Growth and Decline in the Anglican Communion 1980 to the Present Routledge Contemporary Ecclesiology Series

The Anglican Communion is one of the largest Christian denominations in the world. Growth and Decline in the Anglican Communion is the first study of its dramatic growth and decline in the years since 1980. An international team of leading researchers based across five continents provides a global overview of Anglicanism alongside twelve detailed case studies. The case studies stretch from Singapore to England, Nigeria to the USA and mostly focus on non-western Anglicanism. This book is a critical resource for students and scholars seeking an understanding of the past, present and future of the Anglican Church. More broadly, the study offers insight into debates surrounding secularisation in the contemporary world.

Introduction

1. Growth and Decline in the Anglican Communion, 1980 to the Present
David Goodhew

Overview

2. The Changing Demographics of Global Anglicanism, 1970-2010
Todd M. Johnson and Gina A. Zurlo

Africa

3. Ghana
Daniel Eshun
4. Nigeria Richard Burgess
5. Congo
Yossa Way with Emma Wild-Wood
6. Kenya
Joseph Galgalo
7. South Africa
Barbara Bompani

Asia

8. The Church of South India
Anderson Jeremiah
9. Singapore Daniel Wee
10. South Korea
Andrew Kim
11. Australia
Ruth Powell

The Americas

12. The United States of America
Jeremy Bonner
13. The Anglican Province of South America Maurice Sinclair and John Corrie

England

14. The Church of England David Voas

Conclusion

David Goodhew

Afterword Graham Kings

Revd. Dr. David Goodhew is Director of Ministerial Practice, Cranmer Hall, St John's College, Durham University, UK. Prior to Cranmer, he was a parish priest in York and before that, Chaplain and Fellow of St Catharine’s College, Cambridge. He has published widely in the fields modern British and South African history. He edited the controversial study Church Growth in Britain: 1980 to the Present (Ashgate 2012) and the volume Towards a Theology of Church Growth (Ashgate 2015).