ABSTRACT

I trace interrelations and tensions between varied practices of concealment and discernment in the Church of England by examining contrasting attitudes to sexuality among Anglo-Catholics and Evangelicals. Moral panics over the sexual orientations of priests point to wider conflicts over incarnation, mediation, communication and knowledge. Combining historical and ethnographic data on the Church in England and the global Communion, I explore what can and should be openly ‘known’ in Anglican circles. I link my analysis of the Anglican case to wider considerations of what anthropology can and cannot claim to ‘know’ and discern through ethnographic observation, description and analysis.

摘要

我通过研究盎格鲁天主教徒和福音派教徒对性的不同态度，来追踪英格兰教会中各种隐瞒和辨别的做法之间的相互关系和紧张关系。对牧师性取向的道德恐慌指向更广泛的关于化身、调解、沟通和知识的冲突。结合关于英国教会和全球圣餐的历史和民族志数据，我探讨了在英国圣公会圈子中可以并且应该公开“知道”的内容。我将我对英国国教案的分析与更广泛的思考联系起来，即人类学可以和不能声称通过民族志观察、描述和分析来“知道”和辨别什么。