Historians are invited to submit chapter proposals, including a brief abstract and author biography, for Volumes 2 and 3 of a 5-volume History of Anglicanism in the Americas. 

Particularly needed are: early evangelicalism, TEC church parties, "mission and frontier colonialism, development of the Episcopal Church in regions — New England, South, West (or dioceses therein). Other innovative and hybrid topics are also welcome!

Articles should be professional quality and written accessibly. 

Volume 2: Movement, Contestation, Hybridity & Synthesis

This volume covers the development of Anglicanism in the Americas and the Episcopal Church from the latter colonial period in what became the United States, through the revolutionary period, and into the first generations of the Early Republic (through 1835). Because this era was marked by significant ecclesial, theological, colonial, and racial contestation and controversy, we are particularly seeking chapter proposals that both offer fresh considerations of key shaping issues and demonstrate a historiographical awareness of decolonial approaches. Proposals may address locations in the North American / Caribbean sphere, and possible topics may include (but are not limited to) slavery and the Church, high/low church tensions, competing visions of seminary education, developments in the Black Church, women’s roles in forming the Episcopal Church, the Iroquois in Canada post-revolution, indigenous cross-border Anglicanism, or the influence of Bishops William Meade, John Henry Hobart, William White, Philander Chase, or others.

Submit your proposal/abstract to Jolyon Pruszinski, jolyon.pruszinski@gmail.com, and copy the Series Editor at historiographerTEC@gmail.com.

The due date for chapters will be in Early 2028

Volume 3: Missional Colonialism, Missional Resilience

This volume focuses on the bulk of the nineteenth century (post-1835) through World War I, and examines the ways in which Episcopalianism and Anglicanism, as it developed in the nineteenth-century North American context, shaped and was shaped by structures of migration; cultural changes regarding gender, sexuality, and marriage; racial and religious diversity; and colonial expansion. We seek papers on any aspect of this interaction, from support for and complicity in internal and external racism and colonialism to tools for creative response, dynamic resistance, indigenous leadership, strategic allyship, and reframing across cultural and national boundaries. We are especially interested in work that bridges liturgical and spiritual practice with historical events and movements. Paper proposals can be rooted in any context in North, South, Central America or the Caribbean, including cross-border and indigenous contexts, and also may include North American missional expansions beyond geographic boundaries of North America (such as missional or territorial expansion or migration from/to the Pacific, Asia, Africa, South America, etc.).

Please submit a brief description of your planned article to Jennifer Snow, at jennifercsnowphd@gmail.com and copy at HistoriographerTEC@gmail.com

The due date for chapters will be in Early 2029

Project Inquiries

Any inquiries about the project can be made to HistoriographerTEC@gmail.com. 

The project is lead by the Rev. Sheryl A. Kujawa-Holbrook, EdD, PhD, Editor-in-Chief of Anglican and Episcopal History and Historiographer of The Episcopal Church.