A definitive history of one of the most significant religious orders to emerge in the Anglican church, the Cowley Fathers - the first men's religious order to be founded in the Church of England since the Reformation.

Serenhedd James

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Dedication

Acknowledgements

Acknowledgement of Sources

Abbreviations

Introduction

I want to go and be a Cowley Father

1. In the Beginning

2. Young Vipers

3. Hopes Dashed and Restored

4. Floreat Cowley

5. Growing Pains

6. Building for Success

7. Subjects Missionary and Religious

8. A New Century

9. Fruit Formed and Forming

10. Wreaths of Empire

11. One Big Family

12. Faith and Works

13. Brothers in Arms

14. In the Furnace

‘IN THE PRIME OF HIS LIFE’

15. Re-Pitching the Tent

LAUDEMUS CORPUS CHRISTI

16. Catholic and Evangelistic

17. Life and Vigour

18. Battle on Two Fronts

19. Winds of Change

20. Comings and Goings

21. Axes and Hammers

22. A New Look

23. Back to the Future

24. Beyond the Sunset

25. The Long Day Closes

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Appendix 2 Select Bibliography

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A definitive history of one of the most significant religious orders to emerge in the Anglican church, the Cowley Fathers - the first men’s religious order to be founded in the Church of England since the Reformation.

• A definitive history of one of the most significant religious orders to emerge in the Anglican church. • Commissioned by the Trustees of St John. • As religious life is being renewed afresh in the Church of England, this will be an important source for scholars of theology, Anglo-Catholic spirituality and church history.

The Society of St John the Evangelist, otherwise known as the Cowley Fathers, was the first men's religious order to be founded in the Church of England since the Reformation, as a result of the spread and influence of the Oxford Movement and its Anglo-Catholic spirituality in the 19th century. Established in Oxford in 1866, its charismatic founder, Richard Meux Benson worked closely with American priests and just four years later a congregation was founded in Massachusetts that flourishes to this day. The charism of the order embraced high regard of theology with practical service, fostered by an emphasis on prayer and personal holiness. Cowley, a poor and rapidly expanding village on the outskirts of Oxford, provided ample opportunity for service. At its height, the English congregation had houses in Oxford (now St Stephen's House) and Westminster where figures such as C S Lewis sought spiritual direction. Now no longer operating as a community in Britain, this definitive and comprehensive history records its significant contribution to Anglicanism then and now.

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This definitive and comprehensive history explores the significant contribution The Cowley Fathers movement made to Anglicanism then and now

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A definitive history of one of the most significant religious orders to emerge in the Anglican church, the Cowley Fathers - the first men’s religious order to be founded in the Church of England since the Reformation.

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