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Sects and seekers

A history of English Christianity
by
January–February 2025, no. 472

The English Soul: Faith of a nation by Peter Ackroyd

Reaktion Books, $39.99 hb, 384 pp

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Sects and seekers

A history of English Christianity
by
January–February 2025, no. 472

The English Soul is a history of Christianity in England from the Venerable Bede to the present, a period of roughly 1,400 years. Its enthralling journey leads us from the medieval mystics, including Julian of Norwich, through the torments of the English Reformation and the exhilarating spread of revivalist and evangelical movements in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, to the charismatic Christian movements of more recent times. If the narrative that emerges is principally that of the Established Church and the creation of its High and Low tendencies, it is also one that encounters a shocking array of sects and seekers, doubters and dissenters, ranters and ravers, along the way.

The English Soul: Faith of a nation

The English Soul: Faith of a nation

by Peter Ackroyd

Reaktion Books, $39.99 hb, 384 pp

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ABR receives a commission on items purchased through this link. All ABR reviews are fully independent.

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