For most people in England today, the church is simply the empty building at the end of the road, visited for the first time, if at all, when dead. It offers it

The book retraces the history of the Church of England from the Henrician schism (1533–34) to the present day, and focuses on the complex relations between th

A comprehensive history of the Christianity in Great Britain from the Roman Empire, through the Reformation and the 20th century. This authoritative account of

The unexpectedly entertaining story of how the Church of England lost its place at the centre of English public life - now updated with new material by the auth