Trevor Beeson

In this lively and entertaining volume, Trevor Beeson describes many of the greatest and most engaging Canons in the history of the Church of England. With a wealth of amusing detail and anecdote, as well as a skilful marshalling of the essential...

Pen-portraits of people who have made a significant contribution to reform and renewal over the past century. Includes painters, politicians, writers, musicians and social reformers as well as famous theological and ecclesiastical figures.

Throughout English history bishops have had a prominent role in both Church and State. In this lively and entertaining volume, Trevor Beeson describes many of the greatest and most engaging among them. With a wealth of amusing detail and anecdote,...

Provides unique insights into the day-to-day workings of Westminster Abbey, St Margaret's Westminster and the House of Commons. Reveals a priest deeply committed to reform and renewal in church and society living at the heart of the...

A superbly entertaining overview of the Church of England over the last fifty years

Presents an overview of the Church of England. Beginning with the great Victorian modernisers who stamped their taste on music as much as church buildings, this title takes us on a musical tour that takes in: the impact of the Wesleys, the...

The Deans traces the course of the dramatic change in the fortunes of the English cathedrals, over the last 200 years, but does so by engaging with the lives of 30 of the most interesting and significant Deans who were in office during that period....

Trevor Beeson reflects on the long-term consequences of a momentous change in the church's life which should result in the release all its members from the restrictions of a still largely male-orientated faith community.

Priests and Politics offers the general reader an account of how the Church of England responded to the most important social and political issues of the twentieth century.