{"product_id":"9780567658456","title":"Plague on Both Their Houses Liberal vs. Conservative Christians and the Divorce of the Episcopal Church USA","description":"\u003ch1\u003ePlague on Both Their Houses\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eLiberal vs. Conservative Christians and the Divorce of the Episcopal Church USA\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eChristopher Craig Brittain\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eReligion \/ Theology\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eChristopher Craig Brittain offers a wide-ranging examination of specific events within The Episcopal Church (TEC) by drawing upon an analysis of theological debates within the church, field interviews in church congregations, and sociological literature on church conflict. The discussion demonstrates that interpretations describing the situation in TEC as a \u003ci\u003eCulture War \u003c\/i\u003ebetween \u003ci\u003eLiberals \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eConservatives\u003c\/i\u003e are deeply flawed. Moreover, the book shows that the splits that are occurring within the national church are not so much \u003ci\u003eschisms\u003c\/i\u003e in the technical sociological sense, but are more accurately described as a familial divorce, with all the ongoing messy entwinement that this term evokes. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe interpretation of the dispute offered by the book also counters prominent accounts offered by leaders within The Episcopal Church. The Presiding Bishop, Katharine Jefferts-Schori, has portrayed some opponents of her theological positions and her approach to ethical issues as being\u003ci\u003e '\u003c\/i\u003efundamentalist', while other 'Progressives' liken their opponents to the Tea Party movement.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThe Rev. Dr Christopher Craig Brittain\u003c\/b\u003e is Senior Lecturer in Practical Theology at the University of Aberdeen, UK. He is a theologian and ordained Anglican priest, a participant in the international \u003ci\u003eEcclesiology and Ethnography\u003c\/i\u003e network of scholars, as well as the \u003ci\u003eEngaged Scholars Studying Congregations\u003c\/i\u003e network in the USA.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e30 July 2015\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eT\u0026amp;T Clark\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9780567658456\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e280\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e20.48\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51332042555532,"sku":"9780567658456","price":171.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_267625e8-1493-4711-a9e0-0164d2b7af6b.jpg?v=1783601191","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9780567658456","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}