The Episcopalians - Softcover

Hein, David; Shattuck, Gardiner H.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0898694973 ISBN 13: 9780898694970

Publisher: Church Publishing, 2005

Synopsis

The story of Episcopalians in America is the story of an influential denomination that has furnished a large share of the American political and cultural leadership. Beginning with the Episcopal Church's roots in sixteenth-century England, The Episcopalians offers a fresh account of its rise to prominence. Chronologically arranged, it traces the establishment of colonial Anglicanism in the New World through the birth of the Episcopal Church after the Revolution and its rise throughout the nineteenth century, ending with the complex array of forces that helped shape it in the 20th century and the consecration of Gene Robinson in 2003.

The authors focus not only on the established leadership of the church but also to the experience of lay people, the form and function of sacred space, the evolution of church parties and theology, relations with other Christian communities, and the evolving ministries of women and minorities.

About this title

Book Description:

This book offers a fresh account of the Episcopal Church's rise to prominence in America.

About the Author:

David Hein teaches in the religion and philosophy department at hood College. He is the author of Noble Powell and the Episcopal Establishment in the Twentieth Century, and co-author of Essays on Lincoln's Faith and Politics. Gardiner H. Shattuck, Jr. is an American religious historian, author of Episcopalians and Race: From Civil War to Civil rights, and co-author of Encyclopedia of American Religious History.

About this edition

• Publisher: Church Publishing
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0898694973
• ISBN 13: 9780898694970
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 361