Beeson Divinity School Institute of Anglican Studies

The Institute of Anglican Studies

The Institute of Anglican Studies serves the Anglican Communion and broader Christian church by providing education in the history, theology and worship of the Anglican tradition.

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. 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

In addition to these requirements, Anglican students are expected to regularly attend weekly morning and evening prayer, monthly Anglican lunches, the annual Reformation Anglicanism Lecture and other seminars and social gatherings.

* 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.

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Contact the Institute

Jonathan Linebaugh

Anglican Chair of Divinity, Director of the Institute of Anglican Studies

jlinebau@samford.edu

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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.

The 2026 lecture will be held Monday, Feb. 23, from 5-6 p.m. in Hodges Chapel, with a reception to following from 6-7 p.m. in the Beeson Commons. The 2026 lecturer is the Rt. Rev. Dr. Ashley Null, who serves as the Bishop of North Africa. Dr. Null will lecture on the significance of St. Augustine for the English Reformation and the Anglican Christian tradition.

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 Simeon Zahl and John Yates.

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Anglican Lunch with Jon Parker

October 21, 12 p.m. – 1 p.m.

S-111

Join fellow Anglican students for a lunch with Jon Parker, priest of Christ the Servant Anglican Church in Rome, Georgia.

Anglican Lunch

November 18, 12 p.m. – 1 p.m.

S-101

Join fellow Anglican students for lunch!

Reformation Anglicanism Lecture 2026

February 23, 5 p.m. – 7 p.m.

Hodges Chapel, Beeson Commons

Join the Rt. Rev. Dr. Ashley Null for the 2026 Reformation Anglicanism Lecture. This year's lecture will be in Hodges Chapel and will include both a lecture and a reception to follow. Dr. Null is the Bishop of North Africa and he will be lecturing on the significance of St. Augustine for the English Reformation and the Anglican Christian tradition.

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