{"product_id":"on-the-constitution-of-the-samuel-taylor-coleridge-9798896604068","title":"On the Constitution of the Church and State: According to the Idea of Each.","description":"\u003cp\u003eColeridge's forgotten work, On the Constitution of the Church and State, acquaints the reader immediately with the basic principles of government and the important facts of history relative to the English Constitution.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe work was occasioned in 1829 by the Act admitting Roman Catholics to sit in both houses of Parliament. The concern of Coleridge in his later years centered on the National Church of England as the best means of remedying existing social ills and preventing future ones, for which \"neither tract societies nor conventicles, nor Lancasterian schools, nor mechanics' institutions, nor lecture bazars under the absurd name of universities, nor all these collectively, can be a substitute.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe established Church, being, according to the idea, the best security of the nation's permanence and progression, is an essential part of a good constitution.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eImportantly, Coleridge contrasts the National Church as an institution with the Christian Church on the one hand, the spiritual body of Christ, and the Church of the Antichrist on the other, \"neither national nor universal.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eColeridge has been one of the most insightful commentators of our times and his little work on the Constitution of the Church and State will give the reader the perspective and suggestion he needs to understand our own system and needs for reform.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Samuel Taylor Coleridge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798896604068\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e J. M. Page Booksellers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/31\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.00h x 5.00w x 0.48d","brand":"Samuel Taylor Coleridge","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49097603809535,"sku":"9798896604068","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/on-the-constitution-of-the-samuel-taylor-coleridge-9798896604068","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}