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Wolffe has produced a wider-ranging and more obviously analytical account than any comparable British study. His range of reference is impressive ... The issues raised by this book are clearly important. English Historical Review Wolffe concludes that historical analysis needs to give due weight to the impact of the exceptional as well as to that of the routine in collective human experience. This book makes the point effectively. Journal of Ecclesiastical History Wolffe has provided a richly-textured set of case studies to which all students of this period will turn with profit. Journal of Ecclesiastical History Historians, sociologists and theologians, as well as those more particularly concerned with the study of death, may all read this book with both profit and enjoyment. Mortality This book illuminates the Victorian and Edwardian religious and social scene from an unusual perspective ... impressive ... is an eye-opener to the rich Christian heritage of our nation. John Pollock, Church of England Newspaper Fascinating ... Civil religion does not have many defenders nowadays. This very interesting study reminds us that it has an important role in sustaining and nurturing that metaphysical imagination without which we are now so impoverished. Church Times Nevertheless, with this quiet but original and highly readable book, he [Wolffe] has pulled off a remarkable feat: he has written a specialised historical study full of information and ideas of interest to the general reader, and he has cast new light on one of the most mysterious public dramas of the recent past. Anne Chisholm, Sunday Telegraph Wolffe's style is agreeably dry, sometimes quietly humourous and wonderfully free of academic jargon. Anne Chisholm, Sunday Telegraph

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