Mark D Chapman
Biographic Data
| ID | 3592209 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mark D Chapman |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mark D |
| FAMILY NAME | Chapman |
| SIGNATURE | CHAPMAN M D |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Oxford |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9947-9255 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 35 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 20 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 32 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 3 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1988 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Parliament and the Incoherence of the Five Guiding Principles
This paper examines the Church of England’s internal conflict over the ordination of women and the role of the Five Guiding Principles. It highlights the theological incoherence of fully affirming women’s priestly ordination while simultaneously accommodating those who reject it. This compromise, rooted in the 1993 Act of Synod, effectively created two parallel churches. The paper traces how parliamentary pressure, especially from the Ecclesiasti…
From the Settlements to the Trenches: The First World War Chaplaincy of Maurice Peel
This article explores the wartime ministry of Maurice Peel (1873–1917), grandson of Sir Robert Peel, prime minister 1834–5 and 1841–6, and son of Arthur Peel, Speaker of the House of Commons 1884–95. Educated at Winchester and Oxford, Peel spent time at Oxford House, East London, followed by a long curacy at St Simon Zelotes in Bethnal Green. Appointed to St Paul’s Beckenham in 1909, he volunteered in 1914 as an army chaplain, writing a series of…
The Sea of Faith in Context
This article charts describes the social and theological background to Don Cupitt’s The Sea of Faith . After discussing the immediate context of the series in Margaret Thatcher’s Britain, it goes on to compare Cupitt’s theology with that of the radical theologians of the 1960s, especially the South Bank School including John Robinson. Against the backdrop of different theories of secularisation, it sees the theologians of the 1960s as the last re…
Enjoying what comes naturally: The Church of England and Sexuality in the 1930s
This article begins by outlining the changing approach in Anglican attitudes to contraception at the Lambeth Conference of 1930, where birth control was permitted for married couples and sex separated from the possibility of procreation. The logical extension of this teaching, as was noted by Bishop Charles Gore, was that other forms of sexual pleasure, including homosexuality, which was increasingly seen as a ‘natural’ condition, might eventuall…
Is this even B2? Challenges of selecting Cefr descriptors for young learner assessment linking studies
Alice Gardner (1854–1927): Modernist Historian of Religion
This article charts the career of Alice Gardner, one of the most influential intellectual figures emerging from the early years of Newnham College, Cambridge. Devoting herself to a critical engagement with church history, especially of the Byzantine Empire, through a number of important monographs, she showed herself to be more than a match for the men of the time. She regarded the study of history as a means by which the contingency of the prese…
The Crucible of German Democracy. Ernst Troeltsch and the First World War
Journal Article The Crucible of German Democracy. Ernst Troeltsch and the First World War Get access The Crucible of German Democracy. Ernst Troeltsch and the First World War. By Robert E. Norton. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck. 2021. xv + 650 pp. €149.00 (hardback/e-book). Mark D Chapman Mark D Chapman University of Oxford, UK [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar German History, Volume 4…
Serbia and the Church of England: The First World War and a New Ecumenism
Jeremy Morris, A People's Church: A History of the Church of England
Changing the Church: Transformations of Christian Belief, Practice, and Life
The Girton Conference One Hundred Years On
This paper discusses the conference of the Churchmen’s Union held at Girton College in 1921 which proved a controversy in the wider Church of England on account of the views of some speakers, particularly Hastings Rashdall and J. F. Bethune-Baker, on the nature of Christ’s divinity. It argues that although there was little that was novel in the opinions expressed at the conference, it nonetheless provided the main impetus towards the setting up o…
The Lambeth Appeal and the Appeal of Britain
In 1920, the Lambeth Conference of Anglican bishops issued the “Appeal to All Christian People.” While much has been written on its genesis in 1920 and its impact on the later ecumenical movement and on Anglicanism, much less has been written about the relationship of the sort of ecumenism espoused by the Lambeth Appeal to the international political developments of the time. This article assesses the impact of the First World War and the Versail…
Faith and Settlement Partnerships: Perspectives of Community Stakeholders
This article explores partnerships between faith groups and government-funded immigrant settlement services. It does so by reporting on perspectives of community stakeholders through a survey across four communities in Ontario, Canada. Survey results demonstrate that the existence, benefits, and challenges of faith and settlement partnerships are recognized by settlement workers, faith leaders, and other stakeholders. Yet the results also indicat…
The Future of Liberal Theology
This title was first published in 2002: Two hundred years after the publication of Schleiermacher's epoch-making Speeches, The Future of Liberal Theology presents a comprehensive and critical re-assessment of the past, present and future of the liberal tradition in Christian theology. In dialogue with the different forms of liberalism emerging from the Enlightenment, each of which is carefully defined, distinguished international theologians draw…
Political Transformations
Beginning with the French Revolution and the Enlightenment and their effects on the political life and systems of Europe, this chapter discusses the broader impact of the collapse of the political systems in Germany, the modernization of the regimes, as well as the attempts at restoration after the defeat of Napoleon. The author examines conservative and neo-confessional movements, as well as the increasing secularization of societies in Western …
Common Actions: Participatory Action Research as a Practice for Promoting Positive Social Action among and between New Canadian Church Planters and Denominational Leaders
The Greater Toronto Area remains the major immigrant destination centre in Canada. New Canadians are welcomed but not necessarily well integrated into the lives of churches. Our experience and research has shown that this lack of integration can extend to new Canadians who start churches yet are not integrated with denominations or church planting organizations. The New Canadian Church Planter project is an ongoing participatory action research p…
Jeremy Morris, The High Church Revival in the Church of England: Arguments and Identities
Pathways for Ecclesial Dialogue in the Twenty-First Century: Revisiting Ecumenical Method
This volume identifies a myriad of obstacles standing in the way of dialogue both within churches and between churches and then move on to discuss how these obstacles might be dissolved or circumvente
Mission in the Anglican Communion
This chapter discusses the development of Anglicanism through mission and argues that mission is essential to the church’s existence and flourishing. It proposes that the church’s mission has two aspects: the deepening and revitalization of the lives of those already within the Christian community, and the extension of the Gospel beyond the boundaries of that community. Among the key issues covered are the mission in the Reformation era, Evangeli…
Canadian Christian Churches as Partners in Immigrant Settlement and Integration
This article discusses the role of Canadian Christian churches in immigrant settlement and integration and discusses implications for the settlement sector. A total of 34 denominations responded to an online survey. Findings show that many churches are intentionally involved in immigrant ministry, motivated by their Christian and social concern. Existing immigrant supports are wide ranging and holistic, include the unique contribution of immigran…
Christian Churches and Immigrant Support in Canada: An Organizational Ecology Perspective
Canada receives roughly 250,000 immigrants each year, and the government spends considerable resources on assisting them to settle and integrate into Canadian society through the agencies they support. Most of these new immigrants settle in Canada's largest cities, where churches meet specific needs that extend beyond the capacities of government agencies. In smaller centers, churches cover a wide range of services because few government supports…
David W. Taylor, Like a Mighty Army? The Salvation Army, the Church, and the Churches
Theology and Society in Three Cities: Berlin, Oxford and Chicago, 1800-1914
The Common Good, Pluralism and the Small Church
This paper discusses the understanding of “Common Good” that has been used by the Church of England, especially over the last five years. It suggests that its implicit universalism and identification of Christian morality with the ethical norms for the nation is premised on an understanding of the role of the Church which is no longer realistic. After a brief discussion of the latest statistics for church attendance and a comparison with other na…
Red Toryism: Some Historical Reflections
This article locates Red Toryism within the broader context of conservative thinking, tracing some key sources and influences. It discusses the concept of virtue in relation to some earlier Tory efforts to revive medievalist thought. It concludes with an analysis of some potential problems which derive from the attempt to apply a pre-modern form of thought in a multicultural environment
Integrating Immigrants into the Life of Canadian Urban Christian Congregations: Findings from a National Survey
In just one generation the cultural face of Canadian society has been transformed. The relative level of immigration has increased rapidly as has diversity among those immigrants. This article reports on the findings of a national survey that offers a baseline of how and to what extent local Canadian Christian congregations are responding to this cultural diversity. In particular, it explores how churches are integrating immigrants within the lif…
Canadian Christian Churches as Partners in Immigrant Settlement and Integration
This article discusses the role of Canadian Christian churches in immigrant settlement and integration and discusses implications for the settlement sector. A total of 34 denominations responded to an online survey. Findings show that many churches are intentionally involved in immigrant ministry, motivated by their Christian and social concern. Existing immigrant supports are wide ranging and holistic, include the unique contribution of immigran…
Christian Churches and Immigrant Support in Canada: An Organizational Ecology Perspective
Canada receives roughly 250,000 immigrants each year, and the government spends considerable resources on assisting them to settle and integrate into Canadian society through the agencies they support. Most of these new immigrants settle in Canada's largest cities, where churches meet specific needs that extend beyond the capacities of government agencies. In smaller centers, churches cover a wide range of services because few government supports…
Faith and Settlement Partnerships: Perspectives of Community Stakeholders
This article explores partnerships between faith groups and government-funded immigrant settlement services. It does so by reporting on perspectives of community stakeholders through a survey across four communities in Ontario, Canada. Survey results demonstrate that the existence, benefits, and challenges of faith and settlement partnerships are recognized by settlement workers, faith leaders, and other stakeholders. Yet the results also indicat…
Red Toryism: Some Historical Reflections
This article locates Red Toryism within the broader context of conservative thinking, tracing some key sources and influences. It discusses the concept of virtue in relation to some earlier Tory efforts to revive medievalist thought. It concludes with an analysis of some potential problems which derive from the attempt to apply a pre-modern form of thought in a multicultural environment
Coffee Planters, Workers and Wives: Class Conflict and Gender Relations on Sao Paulo Coffee Plantations
Polytheism and personality: Aspects of the intellectual relationship between Weber and Troeltsch
Pluralism, Welfare and the 'Common Good: Three Varieties of Christian Socialism
God and Caesar: Troeltsch's social teaching as legitimation
God and Caesar: Troeltsch'ssocial teaching as legitimation
Management and Community: Some Problems with New Labour
This essay examines some tendencies in New Labour's political rhetoric, in particular its reduction of what counts as political and what counts as community. What will be argued is firstly, that the quest for managerial efficiency has functioned to reshape political discourse. This has come about primarily through the attempted removal of political control from economic and public life through the rhetoric of audit and the proliferation of execut…
Anglicanism: A Very Short Introduction
1. What is Anglicanism? 2. Establishing the Church 3. Struggles for Identity 4. The Global Communion 5. The Future of Anglicanism
The Fantasy of Reunion: The Rise and Fall of the Association for the Promotion of the Unity of Christendom
This paper traces the history of the Association for the Promotion of the Unity of Christendom, one of the most successful of the eccentric and idiosyncratic private ecumenical initiatives of the mid-nineteenth century. The principal motivation behind the venture was a Romantic medievalism inspired by the lay Roman Catholic Ambrose Phillipps de Lisle and the Anglican ritualist priest, Frederick George Lee. While initially attracting widespread su…
Theological Responses in England to the South African War, 1899–1902
This paper discusses theological responses in the Church of England to the South African War (1899–1902) as reflected in sermons by theologians and church leaders and the limited amount of theological writing on the subject during the period. Three points emerge: first is the strong sense in which the mission was to civilise and Christianize. The fact that the war was being fought against a white enemy led to a characterisation of the Boer as unc…
Red Toryism: Some Historical Reflections
This article locates Red Toryism within the broader context of conservative thinking, tracing some key sources and influences. It discusses the concept of virtue in relation to some earlier Tory efforts to revive medievalist thought. It concludes with an analysis of some potential problems which derive from the attempt to apply a pre-modern form of thought in a multicultural environment
Integrating Immigrants into the Life of Canadian Urban Christian Congregations: Findings from a National Survey
In just one generation the cultural face of Canadian society has been transformed. The relative level of immigration has increased rapidly as has diversity among those immigrants. This article reports on the findings of a national survey that offers a baseline of how and to what extent local Canadian Christian congregations are responding to this cultural diversity. In particular, it explores how churches are integrating immigrants within the lif…
Theology and Society in Three Cities: Berlin, Oxford and Chicago, 1800-1914
The Common Good, Pluralism and the Small Church
This paper discusses the understanding of “Common Good” that has been used by the Church of England, especially over the last five years. It suggests that its implicit universalism and identification of Christian morality with the ethical norms for the nation is premised on an understanding of the role of the Church which is no longer realistic. After a brief discussion of the latest statistics for church attendance and a comparison with other na…
Pathways for Ecclesial Dialogue in the Twenty-First Century: Revisiting Ecumenical Method
This volume identifies a myriad of obstacles standing in the way of dialogue both within churches and between churches and then move on to discuss how these obstacles might be dissolved or circumvente
Mission in the Anglican Communion
This chapter discusses the development of Anglicanism through mission and argues that mission is essential to the church’s existence and flourishing. It proposes that the church’s mission has two aspects: the deepening and revitalization of the lives of those already within the Christian community, and the extension of the Gospel beyond the boundaries of that community. Among the key issues covered are the mission in the Reformation era, Evangeli…
Canadian Christian Churches as Partners in Immigrant Settlement and Integration
This article discusses the role of Canadian Christian churches in immigrant settlement and integration and discusses implications for the settlement sector. A total of 34 denominations responded to an online survey. Findings show that many churches are intentionally involved in immigrant ministry, motivated by their Christian and social concern. Existing immigrant supports are wide ranging and holistic, include the unique contribution of immigran…
Christian Churches and Immigrant Support in Canada: An Organizational Ecology Perspective
Canada receives roughly 250,000 immigrants each year, and the government spends considerable resources on assisting them to settle and integrate into Canadian society through the agencies they support. Most of these new immigrants settle in Canada's largest cities, where churches meet specific needs that extend beyond the capacities of government agencies. In smaller centers, churches cover a wide range of services because few government supports…
David W. Taylor, Like a Mighty Army? The Salvation Army, the Church, and the Churches
The Future of Liberal Theology
This title was first published in 2002: Two hundred years after the publication of Schleiermacher's epoch-making Speeches, The Future of Liberal Theology presents a comprehensive and critical re-assessment of the past, present and future of the liberal tradition in Christian theology. In dialogue with the different forms of liberalism emerging from the Enlightenment, each of which is carefully defined, distinguished international theologians draw…
Political Transformations
Beginning with the French Revolution and the Enlightenment and their effects on the political life and systems of Europe, this chapter discusses the broader impact of the collapse of the political systems in Germany, the modernization of the regimes, as well as the attempts at restoration after the defeat of Napoleon. The author examines conservative and neo-confessional movements, as well as the increasing secularization of societies in Western …
Common Actions: Participatory Action Research as a Practice for Promoting Positive Social Action among and between New Canadian Church Planters and Denominational Leaders
The Greater Toronto Area remains the major immigrant destination centre in Canada. New Canadians are welcomed but not necessarily well integrated into the lives of churches. Our experience and research has shown that this lack of integration can extend to new Canadians who start churches yet are not integrated with denominations or church planting organizations. The New Canadian Church Planter project is an ongoing participatory action research p…
Jeremy Morris, The High Church Revival in the Church of England: Arguments and Identities
The Lambeth Appeal and the Appeal of Britain
In 1920, the Lambeth Conference of Anglican bishops issued the “Appeal to All Christian People.” While much has been written on its genesis in 1920 and its impact on the later ecumenical movement and on Anglicanism, much less has been written about the relationship of the sort of ecumenism espoused by the Lambeth Appeal to the international political developments of the time. This article assesses the impact of the First World War and the Versail…
Faith and Settlement Partnerships: Perspectives of Community Stakeholders
This article explores partnerships between faith groups and government-funded immigrant settlement services. It does so by reporting on perspectives of community stakeholders through a survey across four communities in Ontario, Canada. Survey results demonstrate that the existence, benefits, and challenges of faith and settlement partnerships are recognized by settlement workers, faith leaders, and other stakeholders. Yet the results also indicat…
Changing the Church: Transformations of Christian Belief, Practice, and Life
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