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The Church in danger: Mrs Humphry Ward's 'The case of Richard Meynell'
journal contribution
posted on 2023-06-08, 13:25 authored by Norman VanceThe Case of Richard Meynell (1911), a sequel to Robert Elsmere, picks up on several generations of disquiet about the nature and function of the Church of England and its responses to social and intellectual change in the nation. It seeks to combine ‘Broad Church’ aspirations associated with Ward's grandfather Thomas Arnold with new perspectives from Catholic Modernists and other reformers. It is argued that the plot of the novel is designed to provide examples and metaphors of the survival and development of underlying truth despite misunderstanding, practical problems and changes in outward forms of religious thought and expression
History
Publication status
- Published
File Version
- Published version
Journal
International Journal for the Study of the Christian ChurchISSN
1474-225xPublisher
Taylor & FrancisExternal DOI
Issue
3Volume
12Department affiliated with
- English Publications
Full text available
- No
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- Yes