Böcker av Kenneth Hylson-Smith

The Laity in Christian History and Today offers a fascinating account of the part played byordinary Christians in the life and witness of the churches. The important role of the laity hasoften been overlooked and their story has largely gone untold. Here, Kenneth Hylson-Smithconsiders the part played by the laity from the earliest communities in the New Testament tothe present.The book highlights lay people's achievements and explores the potential that exists forrevitalising the church if the laity are fully mobilized and, alongside clergy, are given fullopportunity for exercising their ministry.

The second of this three-volume history of the churches in England covers the period from the Glorious Revolution to 1833, the year which marks the beginning of the Oxford Movement. It stands as an independent work, but takes up the story from where the first volume finished, and leads on to the third, due to be published in 1998.Six themes help to give the book coherence and structure. The first is the way in which the English religious scene became increasingly complex with the emergence or consolidation of High Churchmanship, Evangelicalism and Liberalism within the Church of England; the transformation into Nonconformity; the emergence of new denominations such as Methodism, the Catholic Apostolic Church and the Brethren, and the transformation in the status and standing of Roman Catholicism. The second is the extent to which the churches were able to come to tams with unprecedented urbanization and industrialization. The third is the origin, development, character and effects of the Evangelical revival. The fourth is the extent to which theProtestants in England contributed to the growing sense of Britishness among the population. The fifth is the emergence of overseas missionary work. The sixth is the increasing importance of such rivals and enemies of orthodox Christianity assecularization, rationalism, radicalism, Unitarianism, Socinianism and atheism.

This is the second part of a three-volume history of Christianity in England from Roman times to the Reformation. It covers the period from the Norman Conquest to the death of John Wycliff.

Taking account of recent research and different historical perspectives, Kenneth Hylson-Smith traces the history of the churches in England from the reign of Elizabeth I to the present day.