A History of the Episcopal Church - Third Revised Edition: Complete Through the 78th General Convention

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Church Publishing, Inc., Oct 15, 2014 - Religion - 480 pages

This thorough, carefully researched history sets church events against the background of social changes. This third revised edition will be up-to-date through the events of the 2012 General Convention of the Episcopal Church.

 

Contents

1 Founding the Church in an Age of Fragmentation 15851688
1
2 The Age of Reason and the American Colonies 16881740
35
3 The Great Awakening 174076
69
4 The American Revolution 17761800
101
5 Rational Orthodoxy 180040
139
6 Romantic Reaction 184080
179
7 A Broad Church 18801920
221
8 The Twenties Depression and War 192045
259
9 The Church Triumphant 194565
291
10 A Reordered Church 196590
319
11 A Leaner More Nimble Church 1990
375
Index
434
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Robert W. Prichard has been teaching liturgy at Virginia Theological Seminary since 1979. While his primary publications have been in church history, he has contributed occasional articles to journals and collections about the liturgy. Prichard has been a General Convention deputy since 2006 and has twice served on the General Convention's Joint Committee on Liturgy and Music. At the convention of 2015, he served as one of the two secretaries of that body. He lives in Alexandria, Virginia.

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