Gladstone: God and Politics (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781847252036)

This important new single-volume study ofﾂ W. E. Gladstone offers a readily accessible account of one of the most important and consequential political careers in modern British and Irish history. It is a story of how a statesman of almost superhuman energy and forcefulness of character strove to realise God's purposes, as he saw them, in the twisting and slippery paths of public service. Striving to realise God's purposes is the theme at the centre of this reading of Gladstone's life and career.ﾂ For too long his intense religious faith has been exiled to the margins of the story, denied crucial explanatory power.ﾂ Richard Shannon puts this right.

Author: Richard Shannon
ISBN-10: 1847252036
ISBN-13: 9781847252036
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Language: English
Published: 10/15/2008
Pages: 576
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.90lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.10w x 1.70d

Review Citation(s):
Reference and Research Bk News 02/01/2009 pg. 44