Louisiana State University LSU Digital Commons LSU Doctoral Dissertations Graduate School 2010 "Beat the drum ecclesiastic": Gilbert Sheldon and the settlement of Anglican orthodoxy Heather D. Thornton Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/gradschool_dissertations Part of the History Commons Recommended Citation Thornton, Heather D., ""Beat the drum ecclesiastic": Gilbert Sheldon and the settlement of Anglican orthodoxy" (2010). LSU Doctoral Dissertations. 4088. https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/gradschool_dissertations/4088 This Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by the Graduate School at LSU Digital Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in LSU Doctoral Dissertations by an authorized graduate school editor of LSU Digital Commons. For more information, please
[email protected]. “BEAT THE DRUM ECCLESIASTIC”: GILBERT SHELDON AND THE SETTLEMENT OF ANGLICAN ORTHODOXY A Dissertation Submitted to the Graduate Faculty of the Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in The Department of History By Heather D. Thornton B.A., Louisiana State University, 1999 M. Div., Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary, 2002 M.A., Louisiana State University, 2005 December 2010 For my parents. To my dad, who has no idea of what I actually do. To my mom, “yes, my paper is finished now.” ii Acknowledgements Writing a dissertation is never an easy task and I owe a great many thanks to a great many people. My advisor, Dr. Victor Stater, read everything at least twice and offered great criticism and advice when I wanted to give up entirely.