Samuel C. Shepherd Jr.

Noble Powell and the Episcopal Establishment in the Twentieth Century

History & Biography

“Hein skillfully provides regional, religious, and historical contexts for Powell's life and furnishes penetrating insights into the man and the entire Episcopal establishment of this era. [The author] resourcefully combines secondary scholarship, personal conversations and communications, and conventional primary documents to capture Powell's personality, career, and relationships…. Anyone with a serious interest in American religious history will find this compelling biography to be both informative and thought provoking.”