Adapted from a VTS announcement
The third edition of the Rev. Robert W. Prichard’s History of the Episcopal Church (Morehouse, 2014) covers events through the 78th General Convention in 2012. Prichard is the Arthur Lee Kinsolving Professor of Christianity in America and instructor in liturgics at Virginia Theological Seminary.
Prichard’s chronicle spans more than 400 years and traces the rise of the Episcopal Church, founded in an age of fragmentation and molded by the powerful movements of American history: the Great Awakening; the American Revolution; the Civil War; two World Wars and the Depression; and the social upheavals of recent decades.
“Robert W. Prichard is judicious, thoughtful, and fair. He has the gift of summarizing the most complex of questions,” said the Rev. Ian S. Markham, dean and president of Virginia Theological Seminary. “The new edition will continue to serve as the definitive history of our church.”
Prichard first taught at VTS as an adjunct faculty member in 1980, joining the faculty full time in 1983. He completed his PhD in church history at Emory University, where he focused on theological discourse in the 19th-century Episcopal Church.
He is the author or editor of nine books, including The Nature of Salvation: Theological Consensus in the Episcopal Church, 1801-73 (University of Illinois, 1997), and Cohabiting Couples and Cold Feet: A Practical Marriage-Preparation Guide for Clergy (Church Publishing, 2009).
Prichard is founding editor of the Journal of Episcopal Church Canon Law, president of the Historical Society of the Episcopal Church, and a clerical deputy to General Convention (2006-12) from the Diocese or Virginia.
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