Mission, Race, and Empire: The Episcopal Church in Global Context [Hardcover]

Mission, Race, and Empirepresents a new history of the Episcopal Church from its origins in the early British Empire up to the present, told through the lenses of empire and race. Jennifer Snow centers the stories of groups and individuals that have often been sidelined, including Native Americans, Black Americans, Asian Americans, women, and LGBTQ people, as well as the institutional leaders who sought to create, or fought against, a church that desired to be a house of prayer for all people.The history of the Episcopal Church is intimately bound up with the history of empire. The two grew in tandem in the modern era, and as they grew they developed particular ideologies and practices around race. As slavery was carried over into the new political formations of the United States, so too were racially based exclusions carried over in the Episcopal Church.Mission, Race, and Empirepresents a new history of the Episcopal Church from its origins in the early British Empire up to the present, told through the lenses of empire and race. The book demonstrates the dramatic shifts within the Episcopal Church, from initial colonial violence to reflective self-critique. Jennifer Snow centers the stories of groups and individuals that have often been sidelined, including Native Americans, Black Americans, Asian Americans, women, and LGBTQ people, as well as the institutional leaders who sought to create, or fought against, a church that desired to be a house of prayer for all people.IntroductionSection I OverviewChapter 1: Original EmpireChapter 2: Converting the ColonyChapter 3: A Conventional ReligionSection II OverviewChapter 4: The Great InnovationChapter 5: Slavery and Anti-SlaveryChapter 6: From Sea to Shining SeaChapter 7: Exile and EducationChapter 8: Emancipation and ExodusChapter 9: Westward the Course of EmpireSection III OverviewChapter 10: Mission to the WorldChapter 11: Turning InwardChapter 12: l³Ž