An important account of the causes, courses and consequences of the secularisation of modern English society.

The two centuries after 1800 witnessed a series of sweeping changes in the way in which Britain was governed, the duties of the state, and its role in the wider

This book traces the history of the "Church Crisis", a conflict between the Protestant and Anglo-Catholic (Ritualist) parties within the Church of England betwe

Recent debates about the definition of national identities in Britain, along with discussions on the secularisation of Western societies, have brought to light

Moving beyond the (now somewhat tired) debates about secularization as paradigm, theory, or master narrative, Periodizing Secularization focuses upon the empiri