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As a member of the Virginia Historical Society I receive the Virginia Magazine of History and Biography. This quarter's Vol 115, No 2 is dedicated to the history of the Episcopal Church in Virginia 1607-2007. The articles are co-authored by Edward L. Bond and Joan R. Gundersen.
The articles are titled:
Colonial Origins and Growth: The Church of England Adapts to North America 1607-1760
Like a Phoenix from the Ashes: The Reinvention of the Church in Virginia, 1760-1840
Evangelicals Ascendant: Bishop Meade and the High Tide of Evangelical Episcopalianism, 1840-1865
Reinventing Mission: The Diocese of Virginia, 1865-1970
Recent Crises: Coming to Terms with a Modern Society, 1970 to the Present
I have so far only read the article about Bishop Meade and the Church leading up to the Civil War. Well, written, interesting discussion about the movement of the High vs. Low Church (Virginia was mostly a low church). Some discussion in the article relates to the issues of sectional crisis and slavery and how the Episcopal church was the only of the major Protestant religions not to break along sectional lines. A significant part of the article however is written about Meade's influence of low church movement on the Diocese of Virginia.
Why should you care? As a modern day Episcopalian you may like to know this information but as a living historians we should know about the issues presented in these articles.
The articles are titled:
Colonial Origins and Growth: The Church of England Adapts to North America 1607-1760
Like a Phoenix from the Ashes: The Reinvention of the Church in Virginia, 1760-1840
Evangelicals Ascendant: Bishop Meade and the High Tide of Evangelical Episcopalianism, 1840-1865
Reinventing Mission: The Diocese of Virginia, 1865-1970
Recent Crises: Coming to Terms with a Modern Society, 1970 to the Present
I have so far only read the article about Bishop Meade and the Church leading up to the Civil War. Well, written, interesting discussion about the movement of the High vs. Low Church (Virginia was mostly a low church). Some discussion in the article relates to the issues of sectional crisis and slavery and how the Episcopal church was the only of the major Protestant religions not to break along sectional lines. A significant part of the article however is written about Meade's influence of low church movement on the Diocese of Virginia.
Why should you care? As a modern day Episcopalian you may like to know this information but as a living historians we should know about the issues presented in these articles.