Jane Shaw, Dean of Divinity, New College, Oxford University
"Fred Quinn’s elegantly written and meticulously researched book brings the history of the Episcopal Diocese of Utah alive."
Frederica Harris Thompsett, professor of church history, Episcopal Divinity School, Cambridge, Massachusetts
"Frederick Quinn has diligently foraged images of women in mission and produced nuanced assessments of lay and clerical leaders..."
John Sillito coeditor of A World We Thought We Knew: Readings in Utah History
"The author pulls no punches, simply letting the chips fall where they may."
Book Description
As this critical, independent history, which ends with the ordination of one of the first women bishops in the nation, shows, Utah Episcopalians have had, despite small numbers, a remarkably eventful and significant history, which included complex relations with Mormons and Native Americans, early experience of women and homosexuals in the ministry, and a fascinating set of bishops. Among the latter were Daniel Tuttle, a leading figure in Episcopal history; Christian socialist and Social Gospel proponent Frank Spencer Spalding; and Paul Jones, forced to resign because of his pacifism during WWI.
About the Author
Frederick Quinn is an Episcopal priest, historian, former diplomat, former chaplain at Washington National Cathedral, and prolific author. His previous books include Democracy at Dawn: Notes from Poland and Points East (a Times Literary Supplement International Book of the Year), To Be a Pilgrim: The Anglican Ethos in History, and African Saints, Martyrs, and Holy People (a Black Catholic Congress Book of the Month). He holds a doctorate in history from the University of California, Los Angeles.
Building the Goodly Fellowship of Faith: A History of the Episcopal Church in Utah, 1867-1996 FROM THE PUBLISHER
"Building the "Goodly Fellowship of Faith" begins in 1867 with the stagecoach arrival of the church's first missionary bishop and ends with the election of one of America's first women bishops, a native of Utah, as its head." Based on extensive local and national archival research and nearly forty oral interviews, and with a fine eye for analysis and detail, this is a critical, professional study prepared independently by Dr. Frederick Quinn, not an official, sponsored church history. Addressing important issues in the cultural history of the West, it describes the evolving interaction of Episcopalians and Latter-day Saints, the tragedy of church policy toward Native Americans, the church in the Great Depression, the colorful ministry of H. Baxter Liebler (1943-1982) among the Navajo, and such modern issues as the growing acceptance of women and homosexuals in church and ministry.
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