Anglican and Episcopal History offers scholars and history buffs 20 book reviews, 2 exhibit reviews, and 2 church reviews in its autumn issue. The September issue commemorates the 70^th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark ruling in Brown v. the Board of Education (1954) ordering the desegregation of U.S. public schools.

Church Reviews Church reviews provide readers a glimpse of divine services throughout the Anglican Communion, especially within the Episcopal Church. This issue features profiles of the All Saints’ Sunday service at Christ Episcopal Church in Charlevoix, Michigan, part of the Episcopal Diocese of Western Michigan, and a Christmas Eve service 10 years after schism at St. David’s Episcopal Church in Peters Township, Pennsylvania, part of the Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh.

Exhibit Reviews

• “Black Atlantic: Power, People, Resistance” at The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge University, England (September 8, 2023 to January 7, 2024)
• “Women and the Church of England: 200 Years of Women’s Ministry and Agency” at Lambeth Palace Library, London (April 9 to August 29, 2024)

Book ReviewsAs always, readers enjoy a treasure trove of book reviews related to church history and Anglican scholarship. The September issue includes 20 book reviews, among them are:

• The Anglican Tradition from a Postcolonial Perspective by Kwok Pui-Lan | Reviewed by Don H. Compier of the Bishop Kemper School for Ministry in Kansas
• Mission, Race, and Empire: The Episcopal Church in Global Context by Jennifer C. Snow | Reviewed by Bishop Ian T. Douglas of Vineyard Haven, Massachusetts
• The Many Faces of Slavery: New Perspectives on Slave Ownership and Experiences in the Americas edited by Lawrence Aje and Catherine Armstrong | Reviewed by Kyle Welty of Northern Arizona University
• Women in World Christianity: Building and Sustaining a Global Movement by Gina A. Zurlo | Reviewed by Nancy Saultz Radloff of Interlaken, New York
• A Church Militant: Anglicans and the Armed Forces from Queen Victoria to the Vietnam War by Michael Snape | Reviewed by Lawrence G. Duggan of the University of Delaware
• Ministry in the Anglican Traditions from Henry VIII to 1900 by John L. Kater | Reviewed by J. Barrington Bates of Harbor Springs, Michigan
• Bisschop’s Bench: Contours of Arminian Conformity in the Church of England, c. 1674-1742 by Samuel D. Fornecker | Reviewed by Benjamin M. Guyer of the University of Tennessee at Martin
• Te Hāhi Mihinare: The Māori Anglican Church by Hirini Kaa | Reviewed by Sheryl A. Kujawa-Holbrook, editor-in-chief of Anglican and Episcopal History

Anglican and Episcopal History is published quarterly in March, June, September, and December. Full text articles are available through JSTOR.org and for members of the Historical Society of the Episcopal Church at hsec.us/AEH.