Black Clergy in the Church of England - Towards a Sense of Belonging

This book explores the experiences of ordinands and Black clergy of the Church of England (CofE). An increasing number of Black ordinands (trainees) from African and Caribbean heritages are choosing a ministerial pathway in the Anglican Communion, which has necessitated insights which recognise what they have to bring from their place of origin. Accounts of some of their relationships in the Church of England have been documented and reports on the issues and challenges of institutionalised racism. Anecdotal reference also suggests that the CofE has become a White institution which has not supported its Black clergy in their ministry. The purpose of this book is to present the lived experience of Black clergy in the Church of England, while highlighting some of the challenges they face and to offer solutions to make the church anti-racist.

List of contents

Chapter 1: Introduction: 'Black' Clergy Voices and the Church of England.- Chapter 2: Sociology of the Church of England.- Chapter 3: How Critical Race Theory Can Help Us Understand the Church of England Much Better.- Chapter 4: The 'Palaver' in Black Clergy's  Ontology.- Chapter 5: Cognitive Dissonance in Belonging for Black Clergy.- Chapter 6: The Model for Fostering a Sense of Belonging.- Chapter 7: Conclusion and Recommendations.

About the author

Revd Dr. Ericcson T. Mapfumo, is a Priest in Charge of the Benefice of Moldgreen and Rawthorpe in Huddersfield in the United Kingdom, and a Chaplain to the University of Huddersfield. He is a post colonial scholar, who is interested in issues to do with social justice and has a bias towards those on the margins of society.

Product details

• Authors: Ericcson T Mapfumo, Ericcson T. Mapfumo
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 05.03.2025
• EAN: 9783031465086
• ISBN: 978-3-0-3146508-6
• No. of pages: 249
• Illustrations: XXI, 249 p. 9 illus.
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Miscellaneous; Christentum, Ethnische Gruppen und multikulturelle Studien, Kolonialismus und Imperialismus, Sozial- und Kulturanthropologie, Ethnographie, Soziale Gruppen: religiöse Gemeinschaften, Sociology of Religion, Church of England, auseinandersetzen, Belonging, Critical Race Theory, Coloniality, Sociocultural Anthropology, Race and Ethnicity Studies, Imperialism and Colonialism, Social Scientific Studies of Christianity, Institutional racism, Black Clergy