Although useful to anyone studying religion in the Victorian era, this book is not wonderful. Its content is fairly sketchy on fact and full of bias. The book heads for the hardline approach, that is, Victorian organised religion was failing and continental religions were gaining popular support. It is basically split into three section, one for an examination of the established church, a second on nonconformity and a third on theological debate. It works well as a text along side another book in the series, (Sources, Religion in Victorian Britain). This is an in-depth book, if you have no knowledge of the period or of religious doctrine then I dont think you will find it much use. However if your keen, or writing an academic paper then its worth a look.