Free Churches and Society : the Nonconformist Contribution to Social Welfare 1800-2010.
Many of the key improvements to social conditions in the United Kingdom have been made by Christians. Most of us would be able to think of such key Anglican figures as William Wilberforce, Anthony Ashley Cooper, Earl of Shaftesbury or Dr Thomas Barnardo, but lesser known contributions were made behi...
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London :
Bloomsbury Publishing,
2012.
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- Acknowledgements and Editorial Notes; Contributors; Introduction; Kirsty Thorpe; 1 The Free Churches and their Nation; Stephen Orchard; 2 Congregations and Community; Robert Pope; 3 Conscience and Politics; David Bebbington; 4 Providers and Protagonists in the Nation's Education; Stephen Orchard; 5 Industry, Philanthropy and Christian Citizenship: Pioneers in Paternalism; Clyde Binfield; 6 Slums and Salvation; Peter Catterall; 7 Campaigners and Co-operative Societies; David M. Thompson; 8 The Welfare State and Beyond: The Reshaping of Community Work; Lesley Husselbee; 9 Living out of History.
- Paul BallardNotes; Select General Bibliography; Index of People; Index of Places; General Index.