Anglican High Churchmen and the Expansion of Empire

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ID10197165
AuthorsHoward Le Couteur (corresponding author)
Year2008
Volume32
Issue2
Pages193-215
Publication date2008-05-21
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Religious History (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0022-4227 • E-ISSN: 1467-9809
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1467-9809.2008.00707.x
OpenAlexW1972507104
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited8

Postcolonial history has taken a great deal of interest in the missionary endeavours of the church throughout the Empire, especially the work of Protestant/evangelical mission societies. Apart from attention to organisations like the Universities Mission to Central Africa (UMCA) and to some extent the work of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel (SPG), the work of Anglican High Churchmen has sometimes been overlooked. 1 In fact, High Churchmen were very concerned about the role of the Church of England in the expanding empire during the mid‐nineteenth century. They were keen to bring the extension of the church under institutional control and to co‐operate with the imperial parliament as closely as possible. The activity of the SPG and the foundation of the Colonial Bishoprics Fund (CBF), which provided clergy, schoolmasters, catechists, and bishops as agents of Anglicanism and Englishness, can be seen as part of this strategy

Ancient history · Archaeology · Bishops · Church History · Colonialism · Empire · Gospel · Parliament · Political science · Politics · Protestantism · Sociology · Classics · Historical and Contemporary Political Dynamics · History · Law · Religious Freedom and Discrimination · South African History and Culture

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