{"product_id":"9780567682086","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\u003eChristopher 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\u003e31 May 2018\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\u003e9780567682086\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback softback\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\u003e14.08\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51332535189644,"sku":"9780567682086","price":44.06,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_6287c0a7-e422-4356-b296-be613b633102.jpg?v=1783603892","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9780567682086","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}