A Church in Crisis: Anthony Trollope’s ‘Clergymen of the Church of England’

Last month the Erewash Press published Clergymen of the Church of England, Anthony Trollope’s collection of “clerical sketches”.  In it Trollope depicts the recognisable “types” to be met in the Anglican church of his time, and in doing so depicts a church in the throes of dramatic change.  I find it an absolutely fascinating book, which both paints the Victorian church in vivid colours, and offers odd echoes to our own situation.  I wrote an introduction to our edition, and a set of annotati...