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Modern Religious History and the Contemporary Church

现代宗教史与当代教会

基本信息

批准号：
AH/G010234/1
负责人：
John Wolffe
金额：
$ 29.76万
依托单位：
The Open University
依托单位国家：
英国
项目类别：
Fellowship
财政年份：
2008
资助国家：
英国
起止时间：
2008 至无数据
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=AH%2FG010234%2F1
关键词：
Modern Religious History Contemporary Church

项目摘要

In this 3-year project Professors John Wolffe and Arthur Burns join forces with the Diocese of London and Lambeth Palace Library to bridge the gap between academic historians and the contemporary Church. Supported by two research officers, Burns and Wolffe will collaborate with Archdeacon William Jacob of the diocese of London to convene seminars in which historical insights into contemporary problems will be discussed with leading figures in the diocese responsible for formulating both diocesan and national policy. Working with Neil Evans, the diocese's director of professional development, the historians will also contribute to training programmes for clergy and other local leaders, furnishing historical perspectives on practical concerns. Local seminars in locations across London will engage wider church and community audiences. All these encounters will draw on the resources of Lambeth Palace Library. Resource packs and a website will convey the fruits of the project as a whole to a still wider audience and provide expert guidance to those who may be inspired to further explore the history of their local church or congregation.This pioneering project brings together two leading historians of modern English religion, the most important archive of the Church of England and the most dynamic and strategically important of its dioceses. The last twenty years have transformed academic understandings of the place of religion in modern English society, and produced a sophisticated appreciation of the dynamics of the Anglican church's relations with both national and local communities, as a pastoral and missionary enterprise, as an influence on public policy, and as a community in an increasingly multifaith environment. In exploring these themes, historians, including project leaders Wolffe and Burns, have devoted much attention to the history of the diocese of London, and exploited the rich holdings of Lambeth Palace Library. This is the leading national repository for English religious history, with collections designated outstanding by the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council; and containing key archives for the religious history of London, including the papers of its Anglican bishops. Yet much of this academic work remains largely unknown to current Anglican clergy and churchgoers, who are also unfamiliar with the rich archives on which it is based. This deprives the church of a vital intellectual asset in devising approaches to many current challenges. There are striking parallels with the issues that confronted the Victorian and Edwardian church; moreover local communities, both of churchgoers and non-churchgoers, lack crucial insights into the processes that generated the societies (and buildings) in which they find themselves. For the diocese of London, this is particularly the case given the wealth of relevant historical work and the importance of the issues encountered. It is a key metropolitan institution engaged with the multi-ethnic community of contemporary London through schools, community services, welfare provision, and the maintenance and utilisation of a rich built heritage.This project has great potential benefits for all involved. Academics working on the history of the modern church will gain additional insight through understanding how the contemporary church operates.The historians will see the themes they are pursuing in a new light, and will be able to feed the knowledge they gain back into the wider scholarly community through articles and conference papers. Lambeth Palace Library will benefit from increased knowledge and usage of its important collections, so furthering its aim of promoting the utilization of its holdings. Local communities will acquire better self-understanding. And the diocese will be able to root its approach both to pastoral provision and serving the people of London ina better appreciation of its own past success and failures in these endeavours.

在这个为期3年的项目教授约翰沃尔夫和亚瑟伯恩斯联手与伦敦和兰贝斯宫图书馆的教区弥合学术历史学家和当代教会之间的差距。在两位研究人员的协助下，伯恩斯和沃尔夫将与伦敦教区的副主教威廉·雅各布（William Jacob）合作召开研讨会，与教区负责制定教区和国家政策的领导人讨论对当代问题的历史见解。历史学家们还将与教区专业发展主任尼尔·埃文斯合作，为神职人员和其他地方领导人的培训计划做出贡献，为实际问题提供历史观点。在伦敦各地举办的地方研讨会将吸引更广泛的教会和社区听众。所有这些遭遇都将利用兰贝斯宫图书馆的资源。资源包和一个网站将把整个项目的成果传达给更广泛的受众，并为那些可能受到启发，进一步探索当地教会或会众历史的人提供专家指导。这个开创性的项目汇集了两位现代英国宗教的领先历史学家，英国教会最重要的档案和最具活力和战略意义的教区。在过去的20年里，学术界对宗教在现代英国社会中的地位的理解发生了变化，并对圣公会与国家和地方社区的关系的动态产生了复杂的理解，作为一个牧区和传教事业，作为对公共政策的影响，以及作为一个日益多元化的环境中的社区。在探索这些主题时，包括项目负责人沃尔夫和伯恩斯在内的历史学家对伦敦教区的历史投入了大量精力，并利用了兰贝斯宫图书馆的丰富馆藏。这是英国宗教历史的主要国家知识库，收藏了博物馆，图书馆和档案馆理事会指定的杰出收藏品;并包含伦敦宗教历史的关键档案，包括英国圣公会主教的论文。然而，这些学术著作中的大部分仍然不为当前的圣公会神职人员和教徒所知，他们也不熟悉它所依据的丰富档案。这剥夺了教会在设计应对当前许多挑战的方法方面的重要知识资产。这与维多利亚时代和爱德华七世时代教会所面临的问题有着惊人的相似之处;此外，当地社区，无论是去教堂的人还是不去教堂的人，都缺乏对社会（和建筑物）产生过程的重要见解。对于伦敦教区来说，鉴于相关历史工作的丰富性和所遇到问题的重要性，这一点尤其如此。它是一个重要的大都会机构，通过学校、社区服务、福利提供以及维护和利用丰富的建筑遗产，与当代伦敦的多民族社区合作。研究现代教会历史的学者将通过了解当代教会的运作方式获得额外的洞察力。历史学家将以新的眼光看待他们所追求的主题，并将能够通过文章和会议论文将他们获得的知识反馈给更广泛的学术界。兰贝斯宫图书馆将受益于增加知识和使用其重要的收藏，从而进一步促进其目标，促进利用其馆藏。当地社区将获得更好的自我理解。教区将能够在更好地了解自己过去在这些努力中的成功和失败的基础上，将其方法植根于牧灵供应和为伦敦人民服务。