The Oxford Movement and the People of God: Enslavement, Education, and Empire

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Benjamin J. King (Duncalf-Villavoso Professor of Church History, Duncalf-Villavoso Professor of Church History, Episcopal Seminary of the Southwest)

The Oxford Movement and the People of God

Enslavement, Education, and Empire

Benjamin J. King (Duncalf-Villavoso Professor of Church History, Duncalf-Villavoso Professor of Church History, Episcopal Seminary of the Southwest)

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English

Oxford University Press
13 February 2025

Religion & politics; History of religion; Anglican & Episcopalian Churches, Church of England

Series: Christian Theology in Context

Seeing the Church in danger from the government in 1833, the clergyman John Henry Newman wanted to 'look to the people' for help. The people of God were vital to the Tractarian (or Oxford) Movement which Newman, John Keble, and Edward Pusey led, and which hundreds of thousands of Anglican laypeople followed during the nineteenth century. The faithful were central to the movement's theological vision. Spiritually disciplined, the faithful would ensure that the Church's work in the world was ongoing. Properly educated, in schools for the middle classes and for the poor, at home and across the British Empire, the faithful would preserve the Church's teaching.

Yet to opponents in the nineteenth century, and most scholars since, the movement seemed to magnify the role of the clergy of the Church of England at the expense of the people. This is to neglect not only Tractarian theology, but also lay Tractarians themselves, whether the few who were important figures in the British nation and Empire, or the many who took part in shaping society. The Oxford Movement and the People of God covers topics which are not usually encountered in studies of the Tractarians-enslavement, Empire, and English engagement in the American Civil War-as well as showing how their theology of the laity sheds new light on old topics-the Church of England's privileged place in the State, the Ritualist movement, and opposition to democracy. In none of these topics was the movement on what is called, with hindsight, 'the right side of history'. But the theological reasons, such as they were, why Tractarians took the positions they did are explored in chapters concerning providence, ecclesiology, consensus fidelium, episcopacy, and lay spirituality.

By: Benjamin J. King (Duncalf-Villavoso Professor of Church History Duncalf-Villavoso Professor of Church History Episcopal Seminary of the Southwest)
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 240mm, Width: 164mm, Spine: 25mm
Weight: 628g
ISBN: 9780198739562
ISBN 10: 0198739567
Series: Christian Theology in Context
Pages: 320
Publication Date: 13 February 2025
Audience: College/higher education , Further / Higher Education
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Benjamin J. King became Duncalf-Villavoso Professor of Church History, Seminary of the Southwest, Austin, Texas in 2023. He previously taught Christian history for fourteen years at the School of Theology, University of the South, Sewanee, Tennessee. He is author of Newman and the Alexandrian Fathers (2009), and co-editor with Frederick D. Aquino of Receptions of Newman (2015) and The Oxford Handbook of John Henry Newman (2018). He has also written numerous articles and lectured internationally. He has contributed to the Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church and serves on the editorial board of the journal Anglican and Episcopal History.

Reviews for The Oxford Movement and the People of God: Enslavement, Education, and Empire

This book is very well written and tells its story in a way that is engaging and yet challenging for modern Anglicans to hear. Benjamin King demonstrates an outstanding ability in research and analysis which helps all Anglicans, especially those who are the successors of the Oxford Movement, to hear parts of the story which may not be so easy to hear. He is to be congratulated on a fine achievement in scholarship which adds significantly to the history of the Tractarians and the Oxford Movement. Despite the many books on the Tractarians and the Oxford Movement, this is a book that needs to be written and read. * Brian Douglas, Journal of Anglican Studies *