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Item "Celebrating Black Church Identity in Post-Pandemic Recovery: A Case Study of Historic Saint Luke's Episcopal Church New Orleans"(University of the South, 2024-12)This case study focuses on the post-pandemic recovery process from 2021-2024 at Historic Saint Luke's Episcopal Church in New Orleans, Lousiana. Its parish history is detailed beginning in 1855 through the multiple 21st century disasters that have affected the church. The navigation of the relationship with the diocese is included. St. Luke's unique historical connection with and devotion to the educator, evangelist, and juvenile justice advocate Blessed Frances Joseph Gaudet is highlighted. St. Luke's identity as a Black Episcopal church living into an extended season of Pentecost with its multiethnic, multiracial, multicultural congregation is explored. The sanctuary's physical depictions of the dignity of Black lives through Biblical sacred art are decribed in detail as an antidote to Black erasure. An action-reflection model of methodology engaging in trauma-informed pastoral care and leadership is offered. The church's current post-pandemic state is at a crossroads with potential for further recovery as well as continued financial obstacles. It is showing signs of congregational growth as an increase of individuals joining who are specifically looking for a vocally anti-racist church and an authentic experience of Jesus Christ that is not aligned with white supremacy and Christian Nationalism. St. Luke's model of distinctly celebrating it Black identity in liturgy, cultural celebrations, and newcomer integration support is post-pandemic and post-traumatic growth. Changes in the wider Episcopal Church, U.S. Census Data, and postcolonial Angelicanism, and their connections to Historic St.Luke's, are explored.Item The Sewanee Purple(University of the South, 2024-11-13)Item "Am I My Brother's Keeper?": Some Roots of the Nineteenth Century Battle Between Evangelical and High Church Episcopalians.(University of the South, 2024-12)The Episcopal Church began with a compromise between disparate parties; one that supported the traditional office of bishop and its power, and one that wanted something entirely new and republican. The compromise led to fifty years of détente. In the middle of the nineteenth century the détente broke down, leading to an internecine war between Evangelical Episcopalians and their High Church brethren. This thesis explores the root causes of that war by examining the rise of Evangelical influence in the United States, the breakdown of that influence, and the effect of that loss on Evangelicals. The social, political, and religious pressures exerted by the loss of influence caused American Evangelicals to launch an anti- Catholic crusade of pamphlets, literature, and political machinations. Evangelical Episcopalians launched a similar crusade, but focused it internally at High Church Episcopalians rather than Roman Catholics. The public nature of that battle defined the antebellum Episcopal Church and has influenced the relationship between high and low church Episcopalians into the present.Item The Sewanee Purple(University of the South, 2024-10-31)Item The Sewanee Purple(University of the South, 2024-10-09)
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