Power, Thomas | Professor Emeritus, Church History

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thomas.power@wycliffe.utoronto.ca

Thomas Power

Professor Emeritus, Church History

PhD (Trinity College, Dublin), Certificate in Distance Education (U Wisconsin-Madison)

BA (Trinity College, Dublin), MLS (University of Toronto)

Biography

Now in retirement, Tom continues to write and teach (including a course on the Reformation, and adult education events at his church). He is a board member of the Canadian Church Historical Society. Tom lives in Dundas, ON, with his wife, Marlene.

Areas of Expertise

Continental Reformation
Reformation in Britain and Ireland
History of Evangelical Anglicanism, 1730-1830
Rise of Millennialism in Britain and Ireland, 1790-1850
Christianity in Ireland
History of Theological Education

Select Publications

A Guide for Writing a Parish History (Anglican Church of Canada) (2023)
Protestants, Catholics, and University Education: Trinity College Dublin in the Age of Revolution (2023)
The Apocalypse in Ireland: Prophecy and Politics in the 1820s (2022).
Trauma and Survival In The Contemporary Church: Historical And Missional Responses In The Anglican Tradition (co-ed.) (2021)
Faith, Famine, and Faction: Religious Conflict in an Irish Mining Community, 1847-1858 (2020).
A Flight of Parsons: The Divinity Diaspora of Trinity College Dublin (ed.) (2018).
Confronting the Idols of Our Age (ed.) (2017).
Reformation Worlds: Antecedents and Legacies in the Anglican Tradition (co-ed.) (2016).
Change and Transformation: Essays in Anglican History (ed.) (2013).
Guide For the Christian Perplexed (ed.) (2012).
Converts and Conversion in Ireland, 1650-1850 (co-ed.) (2005).
General Editor: Wycliffe Studies in Gospel, Church and Culture (Wipf and Stock)
General Editor: Wycliffe Studies in History, Church and Society (Wipf and Stock)