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A very good guide to the fierce factionalism within the established Church. The book is a model of clarity and balanced judgment [and] is impeccably researched. * CERCLES *
Clear and insightful. Stevens succeeds in explaining an important but largely misunderstood piece of legislation and its ramifications. * CONGREGATIONAL HISTORY SOCIETY MAGAZINE *
This is a highly engaging and significant contribution to the history of England's 'long Reformation,' and should be of great interest to scholars of religion, politics, and the parish in seventeenth and eighteenth-century England. * JOURNAL OF CHURCH AND STATE *
This is an excellent book and will become essential reading for all future scholars of religious toleration. * REVIEWS IN HISTORY *
A particularly valuable aspect of the book is its illustration of the pastoral, as well as the political, anxieties of the post-1689 Church of England. * PARLIAMENTARY HISTORY *
By examining the Church of England's reaction to the Toleration Act, Stevens adds significantly to our understanding of the act and its impact on religion and politics in the three decades after 1689. . . . [His] original approach and very well-researched book yields important new insights which historians will want to consider. * H-NET *
Should be read by all those interested in the history of the English church in this period, and provides a useful backdrop against which to view local evidence of Anglican hostility (or otherwise) to `schismatics'. * FACHRS NEWSLETTER *
Recommended. * CHOICE *
Ralph Stevens's deeply researched Protestant Pluralism is a tour de force of deft analysis and lively exposition. It surpasses all previous accounts of the major subjects it touches, illuminating several formative episodes in the development of the post-1689 Church of England. If every work of history were written like this, a reviewer's task would be much easier. -- Scott Sowerby * Journal of British Studies *
[A] fascinating and valuable study -- ANGLICAN AND EPISCOPAL HISTORY
Book Information
ISBN 9781783273294
Author Ralph Stevens
Format Hardback
Page Count 220
Imprint The Boydell Press
Publisher Boydell & Brewer Ltd