"[C]learly presented and well documented...[A]n important research monograph which certainly deserves a place in every theological library and on the personal bookshelves of all those with an interest in nineteenth-century ecclesiastical history."--Nigel Yates, Journal of Ecclesiastical History

"[A] meticulously crafted monograph...We are indebted to him for his retrieval of a more comprehensive historical record."--John Marsden, The Heythrop Journal

"There are some scholars of the history of religion who transform their subject. Like Eamon Duffy in The Stripping of the Altars, and Boyd Hilton in The Age of Atonement...they change the landscape that they illuminate...This power to revolutionise existing attitudes is a characteristic of Dr Skinner's erudite study of the social and political doctrine of the Oxford Movement...A rare precision of thought and clarity of language make this book a pleasure to read. It will be indispensable to anyone interested in 19th-century British and religious history."--Sheridan Gilley, Church Times

"Thoroughly researched, well argued, and engaging...Historians of Victorian Anglicanism, church history, publishing, and working-class radicalism must read it."--Denis Paz Reviews in Religion and Theology

"A fine monograph...[A]nyone interested in the history of Tractarianism who wants to access the latest thinking will be richly rewarded by reading it."--Nigel Aston, New Directions