Manross Lecture and Banquet
Holiday Inn-Vanderbilt, Nashville, TN
Saturday, June 20, 2026, 5:30pm-9pm

Join us for a warm and engaging evening at the Manross Lecture, hosted by the Historical Society of the Episcopal Church. All are welcome! The night begins with fellowship—enjoy hors d’oeuvres and a cash bar as you connect with friends and colleagues—followed by a plated dinner. We are honored to welcome the Rev. Benjamin King, Ph.D., who will present the lecture. Come be part of an evening of community, conversation, and discovery as we explore a fascinating chapter in the history of the Episcopal Church. We look forward to welcoming you!

WHEN  |  Saturday, June 20, 2026

5:30pm Reception. Hors d’oeuvres and cash bar.

6:30pm Banquet. Plated dinner with your choice of:

• Caesar Salad (Romaine, Parmesan Crisp, and Toasted Croutons) or
  Mixed Garden Salad (Feta, Strawberries, Almonds, Raspberry Vinaigrette)
• Soy & Ginger Glazed Salmon (Jasmine Rice ,Sauteed Spinach) or
  Mustard Pork Loin (Mashed Sweet Potatoes, Charred Asparagus) or
  Grilled Marinated Vegetables, (Basil Pesto, Zucchini, Red Peppers, Mushrooms, and Asparagus)
• New York Style Cheesecake (Whipped Cream and Fresh Berries) or
  Triple Berry Tart

7:30pm Announcements & Manross Lecture

WHERE  |  Holiday Inn-Vanderbilt
2613 West End Ave, Nashville, TN 37203

COST  |   $100 per person Reservation deadline Monday, June 15.

“Now is the time for a Black Bishop”:
The surprising agreement between African Americans and English High Churchmen in the 1850s.

The Rev. Benjamin King, Ph.D., is Academic Dean and Duncalf-Villavoso Professor of Church History at the Seminary of the Southwest.

a distinguished scholar whose work brings fresh insight to Anglican history and theology. His research focuses on the Oxford Movement, the development of the Anglican Communion, and the Episcopal Church’s historic entanglement with slavery. He offers core courses in Church History alongside specialized electives in Anglican theology and history.

Dr. King is the award-winning author of Newman and the Alexandrian Fathers, recipient of a Templeton Award for Theological Promise, and The Oxford Movement and the People of God: Enslavement, Education, and Empire, a groundbreaking study of theology in its social and imperial contexts. He has published widely, lecturing internationally on Anglican themes. His expertise is recognized through contributions to the Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church and service on the editorial board of Anglican and Episcopal History.

An Episcopal priest since 2000, Dr. King has served both in parish and campus ministry, bringing pastoral experience to his scholarly work. A past board member of the Historical Society of the Episcopal Church and recipient of its 2022 Nelson R. Burr Prize, he holds degrees from the University of Cambridge (BA, MA), Harvard Divinity School (ThM), and Durham University (PhD).

The Manross Lecture will be recorded and be made available to the public.

The Manross Lecture, named for Historian and the Society's chief benefactor William Wilson Manross (1905-1987), was inaugurated in 2006 and is typically presented during the year of the Episcopal Church's General Convention.

Manross was librarian of the Church Historical Society from 1948 until 1956. He was professor of church history and librarian at the Philadelphia Divinity School from 1958 until his retirement in 1973. His two major books are A History of the American Episcopal Church (1935), and The Episcopal Church in the United States, 1800-1840: A Study in Church Life (1938). Read more about him from an article in Anglican and Episcopal History below.

• 2023 The Rev. Dr. Sheryl Kujawa-Holbrook, PhD, EdD, Editor of the Historical Society’s peer-reviewed journal Anglican and Episcopal History, she is an Episcopal priest in the Diocese of Los Angeles. She is Professor of Practical Theology and Christian History at Claremont School of Theology and Professor of Anglican Studies emerita, Bloy House, the Episcopal School of Theology at Los Angeles as well as a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. "A New Era in Engaged Anglican & Episcopal History: Memory, Legacy & Embodied Practice."
   Video    |    PDF
• 2018 Dr. Peter W. Williams, Distinguished Professor Emeritus Comparative Religion and American Studies, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, "Religion, Art, and Money: Episcopalians and American Culture from the Civil War to the Great Depression"
• 2015  Dr. Philip L. Barlow, Leonard J. Arlington Professor of Mormon  History & Culture at Utah State University, "White Lies That Tell the Truth of the
   Landscape: Mapping the Episcopal Church and The Impact of 'Place' On Religion.
• 2012 The Rev. Dr. Gardiner H. Shattuck, Jr.,  “This Great Day of Suffering"
• 2009 The Rev. Canon Dr. Jane Shaw, Dean of Divinity and Fellow of New College, Oxford and Dr. Daniel Joslyn-Siemiatkoski, Assistant Professor of Church History at the Church Divinity School of the Pacific , "Anglican History in the 21st Century: Remembering All the Baptized",
• 2006 The Rev. Dr. Frederick Quinn, "'Oh Brave New World that has such people in it!' Anglicanism's Global Future"