While Archbishop of York, in addition to his pastoral work Temple wrote what Hastings regards as his three most enduringly important books: "Nature, Man and God" (1934), "Readings in St John's Gospel" (1939 and 1940), and "Christianity and Social Order" (1942). The first of these was compiled from his Gifford lectures given in Glasgow between November 1932 and March 1934; "The Manchester Guardian" called it "a fine example of [Temple's] astonishing vigour and versatility" and quoted Dean Inge's comment, "It would be a great achievement for a university professor; for a ruler of the Church it is astonishing". "Christianity and Social Order" sought to marry faith and socialism and rapidly sold around 140,000 copies.