The Rev. Christopher Beeley will become director of the Anglican Episcopal House of Studies at Duke Divinity School next July. He will also serve as professor of theology and the Jack and Barbara Bovender Professor of Anglican Episcopal Studies and Ministry. “We are delighted to welcome Christopher Beeley to Duke,” said Elaine Heath, dean of Duke Divinity School. “Dr. … [Read more...] about Duke Hires Christopher Beeley
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Cuban Church Poised to Reintegrate
By Matthew Townsend If next year’s General Convention approves reintegrating the Episcopal Church of Cuba with the Episcopal Church in the United States, American Episcopalians will discover a church at once foreign and familiar. The Cuban church is historically Episcopal; it began as a mission of the Episcopal Church. That relationship ended with the U.S. embargo of Cuba in … [Read more...] about Cuban Church Poised to Reintegrate
Church Moves Two Plaques
Lori Aratani reports for The Washington Post: Leaders of a historic Episcopal church in Alexandria have decided to remove a pair of plaques from its sanctuary that memorialize two of their most prominent parishioners: George Washington and Robert E. Lee. In a letter sent Thursday to members of the Christ Church congregation, church leaders explained that the decision came … [Read more...] about Church Moves Two Plaques
‘Nobody’ Was Somebody
Lay Activism and the High Church Movement of the Late Eighteenth Century The Life and Thought of William Stevens, 1732-1807 By Robert M. Andrews Brill. Pp. xiii + 312. $166 Since at least 1800, William Stevens (1732-1807) has been known as “Nobody,” a self-effacing and self-created alias. A group called Nobody’s Friends meets three times a year in honor of Stevens’s … [Read more...] about ‘Nobody’ Was Somebody
Drowned Out by Outrage
The legacy of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee is at the center of many debates since violent protests erupted in Charlottesville, Virginia, on Aug. 11-12. A priest in Virginia who has studied Lee’s legacy for many years finds that puzzling. “I’ve been very concerned — as a historian, a priest, an American, an alumnus of the University of Virginia — about perception,” said the … [Read more...] about Drowned Out by Outrage
Stained-glass Backstory
Jeff Fellows writes for The Messenger in the Diocese of Central New York: For many years Trinity Memorial Church, Binghamton, thought that one of their stained-glass windows, like many of the others, was made by Wippell/Mowbray, in Exeter, England. In April, we had Chapman Studios from Albany, NY, evaluate the condition of our windows and they found a little white monk in the … [Read more...] about Stained-glass Backstory
Remembering Fr. Bragg
The Rt. Rev. James R. Mathes, associate dean of students, writes for Virginia Theological Seminary’s weblog: Holy Women, Holy Men offers two commemorations for this day: W.E.B. DuBois and George Freeman Bragg, Jr. Dubois is a legend of the 20th Century civil rights movement. Bragg is less well known, but begs our attention on this day. Born a slave in 1863, he grew up in the … [Read more...] about Remembering Fr. Bragg
Oxford’s Series on Anglicanism
Oxford University Press has launched the first multi-volume history of worldwide Anglicanism by a major university press. The Oxford History of Anglicanism covers the growth of worldwide Anglicanism in five volumes supported by 100 scholars. Three volumes have appeared already and a further two are due later this year. Professor Rowan Strong conceived the series, oversaw the … [Read more...] about Oxford’s Series on Anglicanism