Beyond Walls
A Bicentennial History of Bexley Hall Seabury-Western Seminary Federation
Thomas Ferguson(Author)
Wipf & Stock Publishers
Published on 24. September 2025
Book
Paperback/Softback
128 pages
979-8-3852-4085-2 (ISBN)
Description
The story of theological education is central to the story of the Episcopal Church and a key element to the history and development of Christianity in the United States. This book charts the history of Bexley Seabury Seminary and its predecessor bodies, Bexley Hall and Seabury-Western Theological Seminary. This history reflects the significant changes that have impacted the Episcopal Church, in part examining how theological education and formation has been complicit in structures of systemic racism, marginalization, and oppression. Yet this is also story of innovation and development in response to sweeping changes that have impacted North American Christianity. Beyond Walls tells the history of Bexley Seabury Seminary on the occasion of its bicentennial, yet in doing so holds up a mirror that reflects many elements of the Episcopal Church and mainline Protestant Christianity over the past two centuries.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
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Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 7 mm
Weight
172 gr
ISBN-13
979-8-3852-4085-2 (9798385240852)
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Beyond Walls
A Bicentennial History of Bexley Hall Seabury-Western Seminary Federation
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Persons
Thomas Ferguson is the Associate Professor of Church History at Bexley Seabury Seminary. He is the author of The Episcopal Story: Birth and Rebirth (2015) and The Past Is Prologue: The Revolution of Nicene Historiography (2005).