Ihnatyeva O. Anglicanism: genesis, confessional essence, the place in socio-cultural life of England

For the first time in this thesis the holistic critical analysis of the genesis and peculiarities of Anglicanism evolution socio-historical premises, the reconstruction of the main dogmatic principles content of this religious trend are accomplished, the ritual practice and the institutional principles of the Anglican Church specificity, the peculiarities of its functioning in English socio-cultural and multidenominational area and in the context of interchurch dialogue and ecumenical processes in contemporary Christianity are revealed. The position of the investigation of Anglicanism in native and foreign philosophical-religion studying literature is analyzed. Various approaches of the well-known English Reformation and post-Reformation Era theologians concerning the problem of Anglicanism's confessional essence and the stages of its development in the context of historical and cultural realities are investigated.