Anarchy, Church and Utopia is a short, sharp study of the ecclesiology of Rowan Williams by one of the most consistently interesting and provocative observers of church affairs.

Theo Hobson eaxmines the roots and the development of WIlliams' theology and argues that his account of the church is so open, so self-critical, so idealistically Christo-centric and so postmodern that it is questionable whether the traditional institutional structures can survive it. Beneath the apparent orthodoxy of Williams' understanding of the church, Hobson has exposed a sort of Christian anarchism.

Theo Hobson's previous book Against Establishment: An Anglican Polemic was described by Diarmaid MacCulloch as 'an engaging and well-informed assertion of the continuing (and malign) importance of the Church of England's established status. This entertaining meditation will become a fruitful primary source for modern church history.'

Theo Hobson is also the author of The Rhetorical Word and a regular contributor to the Guardian and the Spectator.