New Books by Monmouth Priests:
Canon Denison recommends:
Thomas Thomas of Pontypool. Radical Puritan by Arthur J. Edwards
APECS Press, Caerleon £8.99 pbk.
ISBN: 978 0 9548940 4 7 (Hardback);
978 0 9548940 8 5 (Paperback)
I welcome unreservedly this skilfully-crafted biography by one of the most senior serving priests of this Diocese, written in the midst of a busy parish ministry. If you think history is as dry as dust, think again! Canon Edwards brings a lightness of touch to serious scholarship to create a compelling record of a nineteenth-century Baptist College Principal and President of the Baptist Union, a man of deep holiness and uncompromising integrity whose zeal for social justice made an impact far beyond both the Gwent valleys and his own denomination. He also played a key role in refining Nonconformist attitudes to Church schools, and in paving the way for the disestablishment of the Anglican Church in Wales, without descending to the bitterness which characterised so much of that debate. Read, learn, and enjoy!
Canon Keith Denison
Canon Arthur Edwards signing copies of his book