Craig D. Townsend

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Books
Faith in Their Own Color: Black Episcopalians in Antebellum New York City
The first fifty years of the second black Episcopal congregation in the country, St. Philip's Church, and their struggle for acceptance by the white denomination.
African American Christianity in America
Forthcoming volume in the Columbia Contemporary American Religion Series
Shorter Works
Episcopalians and Race in New York City's Anti-Abolitionist Riots of 1834: The Case of Peter Williams and Benjamin Onderdonk
An award-winning study of an incident illuminating the interaction of race and religion in early-nineteenth-century New York City - from Faith in Their Own Color - published in Anglican and Episcopal History, vol. 72, December 2003.



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Bio

For those who want to know more: I have been an Episcopal priest for twenty-five years, serving in congregations in Michigan (briefly) and New York City. I am currently Vicar at St. James' Church in Manhattan, which means I'm the senior associate and have particular responsibility for education - I work with our children's and youth directors, and I oversee the adult education program.

I received my Ph.D. in the Study of Religion (History of Christianity) from Harvard University in 1998; my field is American Religious History. My dissertation (which has turned into Faith in Their Own Color) was entitled An Inexpedient Time: Race and Religion Among New York City Episcopalians, 1809-1853. I like the new title better.

I also graduated from Brown University in 1978 and the Episcopal Divinity School in 1982, and I live in Brooklyn with my family.



St. James' Church, New York City

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