Steve Pankey

Beyond Walls

History & Biography

“The history of Bexley Seabury, like that of all Episcopal Seminaries—and indeed the Episcopal Church—is fraught with white supremacy, heteronormativity, and gender inequality. As one-time Dean of Bexley Hall, and longtime faculty member at Bexley Seabury, Tom Ferguson is in a unique position to tell that story across the 200-year history of Bexley Seabury and its predecessor institutions with authenticity and grace. Ferguson offers a fascinating and sometimes brutally honest telling of the ways in which the ever-present changes in the church, higher education, and the United States of America have made Bexley Seabury the important player in seminary education that it is today.”