In Episode 17 of Canterbury Trails, Jared and C. Jay discuss an important upcoming conference sponsored by Jared’s church: Building Generational Wealth: Preparing Heirs for the Unexpected Journey. But this is no mere promo video: join us as our hosts engage in a fascinating conversation about the conference topic and related matters: vocation, the Medieval view of wealth, intergenerational living, and how such a way of life can be a catalyst of cultural continuity in a world of cultural liquidation.

What Christians need today is an older understanding of the economy that transcends the transactional; and a definition of wealth that moves beyond mere money. True Wealth includes the family itself. Modern individualism has lost this understanding. But there is a strong English tradition that approaches wealth and the community in this forgotten way. This way is fundamentally Burkean: a social contract between the living, the dead, and those yet unborn.

Christians in America today, Evangelicals specifically, struggle to think except in terms of individualism. But shared memories and shared experiences are a type of generational wealth. Skills, even of an artistic nature, are wealth that can be passed on to children. And so much more.

Don’t miss this conversation! And remember that we're just scratching the surface of what will be covered in the plenary sessions and workshops of the upcoming Generational Wealth conference. This is the fifth conference sponsored by Grace Anglican Church: previous conferences have covered Anti-Fragility; Tolkien, Beauty, and Natural Law; The Medieval Mind; and The Modern World (the Real Dark Age). This Generational Wealth conference is perhaps the most practical one yet. Make plans now to joins us in Scranton, PA, October 9–11, 2025. For more information, visit the website at https://thegenerationalwealthconference.com. And note that there is an early bird discount if you register before the end of August.

Image of Anglo-Saxon map by Hel-hama - Own work using:InkscapeSource: England and Wales at the time of the Treaty of Chippenham (AD 878). From the Atlas of European History, Earle W Dowe (d. 1946), G Bell and Sons, London, 1910 (see: File:England-878ad.jpg), CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=19885072

You’ve heard the Puritan narrative of the history of America—the Pilgrims, the Mayflower Compact, the Great Awakening, all leading up to Independence and the Revolution. But are you ready for the Anglican version of the story?

In the early days of America, few outside New England would have even heard of the Mayflower Compact. But Anglicanism was not merely a regional denomination: it extended across all the colonies and provided a kind of common culture.

Building on Jared Lovell’s recent lecture at the Christianity and the Founding conference, Jared and C. Jay discuss the significant but somewhat forgotten role of Anglicans in the founding of the American nation.

George Washington was an Anglican. So was John Jay, our first Supreme Court Chief Justice. There were Anglicans among both Loyalists and Patriots.

But even more important for us to understand, here on the brink of our 250th national birthday, is the role of Anglicans in the conservative or rightwing side of our founding.

The Revolutionary War and its aftermath involved a compromise between conservative and liberal factions. Those two legacies, those two arguments for the Revolution, have persisted in American politics down to the present. You might be surprised to learn that much of the rhetoric and imagery that is so dear to us was inherited from the left wing of the Revolution.

But what if our War of Independence was not all about individual freedom-maxxing, but rather a secession movement of 13 separate communities that had rights as communities: to establish their own church, their own legal system, their own social hierarchies?

We live in a time of political and moral chaos. But maybe there are insights from the English traditionalists, including the Anglicans, that we as right wingers can lean on as we seek to counter the trajectory of the left.

One of the most fascinating and relevant episodes of Canterbury Trails, don’t miss C. Jay and Jared on the Anglican story of the American founding!

Watch Jared's lecture on "The Anglicans & the Founding of America": https://youtu.be/AALJJMQDZ8s?si=oFoT1uffIL8B6jMm

Image of Anglo-Saxon map by Hel-hama - Own work using:InkscapeSource: England and Wales at the time of the Treaty of Chippenham (AD 878). From the Atlas of European History, Earle W Dowe (d. 1946), G Bell and Sons, London, 1910 (see: File:England-878ad.jpg), CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=19885072

What defines American Protestantism? Recording this episode of Canterbury Trails the week after the American Independence Day, Jared Lovell and C. Jay Engel reflect on this question, and delve into the impact especially of language on the theology of our Anglo-American faith.

Perhaps the two most popular books in early American history were the King James Bible and the Works of William Shakespeare, both of which had a tremendous influence on our English language.

But did you know that about 85% of the King James New Testament came straight from William Tyndale’s earlier translation?

Shakespeare’s influence is undeniable, but before Shakespeare, William Tyndale was coining words and phrases we still use today.

The focus of today’s episode, therefore, will be on William Tyndale, and the influence he had on the English language, and on our theology today as American Protestant Christians. This is a fascinating discussion of an important historical figure that one biographer described as “The Man Who Gave God an English Voice.”

The average American evangelical Christian may know of Tyndale as the man who was burned at the stake for translating the Bible into English. It might be said that “Evangelical Pop Culture Tyndale” is all about democratizing the Bible so we can all read it and believe whatever we want.

But that is far from the truth, as you will learn in today’s episode. While Tyndale may be a hero of the faith for today’s Christians, his political opinions would not sit well with the average American evangelical.

Beyond Tyndale’s specific influence, you’ll discover how language itself shapes our understanding of God and His Word. And you’ll come to appreciate the (perhaps surprising) fact that the English language itself has helped to bring you to the theological inclinations you have.

Don’t miss this one!