Ambition, anxiety and aspiration
The use and abuse of Cambridge University's ten-year divinity statute
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4975239 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sara Slinn (0000-0001-8466-6253, University of Lincoln, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 90 |
| Issue | 248 |
| Pages | 381-403 |
| Publication date | 2017-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Historical Research (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0950-3471 • E-ISSN: 1468-2281 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1111/1468-2281.12167 |
| OpenAlex | W2473582406 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 4 |
This article examines the uses to which Cambridge University's ten-year statute was put suggesting that its popularity from c.1815 reflects both increasing career insecurity among non-graduate clergy, and the closing of traditional non-graduate routes into the Anglican ministry. Using a quantitative study of university calendars and ordination records alongside a review of controversial pamphlet literature, the article documents the degree's changing popularity and the appearance of a discourse which discredited both it and non-graduate clergy. This discourse also reflects the general anxieties of elite and middling families, threatened by meritocratic trends and eager to secure cultural, occupational and economic privilege
Christian ministry · Criminology · Divinity · Elite · Political science · Popularity · Sociology · Statute · Gender Studies · Historical Economic and Social Studies · Law · Political and Economic history of UK and US · Scottish History and National Identity
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |