The Episcopal Church in the United States, 1789-1931

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Part I : The background

Anglicanism in England, 1559-1789

The church of England in the thirteen colonies, 1607-1775

The church during revolution and reorganization, 1776-1789

Part II : The church from 1789 to 1835

The general convention of 1789 : constitution, canons, and prayer book

The church convalescent

New leaders

The church begins to teach

Missionary awakening

Part III : The church from 1836 to 1865

Missionary expansion

The Oxford movement and its American results

Types of leadership : William Augustus Muhlenberg and Alonzo Potter

The Muhlenberg Memorial

Slavery and the Civil War

Part IV : The church from 1866 to 1900

The increase and decline of party strife

The church and education

Missions : domestic and foreign

The new science and the liberals

Types of leadership : William Hobart Hare and Phillips Brooks

Approaches to church unity

"The social gospel"

Part V : The church from 1901 to 1931

Changes in organization

Events and movements of the time

"Christianizing the social order"

Progress in Christian education

The expanding church : at home and abroad

Types of leadership : William Lawrence and Charles Henry Brent

"Faith and order"