Victorian Nonconformity

Erscheinungsjahr 2011
ISBN: 978-0-7188-9269-2
Verlag: Boydell & Brewer Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 76 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 118 g

Reihe: Lutterworth Press

A succinct introduction to the growth of nonconformism in Victorian Britain, revealing its impact on the development of 19th-century British culture.

The Nonconformists of England and Wales, the Protestants outside the Church of England, were particularly numerous in the Victorian years. These Methodists, Congregationalists, Baptists, Quakers, Unitarians, and others helped shape society and made their mark in politics. This book explains the main characteristics of each denomination and examines the circumstances that enabled them to grow. It evaluates the main academic hypothesis about their role and points to signs of their subsequent decline in the twentieth century. Here is a succinct account of an important dimension of the Christian past in Britain.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bebbington, David

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface

1. Identity and Division
2. Diversity and Co-operation
3. Development and Expansion
4. The Helmstadter Thesis
5. Challenge and Decline
6. Conclusion

Further Reading
Index