Academic Vocation in the Church and Academy Today

This book explores the vital common yet surprisingly often misunderstood and neglected vocation of people gifted to combine academic and priestly roles in church church-related and secular academic contexts. The works of those who unite priestly and academic functions into one vocation have been vital to the Church since its first-century foundations. The Church would have no practically informed theology or liturgy and arguably no New Testament if not for individuals who have been as gifted at researching writing and teaching as at conventional ministry skills like preaching and pastoral care. With a specific focus on Anglicanism as one useful lens prominent voices from around the Anglican Communion reflect here on their experiences and expertise in academic-priestly vocation. Including contributions from the UK USA and Australia this book makes a distinctive and timely offering to discussions that must surely continue.