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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)