broad church
Philosophically diverse coalition
A broad church is an organization, movement, or group that accommodates a wide range of opinions, styles, or approaches.
The term comes from a faction within the Church of England that favored theological flexibility over strict doctrine.
Now used generally: The Labour Party has always been a broad church, from socialists to centrists.
Jazz is a broad church—it welcomes traditionalists and experimentalists alike.
Inclusive political approach
- welcomingReceiving others warmly
- acceptingWilling to receive
- open-mindedReceptive to different ideas
- tolerantAccepting of differences
accommodating · nonjudgmental · diverse · ecumenical · nonsectarian · pluralistic · egalitarian · respectful
Formal union of parties
- umbrellaHandheld rain shelter
- spectrumContinuous range of values
- rangeExtent of variation
- varietyState of being diverse
factions · wings · moderates · centrists · compromise · consensus · unity · heterogeneous
Geographic or personal freedom
- flexibilityAbility to adapt easily
- permissivenessTolerance of behavior others forbid
- forbearancePatient self-control, delayed enforcement
- leniencyMildness in punishment
open-mindedness · acceptance · liberality · elasticity · wiggle room · nonrigid · undogmatic · adaptive
U.S. Anglican denomination
- Book of Common PrayerAnglican official worship text
- Thirty-Nine ArticlesAnglican doctrinal foundation
- Archbishop of CanterburyHead of English church
- comprehensivenessState of being complete
diocese · parish · vicar · bishop · vestments · latitudinarian
big tent
Inclusive political approach
- welcomingReceiving others warmly
- acceptingWilling to receive
- open-mindedReceptive to different ideas
tolerant · accommodating · nonjudgmental · diverse · ecumenical · nonsectarian · pluralistic · egalitarian · respectful · affirming
alliance
Formal union of parties
variety · factions · wings · moderates · centrists · compromise · consensus · unity · heterogeneous · catchall
latitude
Geographic or personal freedom
- flexibilityAbility to adapt easily
- permissivenessTolerance of behavior others forbid
- forbearancePatient self-control, delayed enforcement
leniency · open-mindedness · acceptance · liberality · elasticity · wiggle room · nonrigid · undogmatic · adaptive
Episcopal
U.S. Anglican denomination
- Book of Common PrayerAnglican official worship text
- Thirty-Nine ArticlesAnglican doctrinal foundation
- Archbishop of CanterburyHead of English church
comprehensiveness · diocese · parish · vicar · bishop · vestments · latitudinarian
- Anglican ChurchAnglicanism, bishop, Archbishop of Canterbury, parish, diocese
- Anglican historyArchbishop of Canterbury, English Reformation, Book of Common Prayer, Henry VIII, Thomas Cranmer
- AnglicanismBook of Common Prayer, archbishops, Archbishop of Canterbury, Canterbury, Anglicans
- Victorian TheologyOxford Movement, Tractarianism, Newman, biblical criticism, evangelicalism
- Labour partiesLabour Party, party leader, party membership, membership card, manifesto
broad churchfundamentalism
Strict adherence to core tenets
dogmatism · high church · literalism · puritanism · traditionalism
broad churchclosed shop
Employment requiring union membership
exclusive club · in-group · clique · splinter group · purity spiral
broad, church, broadly, broaden, broadened, broadening, broader, broadest, broadness