Electives

Anglican Spirituality: The Theology of Lancelot Andrewes

Spirituality/Elective

This class will focus on a selection of Andrewes’s sermons and lectures in an effort to discover what they reveal about the nature of Anglicanism past and present. Taught by Dr. Eric Parker. Runs 1/11-3/20/21. 

Description

This Spirituality/Elective course will be taught by Dr. Eric Parker. This course will run from January 11 through March 20. The syllabus is available here.

The writings of Lancelot Andrewes have been hailed by such disparate voices as William Laud, John Milton, and T.S. Eliot. Ordained in the 1580s, Andrewes was a contemporary of Richard Hooker, who would come to serve as court preacher to James I and one of the chief translators of the King James Version. Like the great defender of the Elizabethan Settlement, Andrewes has been called an “avant-garde” Conformist, whose anti-Puritan and high church theology inspired a “second Reformation” under Laud and the Caroline Divines. This class will focus on a selection of Andrewes’s sermons and lectures in an effort to discover what they reveal about the nature of Anglicanism past and present.

The Rev. Dr. Eric Parker (Ph.D. McGill) is the Rector of St. Paul’s Anglican Church in Lexington, VA. He is the co-author of Nicholas of Cusa and the Making of the Early Modern World as well as various academic and online articles. He and his wife have three lovely children.

Online only, runs 10 weeks, meeting 2 hrs./wk. via videoconference + online discussion board. Register to reserve your spot and schedule will be set after a poll of participating students; if the class time does not fit your schedule, you will be eligible for a full refund. Note: all classes are offered dependent on demand and require a minimum of four participating students. This is a graduate-level seminar. Although a Bachelor’s degree is not a necessary pre-requisite for this course, students should come prepared to do graduate-level work.