Books


claphamsect Coming in July 2010…

The Clapham Sect: How Wilberforce’s circle changed Britain


"You too can find an inspirational figure, piss all over him and become famous.”
- snark1,
Comment is Free, guardian.co.uk


Wilberforce

William Wilberforce: A biography


2007


"Succinct and economical but conveys a very powerful impression of its subject."
- Peter Ackroyd,
The Times


9780802833822

A Short History of Christianity


2005


"The sort of book I wish I’d read fifty years ago. Stephen Tomkins provides a context for so much of Western history over the last two millennia. His book explains a lot." - Terry Jones
PaulBook

Paul and His World


2004


"Cannot be recommended as safe" - Evangelicals Now
wesley

John Wesley: A biography


2003


"The tricentenary of the birth of Methodism's founder could bring no finer introduction to his life and work.… A keenly enaging portrait… A fasciniating figure, fascinatingly limned" - Booklist ('Top Ten Religious Books of 2003')
MyMinistry

My Ministry Manual by Rev. Gerald Ambulance


2002


"Rev. Gerald, the most abusive, egotistical and badly dressed vicar to not actually exist manages to insult members of just about every Christian denomination going… Tomkins' satirical aim is deadly." - TheBookplace.com