Here are a few pieces I'm reading in preparation for my pilgrimage: I can easily recommend these books for greater erudition in the field of British religiosity. True Anglophiles, especially those interested in sacred space, will love these, I promise.

Stephenson, Colin. Walsingham Way. Norwich, England: Canterbury Press, 2008.

Harling, Philip. The Modern British State: An Historical Introduction. Cambridge, England: Polity Press, 2001.



Powell, Geoffrey. The Vision Glorious: Themes and Personalities of the Catholic Revival in Anglicanism. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1983.



White, James F. The Cambridge Movement: The Ecclesiologists And The Gothic Revival. Eugene, OR: Wipf & Stock, 1962.

Downes, Kerry. The Architecture of Wren. New York: Universe Books, 1982.

Jenkyns, Richard. Westminster Abbey. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 2005.


Ker, Ian. Newman the Theologian: A Reader. Notre Dame, Indiana: University of Notre Dame Press, 1990.



Wright, J. Robert. "Anglicanism, Ecclesia Anglicana, and Anglican: An Essay on Terminology." In The Study of Anglicanism, Stephen Sykes John Booty, and Jonathan Knight, Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 1988.

Cuming, G.J. A History of Anglican Liturgy. New York: Palgrave, 1982.

Yates, Nigel. Buildings, Faith, And Worship: The Liturgical Arrangement of Anglican Churches 1600-1900. New York: Oxford Press, 2000.