Middle way or muddled mess?

Rebecca Chapman  |  Reviews
Date posted:  3 May 2026
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Middle way or muddled mess?

GOOD FAITH
By
Angela Tilby
Hodder and Stoughton. 368 pages. £25
ISBN 978 1 399 801 638

If you’re despairing of the Church of England, especially in recent years, and want to understand more of the history and theology behind its current tribal mess, this might be the book for you.

This tour de force takes the reader from the beginnings of the English Church right through to the present day. We see the evolution from Bede, via Anselm, church architecture, through the Elizabethan settlement right up to Welby. If you ever wondered how any of the complex historical context of the Church of England fits together, this will hugely help get the jigsaw pieces together in the right place.

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