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Author Strong, Rowan

Title Anglicanism and the British empire c.1700-1850 / Rowan Strong
Published Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007

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Description 1 online resource (ix, 323 pages)
Contents Introduction : English religion and empire to 1700 -- Anglicans and empire : historical interpretations -- The construction of an Anglican imperialism : British North America in the eighteenth century -- Anglicanism in a resurgent imperialism : Bengal, 1790-1830 -- A new Anglican imperial paradigm : the Colonial Bishoprics Fund, 1840-1 -- The new paradigm in the colonies : Australia and New Zealand, 1820s-c.1850 -- Conclusion : Anglicanism and empire, 1700-c.1850
Summary This is an examination of how, during the period 1700-1850, Anglican Christian understanding of the British Empire powerfully shaped the identities both of the people living in British colonies in North America, Bengal, Australia, and New Zealand and of the English in Britain
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-311) and index
Notes Print version record
SUBJECT Anglican Communion gnd
Commonwealth gnd
Subject Anglican Communion -- Great Britain -- Colonies -- History -- 18th century
Anglican Communion -- Great Britain -- Colonies -- History -- 19th century
RELIGION -- Christianity -- Anglican.
Imperialisme.
Church of England.
Anglicanisme.
Great Britain
Britse Rijk.
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781435631106
1435631102
0191527262
9780191527265