The extent to which Christianity affected the society and politics of Roman Britain is subject to debate. This well-illustrated study avoids literary and documentary evidence, which is arguably more open to prejudice or conflicting interpretation, to focus on archaeological remains. Petts examines the distribution of early churches, particularly the impact of religious buildings on the rural landscape, and identifies possible fonts and stone cisterns, evidence for the earliest conversions. Other sections consider Christian artefacts, many of which display the `chi-rho' symbol, and Christian graves.