Research Catalog

Title

The education of the Anglican clergy 1780-1839 / Sara Slinn

Author

Slinn, Sara

Publication

Woodbridge (England) : Boydell Press, 2017.

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Details

Description

272 pages; 25 cm

Summary

This study of recruitment to the ministry of the Church of England in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries overturns many long-standing assumptions about the education and backgrounds of the clergy in late Hanoverian England and Wales. It offers insights into the nature and development of the profession generally and into the role that individual bishops played in shaping the staffing of their dioceses. In its exploration of how it was possible for boys of relatively humble social origins to be promoted into the pulpits of the established Church, it throws light on mechanisms of social mobility and shows how aspirant clergy went about fashioning a credible social and professional identity. By examining how would be clergymen were educated and professionally formed, the book shows that, alongside the well-known route through the universities, there was an alternative route via specialist grammar schools. Prospective ordinands might also seek out clerical tutors to help them to study for the academic parts of ordination exams and to prepare for the spiritual and pastoral aspects of their role. These alternative methods of ordination preparation were sometimes under the cognizance of bishops, and occasionally under their control, but they were generally authored by parish clergy and were small-scale, self-supporting, bottom-up solutions to the needs of upcoming generations of clergy.

Series Statement

Studies in modern British religious history

Uniform Title

Studies in modern British religious history.

Subjects

• Church of England Clergy > Education > History > 19th century
• Church of England Clergy > Education > History > 18th century

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-251) and index (pages 253-272)

Call Number

JFE 17-8471

ISBN

• 9781783271757
• 1783271752

OCLC

961160365

Author

Slinn, Sara, author.

Title

The education of the Anglican clergy 1780-1839 / Sara Slinn

Imprint

Woodbridge (England) : Boydell Press, 2017.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Studies in modern British religious history

Studies in modern British religious history.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-251) and index (pages 253-272)

Research Call Number

JFE 17-8471