Overview
The history of the Diocese of Pennsylvania is in many ways a history of the Episcopal Church at large. It remains one of the largest and most influential dioceses in the national church. Its story has paralleled and illustrated the challenges and accomplishments of the wider denomination-and of issues that concern the American people as a whole. In This Far by Faith, ten professional historians provide the first complete history of the Diocese of Pennsylvania. It will become essential reading for anyone wishing to understand the history and significance of the Episcopal Church and of its evolution in the Greater Philadelphia area. Aside from the editor, the contributors are Charles Cashdollar, Marie Conn, William W. Cutler III, Deborah Mathias Gough, Ann Greene, Sheldon Hackney, Emma J. Lapsansky-Werner, William Pencak, and Thomas F. Rzeznik.
Full Product Details
Author: David R. Contosta (Chestnut Hill College)
Publisher: Pennsylvania State University Press
Imprint: Pennsylvania State University Press
Dimensions:
Width: 15.20cm
, Height: 3.50cm
, Length: 22.90cm
Weight: 0.726kg
ISBN: 9780271052441
ISBN 10: 0271052449
Pages: 408
Publication Date: 02 July 2012
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Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
This volume not only notes the contributions of the various bishops but also focuses on lay leadership, institutional growth, and areas of conflict. It seeks to pay attention to the role of women and racial minorities; attempts to provide detailed demographic data; and endeavors to set events in the life of the church in the general social context. Episcopalians in the Diocese of Pennsylvania, students of American church history, and social historians should all find it to be a useful work. Bob Prichard, Virginia Theological Seminary What a good text this would make for a course on Episcopal Church history, or, for that matter, also American church history even in a course on United States history. Frederick H. Borsch, Anglican and Episcopal History With telling detail and compelling narrative, the essays in This Far by Faith track the origins and evolution of an important diocese that charted a middle way for American Christianity over four centuries. Throughout the book the authors show a diocese struggling with such varied, but intersecting, issues as a changing geographical and demographic compass, race, doctrinal disputes, discipline, and personality. This Far by Faith opens the red door to the whole church, from pulpit to pews. In doing so, it provides a most sensitive and sensible examination of a diocese as a living organism. It also provides a model for writing church history hereafter. It is, then, a book that transcends its subject and invites anyone interested in American religion to consider its method and meaning. Randall M. Miller, St. Joseph s University It is a pleasure . . . to read this impressive and accessible diocesan history. . . . . . . This is an excellent history. It is critical to our understanding of the Episcopal Church nationally, and in many ways, constitutes a microcosm of American mainline religion. Philip Jenkins, Pennsylvania History This Far by Faith is a fine book. People interested in the history of American religion, in the history of Pennsylvania, and in the Episcopal Church will find it accessible and informative. Dale Light, author of Rome and the New Republic: Conflict and Community in Philadelphia Catholicism Between the Revolution and the Civil War It is a pleasure . . . to read this impressive and accessible diocesan history. . . .. . . This is an excellent history. It is critical to our understanding of the Episcopal Church nationally, and in many ways, constitutes a microcosm of American mainline religion. --Philip Jenkins, Pennsylvania History What a good text this would make for a course on Episcopal Church history, or, for that matter, also American church history--even in a course on United States history. --Frederick H. Borsch, Anglican and Episcopal History This volume not only notes the contributions of the various bishops but also focuses on lay leadership, institutional growth, and areas of conflict. It seeks to pay attention to the role of women and racial minorities; attempts to provide detailed demographic data; and endeavors to set events in the life of the church in the general social context. Episcopalians in the Diocese of Pennsylvania, students of American church history, and social historians should all find it to be a useful work. --Bob Prichard, Virginia Theological Seminary This Far by Faith is a fine book. People interested in the history of American religion, in the history of Pennsylvania, and in the Episcopal Church will find it accessible and informative. --Dale Light, author of Rome and the New Republic: Conflict and Community in Philadelphia Catholicism Between the Revolution and the Civil War With telling detail and compelling narrative, the essays in This Far by Faith track the origins and evolution of an important diocese that charted 'a middle way' for American Christianity over four centuries. Throughout the book the authors show a diocese struggling with such varied, but intersecting, issues as a changing geographical and demographic compass, race, doctrinal disputes, discipline, and personality. This Far by Faith opens the red door to the whole church, from pulpit to pews. In doing so, it provides a most sensitive and sensible examination of a diocese as a living organism. It also provides a model for writing church history hereafter. It is, then, a book that transcends its subject and invites anyone interested in American religion to consider its method and meaning. --Randall M. Miller, St. Joseph's University It is a pleasure . . . to read this impressive and accessible diocesan history. . . . . . . This is an excellent history. It is critical to our understanding of the Episcopal Church nationally, and in many ways, constitutes a microcosm of American mainline religion. Philip Jenkins, Pennsylvania History What a good text this would make for a course on Episcopal Church history, or, for that matter, also American church history even in a course on United States history. Frederick H. Borsch, Anglican and Episcopal History This volume not only notes the contributions of the various bishops but also focuses on lay leadership, institutional growth, and areas of conflict. It seeks to pay attention to the role of women and racial minorities; attempts to provide detailed demographic data; and endeavors to set events in the life of the church in the general social context. Episcopalians in the Diocese of Pennsylvania, students of American church history, and social historians should all find it to be a useful work. Bob Prichard, Virginia Theological Seminary This Far by Faith is a fine book. People interested in the history of American religion, in the history of Pennsylvania, and in the Episcopal Church will find it accessible and informative. Dale Light, author of Rome and the New Republic: Conflict and Community in Philadelphia Catholicism Between the Revolution and the Civil War With telling detail and compelling narrative, the essays in This Far by Faith track the origins and evolution of an important diocese that charted a middle way for American Christianity over four centuries. Throughout the book the authors show a diocese struggling with such varied, but intersecting, issues as a changing geographical and demographic compass, race, doctrinal disputes, discipline, and personality. This Far by Faith opens the red door to the whole church, from pulpit to pews. In doing so, it provides a most sensitive and sensible examination of a diocese as a living organism. It also provides a model for writing church history hereafter. It is, then, a book that transcends its subject and invites anyone interested in American religion to consider its method and meaning. Randall M. Miller, St. Joseph s University It is a pleasure . . . to read this impressive and accessible diocesan history. . . . . . . This is an excellent history. It is critical to our understanding of the Episcopal Church nationally, and in many ways, constitutes a microcosm of American mainline religion. Philip Jenkins, Pennsylvania History What a good text this would make for a course on Episcopal Church history, or, for that matter, also American church history even in a course on United States history. Frederick H. Borsch, Anglican and Episcopal History This volume not only notes the contributions of the various bishops but also focuses on lay leadership, institutional growth, and areas of conflict. It seeks to pay attention to the role of women and racial minorities; attempts to provide detailed demographic data; and endeavors to set events in the life of the church in the general social context. Episcopalians in the Diocese of Pennsylvania, students of American church history, and social historians should all find it to be a useful work. Bob Prichard, Virginia Theological Seminary This Far by Faith is a fine book. People interested in the history of American religion, in the history of Pennsylvania, and in the Episcopal Church will find it accessible and informative. Dale Light, author of Rome and the New Republic: Conflict and Community in Philadelphia Catholicism Between the Revolution and the Civil War With telling detail and compelling narrative, the essays in This Far by Faith track the origins and evolution of an important diocese that charted a middle way for American Christianity over four centuries. Throughout the book the authors show a diocese struggling with such varied, but intersecting, issues as a changing geographical and demographic compass, race, doctrinal disputes, discipline, and personality. This Far by Faith opens the red door to the whole church, from pulpit to pews. In doing so, it provides a most sensitive and sensible examination of a diocese as a living organism. It also provides a model for writing church history hereafter. It is, then, a book that transcends its subject and invites anyone interested in American religion to consider its method and meaning. Randall M. Miller, St. Joseph s University It is a pleasure . . . to read this impressive and accessible diocesan history. . . .. . . This is an excellent history. It is critical to our understanding of the Episcopal Church nationally, and in many ways, constitutes a microcosm of American mainline religion. --Philip Jenkins, Pennsylvania History What a good text this would make for a course on Episcopal Church history, or, for that matter, also American church history--even in a course on United States history. --Frederick H. Borsch, Anglican and Episcopal History This volume not only notes the contributions of the various bishops but also focuses on lay leadership, institutional growth, and areas of conflict. It seeks to pay attention to the role of women and racial minorities; attempts to provide detailed demographic data; and endeavors to set events in the life of the church in the general social context. Episcopalians in the Diocese of Pennsylvania, students of American church history, and social historians should all find it to be a useful work. --Bob Prichard, Virginia Theological Seminary This Far by Faith is a fine book. People interested in the history of American religion, in the history of Pennsylvania, and in the Episcopal Church will find it accessible and informative. --Dale Light, author of Rome and the New Republic: Conflict and Community in Philadelphia Catholicism Between the Revolution and the Civil War With telling detail and compelling narrative, the essays in This Far by Faith track the origins and evolution of an important diocese that charted 'a middle way' for American Christianity over four centuries. Throughout the book the authors show a diocese struggling with such varied, but intersecting, issues as a changing geographical and demographic compass, race, doctrinal disputes, discipline, and personality. This Far by Faith opens the red door to the whole church, from pulpit to pews. In doing so, it provides a most sensitive and sensible examination of a diocese as a living organism. It also provides a model for writing church history hereafter. It is, then, a book that transcends its subject and invites anyone interested in American religion to consider its method and meaning. --Randall M. Miller, St. Joseph's University
This Far by Faith is a fine book. People interested in the history of American religion, in the history of Pennsylvania, and in the Episcopal Church will find it accessible and informative. Dale Light, author of Rome and the New Republic: Conflict and Community in Philadelphia Catholicism Between the Revolution and the Civil War
It is a pleasure . . . to read this impressive and accessible diocesan history. . . .</p>. . . This is an excellent history. It is critical to our understanding of the Episcopal Church nationally, and in many ways, constitutes a microcosm of American mainline religion. </p>--Philip Jenkins, <em>Pennsylvania History</em></p>
It is a pleasure . . . to read this impressive and accessible diocesan history. . . .. . . This is an excellent history. It is critical to our understanding of the Episcopal Church nationally, and in many ways, constitutes a microcosm of American mainline religion. --Philip Jenkins, Pennsylvania History
Author Information
David R. Contosta is Professor of History at Chestnut Hill College.
