The Episcopal Church Of The 1970s Summary

The Episcopal Church of the 1970s seemed to reflect America’s role as a world power through focusing on both foreign affairs and changes within America. In the January, February, and March issues of The Episcopalian, a journal serving the Episcopal Church, there are a collection of news and opinion articles that reveal the prevailing anxiety regarding the United State’s global influence. Since the Church seeked new knowledge, they were aware of the limits Christian influence had both in America and throughout the world. The Episcopalian was published in the context of global unrest, as the United States was at the height of fighting the Vietnam War and there were demonstrations occurring throughout Europe and China in the 1960s. The Church’s understanding of the fragility of American Christian culture simultaneously led to new debates and initiatives to keep the Church relevant to the changing times. Through the Episcopal Church’s exposure to world crises, there was both increased anxiety about
There was the Griswold v. Connecticut court case of 1965, which allowed married couples to use contraception. Additionally, pornography was becoming more mainstream, with the rise of the Playboy magazine. Fear of changing sexual standards and family relations paralleled the larger fear that the United States and Christian values were losing their dominance in world affairs. This introduction created a feeling of unease because not only did it reveal the world was changing, but by creating this connection, it highlighted the limited grasp of control Americans had over domestic