Contesting the Church in England c.1640-c.1670: University of Kent Conference 21st May, 2022

 

Centre for Anglican History and Theology

University of Kent

21st May 2022

 

Contesting the Church in England

c.1640-c.1670

 

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Between 1640 and 1670 the church in England underwent a series of traumatic changes in form and governance. Experiments in religious worship that were tolerated during the civil wars were viewed with horror by loyal episcopalians. When the monarchy was restored in 1660, strenuous attempts were made to stamp out religious non-conformity, but it was too late. A generation had grown up experiencing greater religious freedom and rejected attempts to re-instate the pre-civil war national church.

The conference offers a forum for discussing new research and sources on the conflicting views of what the national church should be before and after the restoration, and asks the question: ‘Whose church was it, anyway?’

 

 

 

 

 

Conference Details

For registration or queries, please visit the Centre for Anglican History and Theology at https://research.kent.ac.uk/anglican-history-theology/events/ or email R.Warren@kent.ac.uk

 

 

 

 

 

Speakers

Kenneth Fincham

Joel Halcombe

Giles Mandelbrote

Fiona McCall

Vivienne Larminie

Anthony Milton

Stephen Taylor

David Wykes

Elliot Vernon

Rebecca Warren

Sarah Ward Clavier

 

Panel chairs

Andrew Foster

Peter Lake

John Spurr

 

Conference details

Website:

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or email: k.c.fincham@kent.ac.uk

 

Standard rate:        £35

Postgraduate:         £15

On-line:                 £10

 

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