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Course Description: Our Learning Goals
At the end of this course learners will have a generalist’s command

of the history of the Episcopal Church, including the Anglican Communion from the English Reformation to the present,
of the centrality of Baptism and Eucharist for Episcopalians in pursuing our mission,
of our commitment to the ancient orders of bishop, deacon and priest in supporting and leading us in our mission, and
of how we Anglicans organize ourselves as the church locally, regionally, globally and ecumenically.

Learners will develop fluency in the identity and vocabulary of the Episcopal Church, and so be better equipped both for further coursework and for their present ministries.

Books You Need

The Book of Common Prayer. New York: Church Publishing Incorporated, 1979. (Note: The BCP is also available on-line: https://www.bcponline.org/)
David Hein and Gardiner H. Shattuck, Jr. The Episcopalians. New York: Church Publishing, 2013.
Paul Avis. The Anglican Understanding of the Church. London: SPCK, 2013.

Websites We’ll Visit

The Episcopal Church: https://www.episcopalchurch.org/
The Anglican Communion: https://www.anglicancommunion.org/

Learners will be directed to many further websites during the course. However, advance acquaintance with these two websites and their many pages and links will be helpful.

OVERVIEW OF SESSIONS

Week 1: Our Name, Reformation, and Colonial History

The English Reformation
The Church of England in the Colonies
Race, Slavery, and Evangelism

Week 2: Revolution & Early America

Establishment of The Episcopal Church
Early Episcopal Worship
General Convention
Parish – Diocese – Province – Communion

Week 3: Growth, War, Change

Growth after the Revolution
The Civil War & Slavery
Anglo-Catholic Movement
Ecumenism
Baptism, Eucharist, Ministry
The Bible, Church Teaching
An Anglican Approach to Theology?

Week 4: 20th & 21st Century History and Trajectories

The 20th and 21st Century Church
Civil Rights Movement
Ordination of Women
Developments in the Anglican Communion
Mission in the US and Around the World
Agencies of the Church, Associations of Episcopalians, Monastic and Community Life, Publications

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Matthew holds a BA in Religion and Scandinavian Studies from Gustavus Adolphus College; the MDiv from Episcopal Divinity School in Cambridge, Mass.; and a PhD from the University of St. Michael’s College in the University of Toronto, with specializations in Anglican history, theology, and ecclesiology. For a decade he was a lecturer in Anglican theology in the Faculty of Divinity at Trinity College in the University of Toronto.

In addition to teaching in the Pathways for Baptismal Living program, Matthew is a core faculty member in the diaconal formation program in the Diocese of Massachusetts. His publications include book chapters on Richard Hooker and William Temple, histories of Episcopal Divinity School and Emanuel Church in Wakefield, Mass., and several reviews. Outside church and classroom Matthew enjoys watercolor painting, exploring Scandinavia, and speaking Swedish.

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4-week blended (synchronous and asynchronous) course
2-3 hours a week
independent study (reading, watching, listening, and/or writing)
online discussion (asynchronous)
live online sessions for group learning (synchronous via Zoom) with instructor and peers
final assignment

Zoom meetings will be on Saturdays at 7pm ET/ 6pm CT/ 5pm MT/ 4pm P

September 13
September 20
September 27
October 4

This is the fifth course of the Fundamentals of Faith Series; it can be taken by itself or as part of the six-course series.

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