Sentence:  In representing part of this new picture , I will be recounting some of my own personal experiences , reactions and judgments ; but my primary aim is to transcribe what Englishmen themselves are saying and writing and implying about the Roman and Anglican Churches and about the present religious <WSD>state</WSD> of England . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  the way something is with respect to its main attributes