The Institute of Anglican Studies
We serve the Anglican Communion and broader Christian church by providing education in the history, theology and worship of the Anglican tradition.
The worship and doctrine of Anglican Christianity are saturated with and anchored in Holy Scripture, grounded in the confession of the Holy Trinity as expressed in the ancient creeds and rooted in the theology of the Reformation.
A historically and globally expansive tradition, the “formularies” of the Reformation era—the Book of Common Prayer, the Thirty-Nine Articles of Religion, the Book of Homilies, and the Ordinal—give shape to a communion that prays, professes and proclaims what the prayerbook calls “the comfortable words.”
Join us each Wednesday from 7:15-8 a.m. during the academic year in Hodges Chapel for morning prayer.
Certificate of Anglican Studies
Educating Men and Women Engaged in Ministry or Preparing for Ordination
Offering courses in the history, theology and worship of the Anglican tradition, the certificate also includes regular morning and evening prayer, community lunches, ministry seminars and theology conferences. The certificate is awarded in conjunction with the Master of Divinity or to those already in possession of an MDiv earned from Beeson Divinity School, upon completion of the following requirements:
- Anglican History and Doctrine*
- Anglican Worship and Sacraments*
- Supervised Ministry Practicum in an Anglican Context
* For students pursuing the certificate in Anglican studies, Anglican History and Doctrine satisfies the required MDiv course, DVET 701 Doctrine and Ethics and Anglican Worship and Sacraments satisfies the required MDiv course, DVHD 606 Ecclesiology and Worship.
“I have learned to be unapologetically Anglican, with a pastoral focus and theological rigor, while also understanding other denominations on their terms and their beliefs and knowing where we can minister together, where we disagree, and how far our ecumenism can go."
— Josiah Trombley, MDiv ’24, Assistant Priest, Christ Our King Anglican Church, New Braunfels, Texas
“Beeson helped me become more confident in doing ministry in an Anglican context precisely because I didn't become an Anglican in isolation."“I was able to study Scripture, theology and church history alongside Christians from other traditions, and those relationships taught me to appreciate the Anglican tradition in a way I don't think I could have learned in an exclusively Anglican environment."
— Andrew Russell, MDiv ’19, Pastor of Youth and Christian Education, Saint Peter’s Anglican Church, Birmingham
“For me, Beeson helped me understand the foundations of Anglicanism in the context of other denominations and learn about how each one is different."“Beeson gave me the space to ask many questions about different denominations and brought me into contact with people of those denominations, to give me a more practical understanding of not only Anglicanism, but other denominations as well. Being able to learn these differences gave me an opportunity to better understand my own tradition and concrete my beliefs."
— Teal Cuellar, MDiv '22, teacher, The Altamont School, Birmingham
“As an Anglican priest in a beautiful small town in the South, I have gained countless benefits from attending Beeson. Our town is filled with different denominations. From Beeson, I learned how to find unity in Christ while understanding the differences within and beyond the Anglican Communion.“My theological studies at Beeson were robust and broad. I wasn't taught in an echo chamber of self-reinforcement. Instead, I was challenged constantly to engage my own convictions and the convictions of others. But Beeson is not a place of diversity for diversity's sake. It is a school of conviction and compassion, a place where difference makes a difference."
— Jason Varnadore, MDiv ’21, Rector, St. David’s Anglican Church, Cheraw, South Carolina
Contact the Institute
Jonathan Linebaugh
Anglican Chair of Divinity, Director of the Institute of Anglican Studies
Reformation Anglicanism Lecture
The Institute of Anglican Studies at Beeson Divinity School and the Wittenberg Center for Reformation Studies (Wittenberg, Germany) are pleased to present the Reformation Anglicanism Lecture each year in Beeson’s Hodges Chapel.
Each year, this event will include an evening lecture by an internationally recognized scholar exploring the relationship between the history, theology, worship and pastoral significance of the English Reformation and the broader tradition of Anglican Christianity. Past speakers include Ashley Null, Simeon Zahl and John Yates.