Which religious books did Matthew Arnold write?

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Matthew Arnold, a prominent British critic, authored several significant works focused on religion, which he viewed as the highest form of culture and the center of his life. His primary religious books include:1

St. Paul and Protestantism (1870)1
Literature and Dogma (1873)1
God and the Bible (1875)1
Last Essays on Church and Religion (1877)1

Through these writings, Arnold is credited with founding Anglican "modernism." He sought to reconcile religion with the modern scientific spirit by attempting to establish a basis of "scientific fact" for faith, arguing that while humanity cannot abandon the Christian religion, it also cannot continue to practice it in its traditional, orthodox form. His approach was often criticized by both religious traditionalists and secular skeptics, yet he maintained that his work was intended to be constructive and essential for meaningful education.1