Robert Prichard (theologian)
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Robert W. Prichard first taught at Virginia Theological Seminary
as an adjunct faculty member in 1980, joining the faculty full-time in 1983. He is currently the Arthur Lee Kinsolving Professor of Christianity in America and Instructor in Liturgy at VTS.
He obtained his Ph.D.
in church history at Emory University
in Atlanta, where he focused on theological discourse in the 19th Century Episcopal Church. He previously earned an M.Div. at Berkeley Divinity School at Yale
and an A.B. in Spanish at Princeton University
.
Before joining the faculty at VTS, Prichard served as a parish clergyman in three positions in Virginia. Among his responsibilities during these years of parish ministry were initiating what became the first Spanish-speaking Episcopal congregation in Virginia (San José, Arlington) and serving as the vicar of an historically African-African congregation (St. Mary’s, Berryville).
Additionally, he is first vice president of the Historical Society of the Episcopal Church and a clerical deputy to General Convention (2006, 2009) from the Diocese or Virginia. He served from 2000 to 2007 as a member of the Anglican-Roman Catholic Consultation in the U.S.A. (ARCUSA) and has lectured widely to Anglican educational and clerical groups in Latin America. He is the first Vice President of the Historical Society of the Episcopal Church.
Prichard is married with two adult sons.
University of Toronto
The University of Toronto is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, situated on the grounds that surround Queen's Park. It was founded by royal charter in 1827 as King's College, the first institution of higher learning in Upper Canada...
, see Robert Prichard (lawyer)
Robert W. Prichard first taught at Virginia Theological Seminary
Virginia Theological Seminary
Virginia Theological Seminary , formally called the Protestant Episcopal Theological Seminary in Virginia, is the largest accredited Episcopal seminary in the United States. Founded in 1818, VTS is situated on an campus in Alexandria, Virginia, just a few miles from downtown Washington, DC. VTS...
as an adjunct faculty member in 1980, joining the faculty full-time in 1983. He is currently the Arthur Lee Kinsolving Professor of Christianity in America and Instructor in Liturgy at VTS.
He obtained his Ph.D.
Ph.D.
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in church history at Emory University
Emory University
Emory University is a private research university in metropolitan Atlanta, located in the Druid Hills section of unincorporated DeKalb County, Georgia, United States. The university was founded as Emory College in 1836 in Oxford, Georgia by a small group of Methodists and was named in honor of...
in Atlanta, where he focused on theological discourse in the 19th Century Episcopal Church. He previously earned an M.Div. at Berkeley Divinity School at Yale
Berkeley Divinity School
Berkeley Divinity School, founded in 1854, is an official seminary of the Episcopal Church, based in New Haven, Connecticut. The seminary was originally founded as a middle-way between the Anglo-Catholic leaning General Theological Seminary in New York, and the Evangelical-leaning Virginia...
and an A.B. in Spanish at Princeton University
Princeton University
Princeton University is a private research university located in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. The school is one of the eight universities of the Ivy League, and is one of the nine Colonial Colleges founded before the American Revolution....
.
Before joining the faculty at VTS, Prichard served as a parish clergyman in three positions in Virginia. Among his responsibilities during these years of parish ministry were initiating what became the first Spanish-speaking Episcopal congregation in Virginia (San José, Arlington) and serving as the vicar of an historically African-African congregation (St. Mary’s, Berryville).
Additionally, he is first vice president of the Historical Society of the Episcopal Church and a clerical deputy to General Convention (2006, 2009) from the Diocese or Virginia. He served from 2000 to 2007 as a member of the Anglican-Roman Catholic Consultation in the U.S.A. (ARCUSA) and has lectured widely to Anglican educational and clerical groups in Latin America. He is the first Vice President of the Historical Society of the Episcopal Church.
Prichard is married with two adult sons.
Books
- Editor of John Page Williams, A History of Church Schools in the Diocese of Virginia(Harrisburg: printed by Morehouse for Church Schools in the Diocese of Virginia, 1999).
- A History of the Episcopal Church, second edition (Harrisburg:Morehouse, 1999; first edition 1991).
- The Nature of Salvation: Theological Consensus in the Episcopal Church, 1801-1873 (Champaign, Illinois: University of Illinois Press, 1997).
- Editor for A Wholesome Example: Sexual Morality and the Episcopal Church (Lexington: Bristol Books, 1993).
- The Bat and the Bishop (Wilton, Conn.: Morehouse, 1989).
- Readings from the History of the Episcopal Church (Wilton, Conn.: Morehouse-Barlow, 1986).
- Editor for Odell Greenleaf Harris, It Can be Done: The Autobiography of a Black Priest of the Protestant Episcopal Church Who Started under the Bottom and Moved up to the Top (Alexandria, Virginia: Protestant Episcopal Theological Seminary in Virginia, 1985).