This volume recovers the Victorian relationship between historical thought and religious debate to provide a new interpretation of intellectual life in nineteenth-century Britain. It argues that the rise of ideas of historical progress transformed religious culture, while theological controversy profoundly shaped how Victorians understood the past.

• 1: Religion and history in nineteenth-century Britain


• 2: The early church


• 3: Latin Christianity


• 4: Reformation Protestantism


• 5: Reason and religion in modern history


• 6: Conclusion


• Bibliography

Joshua Bennett read for undergraduate and graduate degrees in History at Christ Church, University of Oxford, from 2007 to 2015, where his Master's and doctoral work was supported by the Arts and Humanities Research Council. After holding a Scouloudi Fellowship at the Institute of Historical Research in London, and a lectureship at St John's College, Oxford, he became a Junior Research Fellow in History at Christ Church in 2016.