The Rev. Dr. Paul Friesen
Adjunct Professor of Anglican Studies
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B.A. (University of Toronto)
M.Div. (Tyndale Seminary)
Th.M. (Harvard University)
Ph.D. (University of St. Michael’s College, Toronto)
Other appointments
Rector, St Paul’s Anglican Church, Halifax, NS
Research interests
- Patristic Theology
- Anglican History and Theology
- Sacramental Theology
- History of Liturgy
Courses taught
Anglican Theology: Roots and Branches; Sacramental Action: The Anglican Narrative; History of Christianity; Ancient Civilizations; Medieval Europe; Modern Europe; Varieties of Evangelical Protestantism
Current projects
- Sacramental Religion: A Prophecy (book project)
Representative publications
- Contributor, Faith Seeking Understanding: Medical Assistance in Dying; Reflections by Canadian Anglicans. ed, J, Eileen Scully (ACC, 2023)
- Review: Gregory the Great: Ascetic, Pastor, and First Man of Rome by George E. Demacopoulos. Anglican and Episcopal History (June 2021)
- Review: Worship in the Early Church: An Anthology of Sources. ed, Lawrence J. Johnson. Anglican and Episcopal History (September 2017)
- ‘Luther’s Liturgical Collects’, ‘Luther's Exhortations to Liturgical Worship’, and ‘Luther's Sacramental Liturgies’, Encyclopedia of Martin Luther and the Reformation, ed. Mark A. Lamport. (Rowman & Littlefield, 2017)Contributor, Reformation Worlds: Antecedents and Legacies in the Anglican Tradition. Ed. Thomas P. Power and Sean Otto (Peter Lang, 2016)
- Contributor, ‘This Holy Estate’: The Report of the Commission on the Marriage Canon in the Anglican Church of Canada (ACC, 2015)
- Review: A New History of Christianity by Charles Freeman. Anglican and Episcopal History (March 2015)
- Contributor, Guide for the Christian Perplexed. Ed. Thomas Power. (Pickwick, 2012)
- Contributor, Seeds Scattered and Sown: Studies in the History of Canadian Anglicanism. Ed. Norman Knowles. (Anglican Book Centre, 2008)
- Contributor, The True and Living Word: Sermons from the Community of Wycliffe College. Ed. Chris Barrigar and Grant LeMarquand. (Anglican Book Centre, 1998)
- Review: A Companion to Anglican Eucharistic Theology by Brian Douglas. Anglican Theological Review (Winter 2014)
- Review: National Religion and the Prayer Book Controversy, 1927-1928 by John Maiden. Church History (June 2011)
- Review: Augustine of Hippo: A Life by Henry Chadwick. Anglican and Episcopal History (September 2010)
- Review: John Henry Newman by Avery Dulles and John Henry Newman: The Challenge to Evangelical Religion by Frank Turner. The Dalhousie Review (September 2006)
- ‘Evangelism, Eucharist, and the Catholic Tradition.’ Liturgy Canada (All Saints 2003)
- ‘A Modest Essay in Aid of Understanding Rowan Williams.’ The Anglican Catholic (Autumn 2002)
- ‘Canadian Christianity: Retrospect and Prospect.’ Envision: Insight for Church Leaders in Canadian Society (Spring 2000)
- ‘The Christian Socialists of 1848.’ The Friend: The Red Tory Review (Trinity 2000)
- “ ‘Give me that old-time Religion’: The Postmodernist Plot of the Theologians?” CSCH Presidential Address 1998. Historical Papers 1998: Canadian Society of History.
- Review: The Red Dean: The Life and Riddle of Dr. Hewlett Johnson, Dean of Canterbury 1931 to 1963 by Robert Hughes. Journal of the Canadian Church Historical Society (April 1990)
- Review: The Age of Reform 1250-1550: An Intellectual and Religious History of Late Medieval and Reformation Europe by Steven Ozment. The Mennonite Quarterly Review (October 1986)
Previous positions
- Associate Fellow, University of King’s College, Halifax
- Chaplain and Priest-in-Charge of the Chapel, University of King’s College, Halifax
- Associate Priest, Church of St. Mary Magdalene, Toronto
- Sessional Lecturer, Wilfrid Laurier University, Barrie Campus
- Assistant Professor of History, Tyndale College, Toronto
- Probation and Parole Officer, Ministry of Correctional Services, Ontario