"Peter Hinchliff...has here turned his pen to...the general problem of faith and history at the turn of the twentieth century....Hinchliff's study addresses a need and fills it in admirable fashion....One could hardly do better than rely on a guide as knowledgeable as Hinchliff, whose analysis is marked throughout by patience, sympathy, and an acutely critical eye."--The Journal of Religion

"A fine book."--Albion

"He illumines a fascinating trail that perceptively identifies many similarities and differences of ideas whose variety could all too easily overwhelm the non-specialist. He reveals his own interests while avoiding the danger of idiosyncracy...Serves the reader well by providing a helpful chronological table, and interesting list of suggestions for further reading, and an excellent index of names and topics."--Theological Studies

"A provocative volume that reinforces our understanding that problems of history were as acute for Christian theology in nineteenth-century Britain as any that Darwinism could and did pose. The strength of this volume lies in the cumulative testimony to the significance of these issues for the British Church and society, as well as in the careful delineation of the widely divergent individual views of the participants, despite their commonalities as to gender, social class, education, and, for the most part, affilitation with the religious establishment."--The Historian

"A provocative, insightful volume about how British theologians explored the 'Problems raised by new ways of understanding history and its relationship with faith' Hinchliff approaches the topic with a theologian's as well as a historian's eye."--American Historical Review