ABSTRACT

First published in 1969, this book studies the years of decline in the Victorian Church between 1868 and 1882. It centres on the Archbishop Tait, who was paradoxically the most powerful Archbishop of Canterbury since the seventeenth century, and follows the policies he pursued, the high church opposition it provoked and the involvement of Parliament.

This book will be of interest to students of history and religion of the Victorian era.

chapter |17 pages

Introduction

From Strength

chapter Chapter One|20 pages

The Disestablishment of the Irish Church, 1868–1869

chapter Chapter Two|28 pages

Theological Paralysis

chapter Chapter Three|28 pages

No Longer England's Schoolmaster

chapter Chapter Four|17 pages

Reforming the Church under Gladstone, 1869–1872

chapter Chapter Five|24 pages

Ritualism and the Courts

chapter Chapter Six|23 pages

The Tenacity of the Establishment

chapter Chapter Seven|35 pages

The Public Worship Regulation Act, 1874

chapter Chapter Eight|25 pages

Reforming the Church Under Disraeli, 1875–1879

chapter Chapter Nine|24 pages

The Failure to Put Down Ritualism

chapter Chapter Ten|22 pages

Conciliating the Nonconformists

chapter Chapter Eleven|26 pages

Pushed Aside