Religion in England, 1688-1791

Oxford History of the Christian Church

by E. Gordon Rupp

...an important work which no student of 18th-century religion can ignore.' English History Review .

Genres: History

596 pages, Hardcover

First published March 19, 1986

About the author

Ernest Gordon Rupp was a Methodist preacher, historian and Luther scholar. He studied history at King's College London, theology at Cambridge's Wesley House, and in Strasbourg and Basel. In 1956, he was appointed professor of Church History at the University of Manchester. He lectured there until 1967, when he returned to Wesley House in Cambridge as its Principal. At the same time (1968–1977) he served as Dixie Professor of Ecclesiastical History at the University of Cambridge. 1969, he served as the president of the British Methodist church.