John Gillespie

John Gillespie

Writer

John Gillespie, Ph.D. is a Professor of History, English, and Humanities at San Jacinto College in Houston. He is a contributing author to American Religious History: Belief and Society through Time, An Unexpected Journal, and Conceptions Review.

Let All Mobile Phones Keep Silence

Posted on January 7, 2023
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The Prayer Book has seen many revisions: in America alone, there are the 1789, 1892, 1928, 1979, and now 2019 editions. Some have suggested that the next step should be to phase out printed copies of the Prayer Book altogether and replace them with an all-digital format that worshippers can access on their smartphones. I…