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Church and Society: Recent Trends in Nineteenth Century Religious History*

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Richard Allen Soloway
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Journal of British Studies , Volume 11 , Issue 2 , May 1972 , pp. 142 - 159
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A shorter version of this paper was presented at the spring meeting of the Conference on British Studies held at New York University, April 3, 1971.

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