Title: Lay activism and the high church movement of the late eighteenth century
Description: This is the first full-length study of William Stevens&#x92; life and thought. Historiographically revisionist and contextualised within a neglected history of lay High Church activism, Andrews presents Stevens as an influential High Church layman who brought to Anglicanism not only his piety and theological learning, but his wealth and business acumen. With extensive social links to numerous High Church figures in late Georgian Britain, Stevens&#x92; lay activism is shown to be central to the achievements and effectiveness of the wider High Church movement during the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.
Subjects: High Church movement, Biography, Church of England, Church history, Laity, History, Church of england, history, Church of england, biography, Great britain, church history, 18th century
Places: England
People: William Stevens (1732-1807)
Time periods: 18th century