of Britain's churches." "'I'll be reading the religious architecture of the last 150 years 'to discover how religious turmoil, two world wars and modern culture 'have all shaped Britain's churches." "'And also to find out what value the ancient images of Christianity, 'reinvented so many times, may still have in the present day.'" "'This church, St Barnabas, where the riots took place, 'was the very first to be built by a radical new movement 'that would change the look of churches across England.'" "The spark for the revolution that swept through English church buildings was a sermon, preached in 1833 by an Oxford theologian called John Keble." "Keble reminded his congregation that when the people of Israel had turned their backs on the Lord their God," "God hadpunished them, and he predicted a similar fate for England if England did not mend its ways." "'By the 19th century, the Church of England had become almost an arm of the state." "'Inside Britain's churches, where once there had been saints, 'there were now symbols of worldly status." "'Even the great rood had had to make way for the royal coat of arms." "'Keble's sermon tapped into a growing belief 'that the established church had lost something special." "'Its sacred mystery." "'The new thinking he inspired became known as the Oxford Movement.'" "In their zeal to return Britain to godly ways, the Oxford Movement yearned for the Christian world order of the Middle Ages." "Then, so it seemed to them, the nation was united in its perfect