1st Edition

Church and State in Britain Since 1820

Edited 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