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William Gibson is Professor of Ecclesiastical History at Oxford Brookes UniversityGeordan Hammond is Senior Lecturer in Church History and Wesley Studies at Nazarene Theological College, Manchester

'Altogether, this is a volume wide in scope and rich in insights, well deserving of a place on the bookshelves of anyone interested in the theology, history, and trajectory of both the Anglican and Methodist traditions.'Mark Smith, Wesley and Methodist Studies'It is a fitting tribute to a much appreciated and long-standing contributor to the ecclesiastical history scene, and its editors are to be commended on its conception and birth.'Frances Knight, Proceedings of the Wesley Historical Society

• Introduction – William Gibson and Geordan Hammond Engines of Tyranny: The Court Sermons of James II – William GibsonEngraved Clerical Portraiture in England, c.1660-1850: An Introductory Survey – Richard SharpThomas Townson and High Church Continuities and Connections in Eighteenth-Century England – Nigel AstonGeorge Horne, the Hutchinsonian – Derya Gurses TarbuckRelational Reading and Imagined Religious Community in Catherine Livingston’s Evangelical Spirituality – Rachel CopeDisappearing Women: The Gendered Politics of Publication of Mary Fletcher’s Auto/Biography – Carol BlessingSeductive Splendour and Caricatured Simplicity: Catholicism and Nonconformity in Nineteenth-Century ‘Jewish Conversion’ Novels – Andrew CromeThe Spirituality of the Wesleyan Methodists of Brunswick Chapel, Leeds, in the Victorian Era – David BebbingtonDissolving the ‘Sacred Union’? The Disestablishment of the Church in Ireland – Stewart J. BrownContinuity and Development: Looking for Typological Treasure with William Jones of Nayland and E. B. Pusey – George WesthaverHenry Manning’s Journey to Roman Catholicism – Kenneth Parker‘Am I my brother’s keeper?’: Cardinal Manning and the Jewish People – James Pereiro