Peter Webster

Dr Peter Webster joined the Fulcrum leadership team in 2018. He is an historian of contemporary British Christianity, with particular interests in evangelicalism, the Church of England and its relationship with the state and the law, ecumenism, and the religious arts. His study of Michael Ramsey, archbishop of Canterbury, appeared in 2015; his most recent book, on Walter Hussey, Anglican patron of the arts, was published by Palgrave Macmillan in 2017. He is also owner of Webster Research and Consulting Ltd, helping libraries, archives and universities make better digital services for research. He is a member of Chichester Baptist Church.

Michael Ramsey and the Lambeth Conference

July 6, 2022 by Peter Webster

Last year I reviewed a very useful collection of essays on the Lambeth Conference, the ten-yearly gathering of the bishops of the worldwide Anglican Communion. (The next meeting is to take place this summer in London and Canterbury). In that review, I wrote: There is much more room left for detailed historical work on past conferences – … Continue Reading

Pioneers of Modern Spirituality: a review

November 16, 2018November 16, 2018 by Peter Webster

What can we learn from the church’s past? Peter Webster reviews Jane Shaw’s book introducing readers to the spirituality of four Anglicans of the early twentieth century.

Ministry, ecclesiology and theological tidiness: Reflections on the history of Anglican-Methodist unity

February 7, 2018 by Peter Webster

Peter Webster, author of a book on Michael Ramsey, sets the current Anglican-Methodist proposal in historical context.