{"id":25,"date":"2018-05-02T14:04:11","date_gmt":"2018-05-02T14:04:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/community.dur.ac.uk\/gregory.j.marler\/wordpress\/?page_id=25"},"modified":"2026-03-27T20:55:50","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T20:55:50","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.hensonjournals.org\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_195\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-195\" style=\"width: 230px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-195\" src=\"https:\/\/hensonproject.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/GettyImages-3404603_master-219x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"230\" height=\"316\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hensonjournals.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/GettyImages-3404603_master-219x300.jpg 219w, https:\/\/www.hensonjournals.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/GettyImages-3404603_master-768x1054.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.hensonjournals.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/GettyImages-3404603_master-746x1024.jpg 746w, https:\/\/www.hensonjournals.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/GettyImages-3404603_master-1200x1647.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 230px) 85vw, 230px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-195\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hensley Henson (1902) (Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Herbert Hensley Henson (1863-1947), was a leading public figure and clergyman in the Church of England, at first in Westminster and principally in Durham. He has been described by Owen Chadwick as &#8216;the most celebrated Anglican mind of the twentieth century&#8217;, and the author of &#8216;the most caustic diary ever written by a Christian bishop&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>This website is providing a digital edition of his Journals, from 1900 to 1939 when he was most active and influential in Church and state, and extending into his retirement beyond. It makes available a valuable research resource on many subjects. It also enables his literary gifts and his incisive observations on a turbulent period of British history to be enjoyed by a wide readership.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Volumes 14-52 (October 1900 to May 1931) are collectively searchable using the search boxes at the top of this page. For advice, see the help tab at top right. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Volumes 53 onward (from June 1931) have been prepared as PDFs. These are available through the first link below &#8216;Edition&#8217;, in the top right column of the screen.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<p>Citations from this edition and its editorial material should appear as: &#8216;The Henson Journals, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hensonjournals.org\/\">The Henson Journals \u2013 The journals of Hensley Henson, 1900-1939<\/a>&#8216;, ed. Julia Stapleton<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Herbert Hensley Henson (1863-1947), was a leading public figure and clergyman in the Church of England, at first in Westminster and principally in Durham. He has been described by Owen Chadwick as &#8216;the most celebrated Anglican mind of the twentieth century&#8217;, and the author of &#8216;the most caustic diary ever written by a Christian bishop&#8217;. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hensonjournals.org\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Welcome&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-25","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hensonjournals.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/25","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hensonjournals.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hensonjournals.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hensonjournals.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hensonjournals.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.hensonjournals.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/25\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hensonjournals.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}