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The University Press is a non-profit making organisation. The price set covers publication costs only and does not generate income for the University or the author.

Books
The following books are currently available via the University Press:

Joseph-René Vilatte (1854-1929): Some Aspects of his Life, Work and Succession
John Kersey

This work attempts to provide a compact and accessible scholarly re-evaluation of the life and work of Joseph-René Vilatte (Mar Timotheos), a towering figure in the Free Catholic movement. It attempts to provide a general biographical study of Vilatte, and then to discuss some particular aspects of his succession, including the posthumous attacks on him. It offers answers to the reader who is perhaps curious as to why an intelligent and well-intentioned clergyman whose work brought comfort and hope to several hundred folk at the least has been so extensively vilified by those he once worked alongside.

Available in softcover. 354 pages including illustrations and tables. To purchase a copy, please visit the University Press page here.

Arnold Harris Mathew and the Old Catholic Movement in England 1908-52
John Kersey

A revised and condensed reprint of the author's "A History of the Old Catholic Movement in England", this book gives a detailed account of the life of Arnold Harris Mathew, first Old Catholic bishop in England, and outlines his successors in the form of the Old Roman Catholic Church of Great Britain and the Liberal Catholic Church.

Available in softcover. 256 pages including a supplement of illustrations. To purchase a copy, please visit the University Press page here.

A History of the Old Catholic Movement in England (2 volumes)
John Kersey


The University Outside State Control
John Kersey

Despite historic ties, universities have generally enjoyed relative freedom from state control until the coming of the post-war era. In this collection of writings, Professor John Kersey, who is President of European-American University and an established consultant with over 1,000 expert opinions on international credentials submitted for use before the US government, looks both at the mechanisms by which this freedom has been eroded and considers the theory and practice of the independent private sector university today. This unique book, the first to examine its subject in significant depth, is written accessibly to introduce the reader to a range of complex issues necessary for the understanding of the relationship between universities and the state. It makes a powerful case both for university freedom and for allied individual freedom in tertiary education through the use of distance and non-traditional educational methodologies.

This book collects together many of the writings that have appeared online at EAU's Alcott Center for Educational Research together with other papers on education by Professor Kersey. Available in hardcover only. 310 pages.

To purchase a copy, please visit the University Press page here.

Two Works by Archbishop Bernard Mary Williams, Second Archbishop of The Old Roman Catholic Church in Great Britain: A Summary of the History, Faith, Discipline, and Aims of The Old Roman Catholic Church in Great Britain (1924); A Pastoral Letter for Advent, 1920
New edition edited and with a preface by John Kersey

Archbishop Bernard Mary Williams was the successor to Archbishop Arnold Harris Mathew in the Old Roman Catholic Church in Great Britain and established the strongly traditionalist and conservative pattern still followed by that church's successors. These works speak of his conception of the ORCCGB as a Uniate Rite conforming to the Roman Catholic Church in most respects, but differing in the admission of a married priesthood and a vernacular liturgy.

Unavailable for many years, this edition has a Preface by John Kersey and is available as a free-to-download e-book as well as in hardcover. 47 pages.

The Apostolic Succession in the Liberal Rite
John Kersey

This book, by a former Presiding Bishop of The Liberal Rite is one of the most complete surveys of the Apostolic Succession in the independent sacramental movement ever published, tracing its origins from the Apostles themselves and including significant lines through twentieth-century European and American bishops down to the Presiding Bishops of The Liberal Rite. Extensively illustrated, it is available in hardcover only. 276 pages.

This title is now out of print.

The Science of the Sacraments
Charles Webster Leadbeater
New edition edited and with a preface by John Kersey

This book, first published in 1920 is of crucial importance in understanding the origins and spiritual significance of the Eucharist and other sacraments within the Liberal Catholic rite. +C.W. Leadbeater explains the esoteric significance of each moment during the liturgy with side-by-side comparisons with the Roman (Tridentine) Rite and many pictures and diagrams. This new edition, complete and unabridged with a preface and updated notes by John Kersey, is available as a free-to-download online e-book as well as in hardcover. 495 pages including all original illustrations and tables.

To download or purchase a copy, please visit the University Press page here.

A History of the Central School of Religion
John Kersey

The Central School of Religion, founded in 1896, is the oldest still-extant theological college operating via correspondence and non-traditional learning. A pioneer in distance education, and entirely non-campus based throughout its history, since its inception it has awarded degrees to the doctoral level in several fields. This book traces the School's sometimes controversial history and present status. A concluding section addresses CSR's distinctive scheme of academic dress in a historical context. 75 pages, hardcover only.

To purchase a copy, please visit the University Press page here.

An Outline of Theosophy
Charles Webster Leadbeater
New edition edited and with a preface by John Kersey

This short and accessible book, first published in 1902, is a key introduction to Theosophy from one of its most significant advocates. +C.W. Leadbeater was a master of the spiritual arts and of what we would now refer to as an interfaith and synthetic outlook on faith. With +J.I. Wedgwood he created the Liberal Catholic movement that continues today. This new edition by John Kersey is available both as a free online e-book and in a printed hardcover edition for $10. 59pp.

To download or purchase a copy, please visit the University Press page here.

Books by Dr. Dan L. Edmunds, Ed.D.
The following book and e-book titles by EAU faculty member the Revd. Dr. Dan L. Edmunds are available via his Lulu portal: http://stores.lulu.com/voice4kids


Articles
The University Press makes available print copies (unbound) of most articles that are available online on this website. The price of each article is $5 plus shipping. Please contact us if you require this service.

Libertarian Alliance articles
Print copies of articles published by the Libertarian Alliance may be obtained by contacting the Alliance via its website www.libertarian.co.uk

Music

Romantic Discoveries Recordings
Romantic Discoveries Recordings operates as a research center in association with EAU. Since its inception, RDR has researched unknown piano music of the nineteenth-century and brought it to the public by means of a series of première CD recordings that now encompass over one hundred works. Its research resources include major reference libraries, musical archives, antiquarian dealers and fellow collectors. RDR has been featured in the press in Europe and the U.S. In 2006, RDR issued the first ever recording of several unfinished piano sonatas by Beethoven in performances prepared from facsimiles of his manuscripts, and other releases have included the piano music of Kirchner, von Sahr, Rosenfeld, Huber, Alkan and Jensen. The pianist on the recordings and director of the project is Professor John Kersey, who is President of EAU.

Visit RDR here.

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