Course Syllabus
Instructor: Gregory Allen Robbins, Ph.D.
Director, The Anglican Studies Program, Iliff School of Theology/Diocese of Colorado
Honorary Canon Theologian, Saint John’s Cathedral/Diocese of Colorado
Chairman, Department of Religious Studies, University of Denver
Associate Professor, History of Christianity and its Scriptures
E-mail: grobbins@du.edu
Phone: 303.871.2751
Home phone (for weekends): 303.861.0723
Course Synopsis
Episcopalians have played a significant role in the political and cultural life of America for over two hundred years. A branch of the worldwide Anglican Communion, the Episcopal Church in the United States has nevertheless manifested its identity in distinctive ways. This course provides a snapshot of how that identity has been forged by focusing on three elements: its history from Colonial times until the present, on the development of its worship, and on the evolution of its polity. These elements often intersect in interesting and unexpected ways. In many respects, this course constitutes yet another chapter in what has been described as English Reformations.
Books for the Course
- David Hein and Gardiner H. Shattuck Jr., The Episcopalians (New York: Church Publishing, 2004). ISBN: 0-89869-497-3
- Louis Weil, Liturgical Sense: The Logic of Rite (New York: Church Publishing, 2013). ISBN: 9781596272439
- Marion Hatchett, Commentary on the American Prayerbook (New York:HarperOne, 1995). ISBN: 10: 0060635541
- Winnie Vargjese, ed., What We Shall Become: The Future and Structure of the Episcopal Church (New York: Church Publishing, 2013). ISBN: 10:0898698952
Most of these are available in multiple formats, including e-book versions; some used copies of Hatchett are available.
Other required readings will be posted on-line.
See Taylor Library's list of online book sellers for purchasing options.
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