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10. Spiritual authority in a ‘secular age’: the Lords Spiritual, c. 1950–80
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Tom Rodger
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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents v
- Notes on contributors vii
- Preface xi
- Abbreviations and locations of principal collections xiii
- Introduction: the Church of England, the British state and British politics during the twentieth century 1
- 1. The politics of Church defence: Archbishop Davidson, the national church and the ‘national interest’, c. 1900–14 36
- 2. Archbishops and the monarchy: leadership in British religion, 1900–2012 57
- 3. Ecclesiastical conservatism: Hensley Henson and Lord Hugh Cecil on Church, state and nation, c. 1900–40 80
- 4. Hensley Henson, the prayer book controversy and the conservative case for disestablishment 102
- 5. Assembling an Anglican view of self-governing sexual citizenship, 1918–45 120
- 6. Politics in the parish: Joseph Needham at Thaxted, c. 1925–85 140
- 7. Anglicans, reconstruction and democracy: the Cripps circle, 1939–52 161
- 8. Parliament and the law of the Church of England, 1943–74 181
- 9. The Church of England and religious education during the twentieth century 199
- 10. Spiritual authority in a ‘secular age’: the Lords Spiritual, c. 1950–80 222
- 11. ‘A sort of official duty to reconcile’: Archbishop Fisher, the Church of England and the politics of British decolonization in East and Central Africa 240
- 12. A ‘baffling task’: Archbishop Fisher and the Suez Crisis 262
- 13. John Collins, Martin Luther King, Jr, and transnational networks of protest and resistance in the Church of England during the 1960s 279
- 14. The Church of England, minority religions and the making of communal pluralism 298
- Index 317
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents v
- Notes on contributors vii
- Preface xi
- Abbreviations and locations of principal collections xiii
- Introduction: the Church of England, the British state and British politics during the twentieth century 1
- 1. The politics of Church defence: Archbishop Davidson, the national church and the ‘national interest’, c. 1900–14 36
- 2. Archbishops and the monarchy: leadership in British religion, 1900–2012 57
- 3. Ecclesiastical conservatism: Hensley Henson and Lord Hugh Cecil on Church, state and nation, c. 1900–40 80
- 4. Hensley Henson, the prayer book controversy and the conservative case for disestablishment 102
- 5. Assembling an Anglican view of self-governing sexual citizenship, 1918–45 120
- 6. Politics in the parish: Joseph Needham at Thaxted, c. 1925–85 140
- 7. Anglicans, reconstruction and democracy: the Cripps circle, 1939–52 161
- 8. Parliament and the law of the Church of England, 1943–74 181
- 9. The Church of England and religious education during the twentieth century 199
- 10. Spiritual authority in a ‘secular age’: the Lords Spiritual, c. 1950–80 222
- 11. ‘A sort of official duty to reconcile’: Archbishop Fisher, the Church of England and the politics of British decolonization in East and Central Africa 240
- 12. A ‘baffling task’: Archbishop Fisher and the Suez Crisis 262
- 13. John Collins, Martin Luther King, Jr, and transnational networks of protest and resistance in the Church of England during the 1960s 279
- 14. The Church of England, minority religions and the making of communal pluralism 298
- Index 317
