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The Stripping of the Words: Conflict over the Eucharist in the Episcopal Church
Author(s) -
Martin David
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
modern theology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.144
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 1468-0025
pISSN - 0266-7177
DOI - 10.1111/1468-0025.00097
Subject(s) - eucharist , rite , prayer , opposition (politics) , intelligentsia , religious studies , sociology , theology , philosophy , history , law , political science , politics
The article recounts and analyses conflict over the Eucharist in England with respect to the words of the 1662 rite in the Book of Common Prayer. It offers a brief historical background followed by an account of methods used to propagate new rites, and the character and arguments of the opposition. It focuses on the conflict between the clergy (in control of the administrative machinery, local and national) and the “clerisy” in the university and literary intelligentsia. The analysis is made in terms of cultural, social and theological warfare over symbols, and touches on linked issues, such a female ordination and social activism.