John Everitt Booty

Background

Booty, John Everitt was born on May 2, 1925 in Detroit, Michigan, United States. Son of George Thomas and Alma (Gamauf) Booty.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Wayne State University, 1952; Bachelor of Divinity, Virginia Theological Seminary, 1953; Doctor of Divinity, Virginia Theological Seminary, 1994; Doctor of Divinity, University of the South, 1997; Master of Arts, Princeton University, 1957; Doctor of Philosophy, Princeton University, 1960.

Career

Curate, Christ Episcopal Church, Dearborn, Michigan, 1953-1955; assistant professor church history, Virginia Theological Seminary, 1958-1964; associate professor, Virginia Theological Seminary, 1964-1967; professor church history, Episcopal Theological School, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1967-1982; acting director, Institute Theological Research, 1974-1976; dean School Theology, University of South, Sewanee, Tennessee, 1982-1985; professor Anglican studies, University of South, Sewanee, Tennessee, 1984-1990; professor emeritus, University of South, Sewanee, Tennessee, since 1990; historiographer Episcopalian Church, University of South, Sewanee, Tennessee, since 1988. Visiting professor, research Yale Division School, 1985-1986. Distinguished visiting professor Episcopal Divinity School, 1990-1991, professor emeritus, since 1991.

Visiting professor Anglican studies General Theological Seminary, 1992. Trotter visiting professor Virginia Theological Seminary, 1993, 98.

Achievements

• John Everitt Booty has been listed as a noteworthy theology studies educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • What Makes Us Episcopalians?

    (A series of brief essays, ideal for study groups, that ex...)

  • The Godly Kingdom of Tudor England: Great Books of the English Reformation

    (Study emphasizes the importance of printing during the 15...)

  • The Servant Church: Diaconal Ministry and the Episcopal Church

    (Book by Booty, John E.)

  • Mission and Ministry: A History of the Virginia Theological Seminary

    (Book by Booty, John E.)

  • The Episcopal Church in Crisis

    (Book by Booty, John)

  • The Christ We Know

    (Book by Booty, John)

  • Yearning to be free;: Verses and homilies for meditation of the Christian life,
  • The Episcopal Church in Crisis by John Booty (1988-03-03)
  • John Jewel as Apologist of the Church of England (Church Historical Society)
  • The Spirit of Anglicanism
  • Three Anglican divines on prayer: Jewel, Andrewes, and Hooker : lectures given for the Society of St. John the Evangelist, Cambridge, Mass., Nov. 1977
  • What Makes Us Episcopalians? by John E. Booty (1982-08-01)
  • What Makes Us Episcopalians? by Booty, John E. (August 1, 1982) Paperback large type edition
  • Three Anglican Divines On Prayer Jewel, Andrewes, And Hooker

Membership

Chairman National Youth Commission, P.F. Church, 1948-1950. Chairman of the Board St. Luke's Journal Theology, 1987-1991, Sewanee Theological Review, since 1991. Member Society for Promoting Christian Knowlege (vice chairman 1984-1987).

Connections

Married Catherine Louise Smith, June 10, 1950. Children: Carol Holland, Geoffrey Rollen, Peter Thomas, Catherine Jane.

Father:

George Thomas Booty

Mother:

Alma (Gamauf) Booty

Spouse:

Catherine Louise Smith

child:

Geoffrey Rollen Booty

child:

Carol Holland Booty

child:

Peter Thomas Booty

child:

Catherine Jane Booty