This book highlights the Church’s significant cultural, social, and political presence across the Anglophone Caribbean.
Individual authors collectively provide a series of readings of historical and contemporary issues negotiated by the Anglican Church in the Caribbean that capture the complex, integral role the church played in shaping the individual identities of the islands while seeking also to be a pan-national voice for a shared set of global values and aspirations expressed regionally.
The volume offers religious and secular readers an opportunity to better understand the role and history of the Anglican Church in the region. It acknowledges historical failures, challenges the notion that the church is ""colonial,"" and highlights the continuing importance of the Church to individual lives and regional aspirations. Combining examination of the church’s complicated relationship with history and a variety of personal engagements with Anglicanism in the Caribbean, The Anglican Church in the Anglophone Caribbean demonstrates the continuing significance of the Anglican Church in the development and contemporary life of the region.
Introduction: The Anglican Church in the Anglophone Caribbean: Historical and Cultural Contexts by Chris Fauske Chapter 1: The Anglican Church in the Caribbean: Still a Potted Plant? Carlton Turner Chapter 2: Transatlantic Evangelization? The Afterlife of William Marshall Harte’s Lectures on the Gospel of St. Matthew John T. Gilmore Chapter 3: “To Love Ourselves as We Ought” Henry Kennelly Chapter 4: Architecture and Spirituality in the Anglican Church in Barbados Henry S. Fraser Chapter 5: An Introduction to Frank Hassell’s A Brief Outline of History and Data on the Work of the Anglican Church in Saba, 1777–1977 Chris Fauske Chapter 6: From Congregation to Clergy: Tracing the Contributions of Women in the Anglican Diocese of Trinidad and Tobago, 1910–2023 Janelle Duke Chapter 7: An Anglican Childhood in Trinidad Sharifa Balfour Chapter 8: Anglican Education in Grenada: St. George’s Anglican School Jude V. Nixon Chapter 9: Engaging in a Theology of God, Slaves, and Sacraments: A Study of Anglicanism in the Caribbean John Holder Appendix A: A Brief Outline of History and Data on the Work of the Anglican Church in Saba, 1777–1977 by Frank Hassell Index About the Contributors
Chris Fauske is Professor Emeritus at Salem State University, USA.
Reviews for The Anglican Church in the Anglophone Caribbean: Historical and Cultural Perspectives
The Anglican Church has clearly played a crucial role in the religious and political history of the Caribbean. This pathbreaking and much-needed work brings together a range of scholars, clerical and lay, and disciplines to shed new light on the Church’s contribution. Strongly recommended. * Alan Ford, Emeritus Professor of Theology, University of Nottingham *
