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Clergy: The Origin of Species

The Origin of Species

by Percy

  • Paperback
  • 208 pages
  • Publisher: Continuum
  • 16.1 x 23.2 x 1.7 cm

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This work explores the origins and development of the clergy using a variety of sources and insights from thinkers such as Darwin and Foucault. Martyn Percy, journalist, author, Principal of Ripon College, Cuddesdon and Anglican Priest takes a serious but often humorous look at how the role of clergy has evolved over the years. This is a lively and engaging study including anecdotes and familiar cultural references such as the influence of the Vicar of Dibley on public perceptions of the clergy and a discussion of clerical dress. Keen to dispel romantic notions of the clergy Percy's study is informed by personal experience and the practical realities of being a parish priest. To encourage his readers to a new way of thinking about theologies of ministry in relation to their context and environment he examines three arenas: changing nature of clerical identity; role of the culture as an agent of change; and the function of churches, denominations and congregations as resistors and accomodators of cultural change. Percy's conclusion is that to survive the clergy need to adapt to their cultural environment whilst at the same time retaining a certain distance.
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  • Author

    Percy

  • Book Format

    paperback

  • Publisher

    Continuum

  • Published

    October 2006

  • Weight

    314g

  • Page Count

    208

  • Dimensions

    16.1 x 23.2 x 1.7 cm

  • ISBN

    9780826482808

  • ISBN-10

    0826482805

  • Eden Code

    119295

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