The British

Their Religious Beliefs and Practices 1800-1986
1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-1-138-16390-4
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 256 Seiten, Format (B × H): 145 mm x 222 mm, Gewicht: 460 g

Reihe: The Library of Religious Beliefs and Practices

This is a source book for the study of religions in Britain in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. It covers an important period in the history of religions in Britain, a period of challenge to religion and a period of change in the religious map of Britain. Each author is a specialist in a particular aspect if this history, and there are extensive bibliographies. The book demonstrates how pluralistic the map of religion has been in Britain, thereby challenging the view that Britain is and has been a predominantly single religion country. This religious pluralism is shown to apply within the Christian religion as much as to those movements outside Christianity. There are six contributors: Dr Sheridan Gilley, (Durham); Rev Ieuan P. Ellis, (Hull); Professor Anthony O. Dyson, (Manchester); Dr Kim Knott, (Leeds); Dr David Hempton, (Belfast); Dr Kenneth A Thompson, (The Open University).

Autoren/Hrsg.

Thomas, Terence

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Contributors, Introduction, Part I - The Nineteenth Century, 1. 'Official Religion', 2. The Intellectual Challenge to 'Official Religion', 3. East Comes West, Part II - The Twentieth Century, 4. The Christian Religion, 5. Other Major Religious Traditions, 6. New Religious Movements, Part III - Other Perspectives, 7. 'Popular Religion' 1800-1986, 8. How Religious are the British?, Index

Über Autor(innen)

After training for the minstry of the Church in Wales, Terence Thomas was ordained in 1958, and from 1962 to 1971 he was a missionary in India. Since 1971 he has worked for the Open University, where he is now Staff Tutor in Religious Studies (Senior Lecturer) at the Welsh Regional Centre in Cardiff.