Machine derived contents note: Introduction -- 1. Liberal Anglican Theories of the State -- 2. Groups versus Community: The Pluralists -- 3. Class versus Community: The General Strike -- 4. Church versus State: The Prayer Book Crisis -- 5. Church, King and Country: The 1930s -- Epilogue: The Second World War and After -- Conclusion: Cultural Defence and Civil Religion -- Biographical Appendix -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary
"This book offers a new evaluation of the political role of the Church of England in inter-war Britain. It argues that, at a time of crises such as the General Strike of 1926, the Prayer Book controversy of 1927-8, the Abdication Crisis of 1936 and the rise of Hitler, religion remained central to English political thought and debate. Anglican thinkers like Archbishop William Temple offered a theory and rhetoric of national community and the welfare state (a term which Temple himself invented) which had a wide appeal as an antidote to class consciousness and Nazism, and Anglican writers also played a key role in the articulation of inter-war ideas of Englishness."--Jacket
Analysis
Großbritannien Staat Kirche Geschichte 1918-2004
Großbritannien Politik Anglikanische Kirche Geschichte 1918-2004
Notes
Based on the author's thesis (D. Phil)--Oxford Uni
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-251) and index
