Churches and Social Issues in Tentieth-Century Britain [Hardcover]

During this century the Christian Churches of Britain have lost support and influence to the extent that their future is considered by some observers to be problematic. They have also been confronted with an unprecedented concentration of social changes, some of which have challenged central religious traditions and teachings. This multi-denominational study is the first to investigate these changes (public and private) across virtually the entire Christian spectrum.

The Churches and Social Issues in Twentieth-Century Britainmay serve as an introductory...text which provides an overview of the moral issues the British churches have faced in the twentieth century. It is written in accessible but adequately scholarly language, and is straightforward in its style and organization. --Journal of Church and State

Machin has done much to map out a territory and to provide a perspective that spans both the century and the wide variety of British church life.This is a welcome, accessible, and scholarly exploratory study of a field that merits further detailed research. --The Catholic Historical Review

Making good use of the religious press as well as of the Lambeth Palace Library, [Machin] offers an accurate, detailed guide to the views and frequent defeats of the defenders of an ecclesiastically-based social ethic...A very useful study. --Albion