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The Labour of Obedience Paperback
The Benedictines of Pershore, Nashdom and Elmore, a History
by Peta Dunstan;
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The Labour of Obedience
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This important study of key Anglican Benedictine Communities in the first half of the 20th century provides a vital record of how the Anglican Communion dealt with an issue that was as divisive in its day as today's disputes over sexuality and women bishops, and explores the origins of the influential Anglican Papalism movement. It was the heyday of Anglo-Catholicism in the Church of England. Religious life was flourishing for the first time since the Reformation. The first shock came when the Abbot of Caldey, a flamboyant character noted for luxurious tastes, and his monks went over to Rome. Nashdom - the great Benedictine community to which Gregory Dix belonged and, in many ways, the ultimate expression of Anglo-Catholicism - threatened to do likewise over the crisis of the Church of South India where the very idea of priestly ordination and identity was being challenged. Thanks to Archbishop William Temple the crisis was averted, the monks of Nashdom stayed and the scene was set for Anglican Papalism to enter the stage.
The Labour of Obedience by Peta Dunstan was published by Canterbury Press in June 2009 and is our 42534th best seller. The ISBN for The Labour of Obedience is 9781853119743.
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John Irvine, via The Good Book StallThis is a history of the Benedictine community established by the Anglo-Catholic wing of the English Church at Pershore in 1914. It starts with the secession of the Benedictine monks at Caldey Island from the Church of England to the Catholic Church in 1913 and details the attempts thereafter by the so-called Anglo-Papists to re-establish a community of men devoted to the rule of Saint Benedict (there were already women Benedictines in the Anglican fold). It then follows the development of the new establishment right up to the present day at Elmore Abbey. It is a fascinating story, never dull, with a succession of flamboyant characters and stories of personality clashes and tensions within the community. There is plenty of theological argument and discussion of the meaning of contemplative life. It comes right up-to-date with the acceptance by the Catholic Church of the Anglican Benedictine community as part of the Benedictine family. This is not only the history of a religious community, but a story of human endeavour and struggle to fulfil a vision.
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Details for The Labour of Obedience
| Author / Artist | Peta Dunstan |
| Book Format | Paperback |
| Publisher | Canterbury Press (June 2009) |
| Weight | 328g |
| Number of Pages | 230 |
| Thickness | 17 mm |
| Height | 234 mm |
| Width | 156 mm |
| ISBN | 9781853119743 |
| ISBN-10 | 1853119741 |
| Product Code | 1901789 |
| Page last updated | 17th January 2018 |
