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Stained glass depiction in Canterbury Cathedral
The sovereign has a rather different relationship with the Church of Scotland where the Reformation occurred later in the sixteenth century and in a way which led to the mutual recognition of state and church but without the closer ties of English establishment.
English establishment has evolved to the point where, although formally the sovereign still appoints all the senior clergy on the Prime Minister鈥檚 advice and is committed by a coronation oath to support the Church, the Church is practically autonomous.
The Unit has extended this research in the听accession and coronation project which examined听the religious roles of the sovereign.
Outputs
In 2005 the Unit commenced a study of church establishment which led to three publications:
- Church and State 鈥� A mapping exercise (2006, Constitution Unit), Cranmer, Lucas and Morris
- ,听R.M. Morris ed.(2008)
R.M. Morris (March 2009)
Other outputs
- 鈥楢lternative Futures for Formal Church Establishment: Two Case Studies from the United Kingdom鈥� in Guesnet F, Laborde C and Lee L (forthcoming 2015) Negotiating Religion (Palgrave).
- 鈥楬alf-Opening Cans of Worms: The Present State of 鈥淗igh鈥� Anglican Establishment鈥�, Law and Justice, No 172 (September 2014), 10-26.
- Main author:听Church and State in 21st Century Britain: The Future of Church Establishment听(2009) (Palgrave).
- 鈥楾he Future of 鈥淗igh鈥� Establishment鈥� (2011) Ecclesiastical Law Journal, 260-273.
- (2013) Ecclesiastical Law Journal, 186-191.
With Norman Bonney:
- 听(2012) Political Quarterly, 368-373.
