Beginning with the Episcopal Church's roots in sixteenth-century England, this comprehensive work traces its history from colonial Anglicanism in the New World, through the American Revolution and the Gilded Age to 2003. Includes 100 short biographies of notable Episcopalians.

David Hein teaches in the religion and philosophy department at Hood College, the author of Noble Powell and the Episcopal Establishment in the Twentieth Century, and co-author of Essays on Lincoln's Faith and Politics.