The Episcopalians (Denominations in America) - Hardcover

Hein, David; Shattuck, Gardiner H.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0313229589 ISBN 13: 9780313229589

Publisher: Praeger Publishers Inc, 2003

Synopsis

The story of the Episcopalians in America is the story of an influential denomination that has furnished a disproportionately large share of the American political and cultural leadership. Beginning with the denomination's roots in 16th-century England, this book offers a fresh account of the Episcopal Church's rise to prominence in America. Chronologically arranged, it follows the establishment of colonial Anglicanism in the New World, the national organization of the denomination following the Revolution, its rise during the 19th century, and the complex array of forces that affected the church in the 20th century-and continue to affect it today. The authors pay particular attention to the established leadership of the Episcopal Church, as well as to the experience of the ordinary layperson, the form and function of sacred space, developments in church parties and theology, relations with other Christian communities, and the evolving roles and status of women and minorities. Shining a light on the lives of ordinary churchgoers and historically marginalized groups, the authors reveal the strengths and weaknesses of the Episcopal Church. While the church evolved into the denomination of the urban establishment, a politically, theologically, and socially moderate religious body that appealed to those seeking the society of their largely middle- and upper-middle-class peers, it also appealed to those whom the dominant society excluded from power: African and Hispanic Americans, women, and American Indians. The volume concludes with a chronology of important events and biographical sketches of major figures in the Episcopal Church.

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Review

"Recommended for libraries."-Library Journal

"[A] superior introduction to the Episcopal Church and its American heritage."-Anglican and Episcopal History

"How do you characterize a denomination that is doctrinally indifferent, liturgically lush, culturally elite, politically conservative, socially liberal, and that Thomas Merton once described as little more than an "atmosphere"? Hein and Shattuck have risen to the challenge with this lively, well-balanced, and readable book....Highly recommended. General readers; lower-level undergraduates and above."-Choice

"ƯA¨ superior introduction to the Episcopal Church and its American heritage."-Anglican and Episcopal History

?Recommended for libraries.??Library Journal

?Recommended for libraries.?-Library Journal

?[A] superior introduction to the Episcopal Church and its American heritage.?-Anglican and Episcopal History

?How do you characterize a denomination that is doctrinally indifferent, liturgically lush, culturally elite, politically conservative, socially liberal, and that Thomas Merton once described as little more than an "atmosphere"? Hein and Shattuck have risen to the challenge with this lively, well-balanced, and readable book....Highly recommended. General readers; lower-level undergraduates and above.?-Choice

?Do we really need another history of the Episcopal Church so soon after David Holmes' in 1993 and Robert Prichard's in 1999? Emphatically, we do....[9]9 biographies of the famous or notorious, the obscure or peripheral, the obvious or eccentric are what give The Episcopalians its special flavor....The book shows a Church that has come of age, culturally diverse and politically sensitive at last....If anyone asks, "How did our dear old Church get to where it is today?" this is the book to read.?-The Historiographer

"Do we really need another history of the Episcopal Church so soon after David Holmes' in 1993 and Robert Prichard's in 1999? Emphatically, we do....[9]9 biographies of the famous or notorious, the obscure or peripheral, the obvious or eccentric are what give The Episcopalians its special flavor....The book shows a Church that has come of age, culturally diverse and politically sensitive at last....If anyone asks, "How did our dear old Church get to where it is today?" this is the book to read."-The Historiographer

About the Author

DAVID HEIN teaches in the Religion and Philosophy Department of Hood College. He is the author of Noble Powell and the Episcopal Establishment in the Twentieth Century and the coauthor of Essays on Lincoln's Faith and Politics. GARDINER H. SHATTUCK JR. teaches in the History Department of Andover Newton Theological School. He is the author of Episcopalians and Race: Civil War to Civil Rights and the coauthor of The Encyclopedia of American Religious History.

About this edition

• Publisher: Praeger Publishers Inc
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0313229589
• ISBN 13: 9780313229589
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 384