| Description |
1 online resource (630 pages) |
| Series |
Religion, Politics and Society in Britain |
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Religion, politics, and society in Britain series.
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| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; List of figures, tables and analysis panels; Acknowledgements; Series editor's preface; Preface; 1. Introduction; The secularising century; Theories of religious change; Introducing the faiths; The statistical contours of religious change; 2. The faith society, 1900-14; The Victorian inheritance; Religion in everyday life; The culture of religious revival; Womanly virtues and manly vices; Intellectual change; Religion and policy; 3. Trench religion, 1914-19; Organised religion and the war; The experience of war |
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Manhood and womanhood in the warReconstruction; 4. Christian culture in confusion, 1920-45; Puritanism and the peace; Religious identities in turmoil; Mellow religion; Church and state; Depression and faith; The Second World War; 5. Faith in austerity, 1945-59; Austerity amidst plenty; The crusade decade; Women's liberation deferred; Harbingers of change: class, race and youth; 6. The sixties' revolution, 1960-73; Sense of crisis; Sex, sexuality and sexual equality; Race, religion and diversity; New age practice; Dismembering the Christian state; 7. The shaping of secular society, 1974-2000 |
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Adapting to de-ChristianisationMulti-faith society; Religion gets militant, 1989-2000; The secular age; Guide to further reading; Index |
| Summary |
During the twentieth century, Britain turned from one of the most deeply religious nations of the world into one of the most secularised nations. This book provides a comprehensive account of religion in British society and culture between 1900 and 2000. It traces how Christian Puritanism and respectability framed the people amidst world wars, economic depressions, and social protest, and how until the 1950s religious revivals fostered mass enthusiasm. It then examines the sudden and dramatic changes seen in the 1960's and the appearance of religious militancy in the 1980s and 1990s. With a foc |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Christian sociology -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century
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Christianity and politics -- Great Britain -- 20th century
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RELIGION -- Comparative Religion.
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RELIGION -- Essays.
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RELIGION -- Reference.
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Christian sociology
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Christianity and politics
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| SUBJECT |
Great Britain -- Church history -- 20th century.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056618
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| Subject |
Great Britain
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| Genre/Form |
Church history
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781317873501 |
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1317873505 |
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9781315837314 |
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1315837315 |
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9781317873488 |
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1317873483 |
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9781317873495 |
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1317873491 |
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9781138147980 |
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1138147982 |
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058247289X |
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9780582472891 |
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