Includes bibliographical references and index

Contents:

pt. 1 The church in history: The thousand years-- Moments in crisis-- Henry VIII-- The search for uniformity and unity-- The civil war-- The restoration-- The age of reason and revolution-- An economic revolution-- Reason's unreason-- Methodism-- The evangelical revival-- The Oxford movement-- The 'warring atoms'-- The ongoing evolutionary Rumpus-- Parish and people-- The birth of the modern church

pt. 2 The church today: What the church is legally-- The nature of the establishment-- How the church is governed-- The episcopacy-- The parish-- Class and elite

pt. 3 The church in trouble: The proper use of men and resources-- Cities and decay-- 'The vision which rises before us'-- The Malaise of the ministry

pt. 4 Future world and future church: The several futures-- The human future of the future world-- The overpowered future-- The change in consciousness-- The violent society-- The conflict of evidence-- Renewal-- Community and the small group-- New pastoral forms-- New shapes for old institutions

pt. 5 The lost charisma: Lord or Saviour-- The gale of the Spirit-- 'Take the gentle path'