1st Edition

Church and State in Britain Since 1820

By David Nicholls Copyright 1967
262 Pages
by Routledge

First published in 1967, Church and State in Britain Since 1820 is a selection of documents on the problems of church-state relations in Britain since the time of Coleridge. There is a full introduction in which the editor discusses a few of the problems raised by the pluralist solution of a ‘free church in a free state’. He shows, for example, how the American pattern of a state studiously... Read more

Introduction 1. The idea of a Christian commonwealth 2. The call for separation 3. The Christian commonwealth vindicated 4. The pluralist position Appendix 1 Some papal encyclicals Appendix 2 Crime and Sin

Biography

David Nicholls

Review of the first publication:

“Nicholls’ entire volume can be heartily recommended for his scholarly handling of a subject which is of both practical and transcendent importance.”

Georgiana McEntee, City University of New York