Jonathan Chaplin is an Associate Fellow at the think tank Theos and a member of the University of Cambridge Divinity Faculty. He is the author or editor of numerous publications on faith and politics in Britain and beyond, including The Future of Brexit Britain: Anglican Reflections on National Identity and European Solidarity (2020) and God and the EU: Faith in the European Project (2016).

'Chaplin provides an accessible and engaging overview of the key institutional and political dynamics shaping church-state relations and the place of religion in public life in Britain today. At the same time, the book sets out constructive arguments for constitutional, liberal democracy and how it accords with his particular vision of “Christian democratic pluralism,” a vision that draws on rich traditions of Christian reflection while also attending to contemporary political conditions. Underlying the book as a whole is the conviction that politics only serves its true end when it builds up the common good and enables the pursuit of “public justice.”'