WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 15, 6:45–8:15 P.M., in person in Bloedel Hall and online via Zoom

WITH THE REV. ADAM CONLEY

The recent election of Sarah Mullaly as the first woman to serve as Archbishop of Canterbury is an historic event. What is the Archbishop of Canterbury all about? How did this clerical role gain such primacy? What does the recent election mean for the Episcopal Church, the Church of England, and the worldwide Anglican Communion? Fr. Adam will guide an exploration and discussion of the role, meaning, and impact of the Archbishop of Canterbury for Anglicans across the globe. He will offer stories of his personal experiences at an enthronement of a past archbishop and share perspectives on the current archbishop from different corners of the Worldwide Anglican Communion.

UPDATE: Download the slides from this presentation here.

The following references and resources were shared at the forum:

• An NPR interview about the appointment of Bishop Sarah Mullally as the next Archbishop of Canterbury
• An episode of the Holy Smoke podcast, "What can we expect from the first Female ABC?" (Oct. 3, 2025) [NB: Fr. Conley recommends this single episode, not this podcast as a whole.]
• This article from The Living Church, which outlines the diversity of responses to Sarah Mullaly’s appointment
• The Anglican Communion at a Crossroads (2018) by Christopher Craig Brittain and Andrew McKinnon
• Anglican Theology: Postcolonial Perspectives (2024) by Stephen Burns and James Tengatenga
• The Anglican Tradition from a Postcolonial Perspective (2023) by Kwok Pui-Lan
• Christianity and Social Order (1942) by William Temple (Archbishop of Canterbury,1942–1944)
• Love's Redeeming Work: The Anglican Quest for Holiness (2003), ed. Geoffrey Rowell, Kenneth Stevenson, and Rowan Williams
• Anglicanism: A Very Short Introduction (2006) by Mark Chapman
• The Book of Common Prayer [...] According the Use of The Episcopal Church (1979)