A Flight of Parsons

“This collective volume is a fine example of the virtues of particularism. The essays are tightly focused, well documented, and clearly presented. No big history is on display here, just admirably solid scholarship that is much to be admired.”


—D. H. Akenson, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario





“Thomas Power has assembled here an outstanding collection of essays which combine to reveal the crucial role played by Trinity College Dublin’s Divinity School in supplying clergy for the Anglican Church worldwide for nearly a century, not least to Canada, and they unravel the rich evangelical strands within that diaspora. Ireland’s sectarian hostilities were exported with them, but the contributors illuminate the sheer variety of émigré stories, each with a distinctive sense of mission.”


—David Dickson, Trinity College Dublin





“As this volume brings to light, Anglicanism has exercised an important influence on Irish religious culture, as well as on those cultures touched by the wider Irish diaspora of the nineteenth century. This stimulating and welcomed study will be of interest to a wide range of scholars, including those exploring the history of Anglicanism, Irish, Canadian, and Australian religion and culture, and the religious and cultural impact of immigration in the modern age.”


—Grayson Carter, Fuller Theological Seminary





“Thomas Power must be congratulated in bringing together these essays by a number of leading scholars in the fields of Irish and religious history . . . This book casts valuable light on hitherto neglected aspects of the history of the Irish diaspora and worldwide Anglicanism.” 


—Brian M. Walker, Queen's University, Belfast