to understand why the institutions of Christianity refuse to disappear and why some of its branches—well, its key branch, which remains Roman Catholicism—continue to be obstinate and even belligerent in the face of growing secular tolerance on key social issues like gay rights will find the history of the Oxford Movement remarkably pertinent. It is Faught’s great achievement as a historian and communicator that he leads readers through all the theological and metaphysical complications and occasional muddle with such writerly clarity and scholarly élan.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—John Fraser \u003ci\u003eNational Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“\u003ci\u003eThe Oxford Movement \u003c\/i\u003eis something of a niche volume, but it illuminates that niche nicely.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—Alan Cochrum \u003ci\u003eMorning Star-Telegram\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“The strength of this book lies in its thematic approach to the Oxford movement and its influence on English society.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—R. M. Kollar \u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“This is a tightly written, well-argued, and thoroughly annotated work. It should become a required text for anyone teaching in this area.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—Mary Eleanor Hill \u003ci\u003eAnglican Theological Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Faught’s training as a journalist as well as a historian makes the story unfold in a brisk and compelling manner.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—Pegram Johnson III \u003ci\u003eAnglican and Episcopal History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Brad Faught is right to say that a new one-volume history of the Oxford Movement is needed and that the movement is best understood as multifaceted. Much has been written on the subject, but the time has come for a synthetic work that touches on the main personalities, events, and issues. With the publication of this book, we now have such a work.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—Denis Paz,University of North Texas\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“To those familiar with the Oxford Movement, this book provides some additional details and suggests a few variant interpretations, particularly in relation to the movement in the second half of the nineteenth century.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—John T. Ford \u003ci\u003eReligious Studies Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“In sum, this study provides an accessible but conventional introduction to an important and still controversial episode in Victorian religion.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—William Whitla \u003ci\u003eUniversity of Toronto Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eContents\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface \u0026amp; Acknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1 Politics\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eControversy and Passion\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2 Religion and Theology \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePrinciples and Promulgation\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3 Friendship\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFraternity and Farewell\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4 Society\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRevival and Reclamation\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5 Missions\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChurchmanship and Bishoprics\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfterword\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNotes\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBibliography\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penn State University","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51036861825367,"sku":"9780271023946","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780271023946.jpg?v=1750932784","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-oxford-movement-9780271023946","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}