ABSTRACT
The conclusion brings together the themes of the previous chapters and explores Davidson’s successes and failures as Archbishop. Davidson’s pragmatism seemed to some of his critics to reflect a lack of definite theological principle. Such a charge was unfair. The Archbishop managed for quarter of a century to hold together the fissiparous strands that made up the Church of England. He was also adept at maintaining its social and political influence during a period of rapid change. Although a less gifted theologian than other prominent Anglicans such as Charles Gore and William Temple, Davidson was an effective ecclesiastical administrator who had a clear sense of the place of the Church of England in national life.
