Synopses & Reviews
The story of the English churches, concentrating on the lives of church-goers and their clergy.
Review
"This book provides a much needed survey of English Christianity since the Reformation. ...Rosman has filled an important gap in providing a synthesis of the modern English church and done so in a way that is accessible for students." History"This fine narrative will be of use in classrooms and for interested individuals, and so should be in all academic libraries." Catholic Library World"[The book] is well-written and nicely paced. It is clearly the synthesis of a lifetime's reading and scholarship." H-Albion
About the Author
DOREEN ROSMAN taught in the School of History at the University of Kent, 1974 2001. Her publications include Evangelicals and Culture (1984, reprinted 1992) and From Catholic to Protestant: Religion and the People in Tudor England (1996).
Table of Contents
Preface; 1. Buildings, beliefs and community life; 2. From Catholic to Protestant; 3. Moulding the character of the church; 4. Conflict, coercion, and compromise; 5. Dissenters, Catholics, and Anglicans; 6. The eighteenth-century revival; 7. Diversity, competition, and strife; 8. The vigour of Victorian Christianity; 9. Churches, chapels and Protestant worship; 10. Perceptions of faith c. 1850 2000; 11. Church communities in the modern world; 12. Churches together and churches apart.