There has been a refreshing foray into Coleridge's theology in recent years. Far too often, the rich and fertile works of Coleridge's period as the sage of Highgate have been ignored or regretted as the apostasy of the young radical poet. Wright challenges this presiding orthodoxy in literature departments. Indeed, in this book the political and theological Coleridge trumps the young poet; the much vaunted youthful radicalism is over-shadowed by the sacramental visionary and High Tory sage. Wright's book is essentially a provocative re-reading of Coleridge's ecclesiology. Wright considers Coleridge's theology as expressing an attack on the erastian and pragmatic conception of Church–State relations of William Warburton. Wright traces Coleridge's own ecclesiology back to Hooker. From this angle, he is viewed as a harbinger of the Tractarian revolt against the Whig view of Church–State relations. Wright also develops a fascinating account of the possible influence of Coleridge upon Gladstone. Notwithstanding the energy and vision of this thesis, Wright fails to convince entirely. There clearly was some deep affinity between Coleridge and the interests of Newman and other figures in the Oxford Movement, but the primary impact of Coleridge was in Cambridge rather than Oxford – and upon Broad Churchmen rather than Tractarians. Maurice, Westcott and Hort are the obvious inheritors of Coleridge's mantle rather than Keble or Pusey. Such reservations aside, Wright's book is a daring, eloquent and innovative contribution to the theological literature on Coleridge. The book is very attractively produced by Notre Dame Press.