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Prologue: Victorian Britain -- Overview of Salvation Army history -- The ecclesiology of the Salvation Army 1 : sect and church -- The ecclesiology of the Salvation Army 2 : leadership -- The ecclesiology of the Salvation Army 3 : the role of women -- Salvation Army theology 1 : we believe -- Salvation Army theology 2 : diversity -- Salvation Army theology 3 : worship -- Social work 1 : in darkest England -- Social work 2 : out of darkest England -- To the ends of the earth -- Conclusion : looking back.

The Salvation Army has now been around for more than one hundred and fifty years, having celebrated its sesquicentennial in 2015 with an International Congress in London. Over the years both the Army and the world in which it appeared have changed beyond recognition. This is a good time for the movement to stop and look back--not just to celebrate, but to see where it is today. The Army has not evolved in isolation from the world. Bringing its own history with it, it nevertheless belongs to the twenty-first century world as much as William Booth's little East End Mission belonged to nineteenth.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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