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- Publisher
- SAGE
- Copyright
- © 2015 Anglican Theological Review Corporation
- ISSN
- 0003-3286
- eISSN
- 2163-6214
- DOI
- 10.1177/000332861509700118
- Publisher site
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Abstract
ATR/97.1 134 Anglican Theological Review If there is a problem with Rites of Ordination, it is a problem which the author acknowledges from the start. His aim to produce a book of reason- able size which is nevertheless “as full a history of the theology and practice of ordination as is possible” has required him to include an enormous range of data within a tight structure. Whereas in the 1990 study Bradshaw assisted his readers with two appendices offering some of the data in chart form, the new publication often presents a complex array of data in paragraph form. This produces a texture of ritual details which at some points may be confus- ing even to a trained liturgist. Bradshaw’s presentation of this material reveals effectively the ever- increasing clericalization of the church’s self-understanding. Beginning in chapter 8 with the dramatic changes introduced by the reformers in the six- teenth century, the need for radical reform stands in bold contrast to the medieval developments. The final two chapters present more recent devel - opments regarding the forms of ordained ministry in Roman Catholic as well as in other Christian traditions. Perhaps the aim for historical and theological comprehensiveness was
Journal
Anglican Theological Review – SAGE
Published: Aug 16, 2021