October 25, 2006
clerical haberdashery
It bodes well for the AngloBaptist when his friends arrive and speak of rabats and Canterbury caps...clerical haberdashery it is called. Be not afraid. I am curious now if I can get a Baptist appropriate Canterbury cap. Perhaps a Louisville cap that has nothing to do with Sluggers (pacifist, you know) or a Providence (Rhode Island being the ecclesial hideout of yore.) cap would be worthwhile. What do you think?
SWTS people sharing pizza and clerical foolery. Wondrous keen.
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Posted by tripp at October 25, 2006 06:19 PM
Probably the closest a Baptist can get to that is what some C19 churchmen actually did: wear a mortarboard! :)
Posted by: The young fogey at October 25, 2006 08:37 PMAnglobaptist,
I have not been able locate any historical precedent for baptist headwear. But I do think caps of historical Baptist institutions would be acceptable. I would lean towards institutions that emerged out of non-Great Awakening Movements but allow for the University of Chicago (because they hired Shailer Matthews). I recommend Brown, U of Rochester, Colby College, Temple, Colgate, Bucknell, etc.
I also feel that a straw hat with some kind of bandana wrapped around it would also be a suitable substitute.
Posted by: Theobilly at October 27, 2006 07:08 AM