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| − | '''James DeKoven''' (September 19, 1831 – March 22, 1879) was a priest, an educator and a leader of the [[Anglo-Catholic]] movement in the [[Episcopal Church in the United States of America|Episcopal Church]]. |
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| − | DeKoven was born in [[Middletown, Connecticut]]. Educated at [[Columbia College of Columbia University|Columbia College]] and [[General Theological Seminary]], he was ordained [[deacon]] in 1854 and [[priest]] in 1855. He taught at [[Nashotah House]] beginning in 1854 and at [[Racine College]] beginning in 1859. |
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| − | At the [[General Convention of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America|General Conventions]] of 1871 and 1874, DeKoven defended the use of [[candle]]s, [[incense]] and such liturgical gestures as bowing and kneeling. In 1874 he was nominated to be Bishop of [[Wisconsin]] but not elected and, in 1875, he was elected Bishop of [[Illinois]] but, because his "[[ritualist]]" stance was controversial, he did not receive the required consents from other [[dioceses]] and never became a [[bishop]]. |
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| − | DeKoven is buried on the grounds of [[Racine College]], now the DeKoven Foundation, in [[Racine, Wisconsin]].<ref>[http://elvis.rowan.edu/~kilroy/JEK/03/22.html James Kiefer's Christian Biographies]</ref><ref>[http://anglicanhistory.org/bios/dekoven/ ''Life of the Reverend James de Koven, D.D./ Thomas C. Reeves, James De Koven, Anglican Saint (1978.)]</ref> |
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| − | ==External links== |
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| − | *[http://anglicanhistory.org/dekoven/index.html Material by and about James DeKoven] from [[Project Canterbury]] |
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| − | *[http://www.solitariesofdekoven.org/ Solitaries of DeKoven, a religious order of hermits] |
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| − | *[http://www.dekovencenter.pair.com/ The DeKoven Center, retreat and conference center] |
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Ajahn Jayasaro gives a Dhamma talk.